LEARNING OUTCOMES
The Student Will
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| C | 1 | Describe the operation of networks in terms of the OSI 7-layer Model |
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| C | 2 | Describe the physical, electrical and mechanical properties and standards associated with networking media |
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| P | 3 | Describe, install, configure and test PC networks |
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| A | 4 | Describe the topologies and physical issues associated with cabling LANs and WANs and explain the requirements for cable testing |
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| A | 5 | Describe the TCP/IP protocol suite, explain and demonstrate the mechanics associated with IP addressing and IP sub-netting and describe packet switching |
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| C | 6 | Explain the fundamentals and operation of Ethernet CSMA/CD and describe the various Ethernet technologies and switching on an Ethernet network |
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| C | 7 | Describe routing concepts and protocols |
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| P | 8 | Perform a structured cabling case study and installation project |
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| > | A description of the physical, electrical and mechanical properties and standards associated with networking media will include the following: |
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| - | Copper media, including coaxial cable, STP cable and UTP cable together with their associated specifications and |
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| | -·Atoms and electrons |
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| | -·Insulators, conductors and semiconductors |
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| | -·Resistance and impedance |
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| | -·AC and DC voltage and current |
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| - | Optical media, including multimode fibre and other optical components, the electromagnetic spectrum and optionally: |
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| | -·Single-mode fibre |
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| | -·Light rays |
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| | -·Reflection |
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| | -·Signals |
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| | -·Installation and testing |
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| > | Wireless media including: |
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| - | Wireless LAN organisations and standards |
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| - | Devices and topologies |
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| - | And optionally: |
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| - | Radio wave and microwave spectrums |
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| - | Signals and noise |
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| - | Security |
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| - | Bandwidth including: |
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| | -·Digital versus analogue |
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| | -·Throughput and data transfer |
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| > | A description of PC networks will include: |
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| - | LANs, WANs, MANs, SANs and VPNs |
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| - | Topologies |
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| - | Layer 1, 2 and 3 network devices (Network Interface Cards (NICs), Repeaters, Hubs, Bridges, Switches, Routers, Clouds and network segments) |
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| - | Flow of data through LANs in terms of the layer 1, 2 and 3 devices and the upper protocol layers |
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| - | Operating System network configuration and diagnostic tools |
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| > | Installing and configuring PC networks includes: |
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| - | Interconnecting and configuring LANs using two PCs (Peer-to Peer) |
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| - | Installing a workstation and software package onto a server-based LAN |
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| - | Verifying and configuring the network settings using the basic utilities |
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| - | Configuring the workstation for browsing the Internet |
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| - | Using the ICMP Ping command |
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| - | Using a suitable utility to verify the IP configuration settings |
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| - | Fault finding using diagnostic tools |
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| > | A description of the topologies and physical issues associated with cabling LANs and WANs will include: |
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| - | LAN and WAN physical layer |
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| - | Ethernet media and connector requirements |
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| - | Peer-to-peer and Client/Server |
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| - | Repeaters, hubs, bridges, switches and routers |
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| - | Basic setup of switches and routers |
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| - | Wireless |
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| - | WAN serial connections |
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| > | And optionally: |
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| - | Routers and ISDN, DSL and cable connections |
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| > | An explanation of the requirements for cable testing will include: |
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| - | Waveform theory |
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| - | Signal attenuation, crosstalk and noise |
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| - | Cable testing standards |
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| > | And optionally: |
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| - | Signal strength (Decibels) |
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| - | Frequency |
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| > | The TCP/IP protocol suite will be described in terms of: |
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| - | Relationship with the OSI reference model |
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| - | The four layers of the model |
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| - | Primary protocols and utilities that operate at each layer |
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| - | Flow of data through the protocol stacks of source, destination and transit network devices |
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| > | An explanation and demonstration of the mechanics associated with IP addressing and IP subnetting will include: |
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| - | Conversion between relevant number systems including base 10, base 2 and hexadecimal |
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| - | Boolean logic |
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| - | Autonomous systems |
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| - | Path Determination |
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| - | Comparing flat and hierarchical addressing |
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| - | IPv4 versus IPv6 |
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| - | IP Address Classes |
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| - | Reserved IP Addresses |
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| - | Introduction to Subnetting and Creating Subnets: |
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| | -·Determining subnet mask size |
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| | -·Computing hosts per sub-network |
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| | -·IP configuration on a network diagram |
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| | -·Host/subnet schemes |
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| | -·Private addresses |
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| - | Obtaining an IP address including: |
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| | -·Static assignment |
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| | -·ARP and DHCP |
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| - | And optionally: |
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| | -·RARP, BOOTP |
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| > | An explanation of the fundamentals and operation of Ethernet CSMA/CD will include: |
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| - | IEEE standards and Layer 2 framing |
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| - | Ethernet frame structure and fields |
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| - | Media Access Control (MAC) |
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| - | Link establishment and full and half duplex |
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| - | Collisions and errors |
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| > | A description of the various Ethernet technologies will include: |
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| - | 10Base-T |
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| - | 100Base–X |
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| - | Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet |
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| - | And optionally: |
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| - | 10Base5, 10Base2 and 10Base-FX |
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| > | A description of switching on an Ethernet network will incude: |
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| - | Layer 2 bridging and switching |
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| - | Switch operation |
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| - | Spanning-Tree protocol |
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| - | Collision and broadcast domains |
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| Note |
| > | A typical assessment strategy should include: |
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| - | practical skills tests |
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| - | laboratory exercises |
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| - | group activities |
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| - | progressive on-line tests (CISCO Web Portal) |
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| - | summative (final) on-line test (CISCO Web Portal) |
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| - | kinaesthetic activities |
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| > | LEARNING RESOURCES |
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| - | The following links provide additional structured cabling resources: |
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| - | http://www.ieee.org |
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| - | http://www.tiaonline.org |
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| - | http://www.iso.org |
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| - | http://www.linktionary.com/linktionary.html |
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| - | http://www.siemon.com/standards/ |
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| - | http://www.netday.org |
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| - | CISCO Networking Academy Programme: |
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| | -·First-year Companion Guide |
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| | -·Lab Companion Volume 1 |
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| | -·Engineering Journal and Workbook Volume 1 |
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