CP5230:03
Internetworking 1
Townsville
HECS Band 2
13 hours lectures, 20 hours practicals, 6 hours workshops, 26 hours flexible delivery. Semester 1 and 2.
Networks and layers, networking devices, IP addressing, ARP and RARP, media and design, topology, structured cabling, electronics, network management, OSI model, layers 1-7, WANs, routing, using the router, router components, router startup and setup, router configuration, IOS, TCP/IP, IP addressing, routing protocols.
Learning Objectives:
- use the OSI model to describe direct point to point data communications;
- address a network, given a topology and starting IP address;
- describe basic inter-network processes;
- explain basic electrical and electronic issues in networks;
- conduct basic network audits;
- explain the function of network management tools;
- build a simple network of hosts, cables, hubs and routers, at layer 1 level;
- troubleshoot typical physical problems in a small network;
- compare and contrast the details of layers 1, 2 and 3 in the context of Ethernet and IP;
- compare and contrast the details of layers 4, 5, 6, 7 in context of TCP;
- compare and contrast LANs and WANs layer by layer;
- compare and contrast static versus dynamic routing, routed protocols versus routing protocols and distance vector versus link state routing;
- describe the internal configuration components of a router, access the router and test network connectivity;
- describe and perform a basic router configuration;
- Explain TCP (segment format, port #s, handshakes) and IP (IP datagrams, ICMP, ARP, RARP);
- address and configure a network;
- compare and contrast static and dynamic routing, routed and routing protocols, IGPs and EGPs and RIP and IGRP.
Students should be able to demonstrate the required capabilities at a level appropriate for postgraduate studies, including analysis and design.
Assessment by theory tests, practice tests, laboratory exercises, individual assignments; two group assignments (weights to be advised in class).