James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2003

CP5230:03

Internetworking 1

Townsville, Cairns HECS Band 2

13 hours lectures, 13 hours tutorials, 26 hours practicals, 26 hours flexible delivery. Semester 1 and 2 (Townsville campus); Semester 1 (Cairns campus).

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, network performance analysis.

Learning Objectives:

  1. use the OSI model to describe direct point to point data communications;
  2. address a network, given a topology and starting IP address;
  3. describe basic inter-network processes;
  4. explain basic electrical and electronic issues in networks;
  5. conduct basic network audits;
  6. explain the function of network management tools;
  7. build a simple network of hosts, cables, hubs and routers, at layer 1 level;
  8. troubleshoot typical physical problems in a small network;
  9. compare and contrast the details of layers 1, 2 and 3 in the context of Ethernet and IP;
  10. compare and contrast the details of layers 4, 5, 6, 7 in context of TCP;
  11. compare and contrast LANs and WANs layer by layer;
  12. compare and contrast static versus dynamic routing, routed protocols versus routing protocols and distance vector versus link state routing;
  13. describe the internal configuration components of a router, access the router and test network connectivity;
  14. describe and perform a basic router configuration;
  15. Explain TCP (segment format, port #s, handshakes) and IP (IP datagrams, ICMP, ARP, RARP);
  16. address and configure a network;
  17. 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 is 100% on-course. It consists of theory tests, practice tests, laboratory exercises, individual assignments and group assignments (weights to be advised in class).