Course Title: Set up and configure basic local area network
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2010
Course Code: ISYS5681C
Course Title: Set up and configure basic local area network
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5227 - Diploma of Computer Systems Engineering
Course Contact: George Listopad
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254441
Course Contact Email: george.listopad@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Sanket Kakkad
PHONE: 99254381
Email: sanket.kakkad@rmit.edu.au
Noor Sateh
Phone: 9925 4031
Email: noor.sateh@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 40
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Co-requisites: ISYS5662C, ISYS5675C
Course Description
This unit covers setting up, configuring and maintaining operation of a basic local area network (LAN) of up to 20 connected devices. It encompasses safe working practices, installing network hardware, installing and configuring network software, establish user accounts, configure shared Internet connection and documenting set up parameters and LAN topology
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
UEENEED046B Set up and configure basic local area network |
Element: |
1. Prepare to install and configure a computer operating system and software |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 OHS processes and procedures for a given work area are identified, obtained and understood. |
Element: |
2. Upgrade computer and peripheral software |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 OHS risk control measures and procedures for carrying out the work are followed. |
Element: |
3. Complete and report upgrading and maintenance activities |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 OHS risk control work completion measures and procedures are followed. |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
In this unit you will learn industry recognized skills in designing, implementing and managing Local Area Network (LAN), Wide area Network. The learning units will emphasis on LAN monitoring and troubleshooting techniques. After the successful completion of this unit, the learner is expected to administer and support Local Area Networks.
Classroom tutorial activities:
Lectures: to introduce the important concepts.
• Attending lectures will make it much easier for you to understand the central concepts of the course
• You will feel more comfortable and you will learn more if you read the relevant material before you attend the lectures
Tutorials: to enable you to ask questions and to clarify unresolved issues
• Review the material and prepare your questions before you come to class
• There will be an overview of course content with a focus on the material students find difficult
• If something is unclear or if you find yourself falling behind please ask for help immediately
• You may be given worksheets to complete during the tutorial
Practical exercises: to give you the hands on experience of implementing and troubleshooting networks
• In general there will be one practical exercise per week
• You will perform the exercise and write it up in a lab journal
• The lab journal will be a bound exercise book
o Loose leaf binders will not be accepted
• The write up will be a record of your actions as they are performed and your corresponding observations
• The write up must be performed in the lab as you perform the practical exercise, not at a later date
o Write ups not in the lab journal will not be marked
o Write ups which are not done concurrently with the performance of the practical exercise will not be marked
• In general the detail of the write up must be sufficient for you to be able to comfortably perform the practical exercise a year or more later directly from the lab journal
• Any difficult or tricky points should be especially noted in the lab journal for future reference
• Responses to worksheets for practical exercises must be written up in the lab journal
• The neatness, completeness and the presentation of the lab journal must be of a quality such that you would be prepared to show it to a future employer as an example of your work
Teaching Schedule
Week 1 Introduction to Course Outline and Assessment Criteria.
Lecture: Living in a Network-centric World
Lecture: Communication over the Network
Lab Activity 1 Application of network and view networks
week 2 Lecture: OSI Application Layer Functionality & Protocols
Lab Activity 2 IP version 4 addressing
Week 3 Lecture: OSI Transport Layer Functionality & Protocols
Lab Activity 3 Building a small network and introducing protocol data units using Wireshark
Week 4 Lecture: OSI Network Layer
Lab Activity 4 Managing servers
Week 5 Lecture: Addressing the Network- IP V4
Lab Activity 5 Application and Transport layer Protocols
Week 6 Lecture: OSI Data Link Layer
Lab Activity 6 Examining devices gateway and Route
Lab Activity 7 Working with cisco devices
Week 7 Lecture: OSI Physical Layer
Lecture: Ethernet
Lab Activity 7 Make Ethernet Cable
Week 8 Lecture: Planning and Cabling Networks
Lecture: Wireshark
Revision Lab
Week 9 Lecture: Configuring & Testing Network
Lab Exam 1
Week 10 Lecture: Introduction to Routing & Packet Forwarding
Lecture: Static Routing
Lab Activity 1: Physical examination of router hardware, interfaces and cabling
Lab Activity 2: Sub netting Scenario 1-3
Week 11 Lecture: Introduction to Dynamic Routing Protocols
Lecture: Distance Vector Routing Protocols
Lab Activity 3: Subnet an IP address and assign correct IP address to a host computer using Packet Tracer
Week 12 Lecture: RIP v1
Lecture: VLSM & CIDR
Lab Activity 4: Basic Router Configuration (Physically configuring Router Passwords, Different Interfaces with Interface Description, MOTD. Ping Host to Router)
Week 13 Lecture: RIP v2
Lecture: Routing Table-A Closer Look
Week 14 Lab Activity 5: Basic Static Route Configuration
Lab Activity 6: VLSM Calculation & Addressing Design
Week 14 Lecture: EIGRP
Lecture: Link State Routing Protocols
Lab Activity 7: Basic Rip Configuration
Lab Activity 8: Basic EIGRP Configuration
Week 15 Lecture: OSPF
Lab Activity 9: Basic OSPF Configuration
Lab: Revision
Week 16 Lab Exam 2
Week 17 Online Final Test
Week 18 Make Up Session
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Dye, M et al 2007, Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide, Pearson Education Australia |
References
Graziani, R & Johnson, A 2007, Routing Protocols and Concepts, CCNA Exploration Labs and Study Guide, Pearson Education Australia |
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Practical test
Project
Written Examination
Assessment Tasks
Assessment will be comprised of :
Laboratory Journal (5 + 5%)
Laboratory Exam 1(30%)
Laboratory Exam 2 (30%)
Cisco Online Chapter Exams (5 + 5 %)
Cisco Online Final Exam (10 + 10%)
Assessment Matrix
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