CP2231 - Internetworking Principles

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Discipline of Information Technology (pre 2009)

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,TCP/IP,routing protocols, network performance analysis.

Learning Outcomes

• use the OSI model to describe direct point to point data communications; address a network, given topology and starting IP address; describe basic inter-networking processes;
• compare and contrast 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 contrastLANs and WANs layer by layer;
• compare and contrast static and dynamic routing, routed and routing protocols, IGPs and EGPs and RIP and IGRP; analyse and evaluate the performance of networks, identifying key performance limiting factors;
• compare and contrast static versus dynamic routing routed protocols versus routing protocols and distance vector versus link state routing; explain TCP (segment format, prot #s, handshakes) and IP datagrams, ICMP, ARP, RARP;
• explain basic electrical and electronic issues in networks; 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.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to select and use appropriate IT tools.

Prerequisites:

CP1200

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coord/Lect:	Mr Chris Christensen.
Contact hours:	35 hours lectures 35 hours tutorials 15 hours practicals
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (70%); assignments (15%); laboratory tasks (15%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	Mr Chris Christensen
Lecturer:	Mr Colin Lemmon.
Contact hours:	35 hours lectures 35 hours tutorials 15 hours practicals
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (70%); assignments (15%); laboratory tasks (15%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53
Census Date 20-Nov-2009
Coordinator:	Mr Chris Christensen
Contact hours:	35 hours lectures 35 hours tutorials 15 hours practicals
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (70%); assignments (15%); laboratory tasks (15%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	Mr Chris Christensen
Contact hours:	35 hours lectures 35 hours tutorials 15 hours practicals
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (70%); assignments (15%); laboratory tasks (15%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52
Census Date 24-Jul-2009
Coordinator:	Mr Chris Christensen
Contact hours:	35 hours lectures 35 hours tutorials 15 hours practicals
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (70%); assignments (15%); laboratory tasks (15%).
Beijing UT, Internal, Study Period 63
Census Date 23-Oct-2009
Coordinator:	Mr Chris Christensen
Contact hours:	35 hours lectures 35 hours tutorials 15 hours practicals
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (70%); assignments (15%); laboratory tasks (15%).

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