31277 Routing and Internetworks

Warning: The information on this page is indicative. The subject outline for a particular semester, location and mode of offering is the authoritative source of all information about the subject for that offering. Required texts, recommended texts and references in particular are likely to change. Students will be provided with a subject outline once they enrol in the subject.

Subject level:

Undergraduate

Recommended studies: open system interconnection (OSI); transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) and data network models; knowledge of networking terminology, data transmission media, data networking components and devices; internet protocol addressing and variable-length sub-nettinng mask (VLSM)

Handbook description

This subject extends the work done in the prerequisite subject. Students who are not interested in networking as a career develop a clear model of how networks can impact network based applications. Students who are interested in a career in networking practice or research develop sound knowledge and skills to pursue a networking specialisation. Students learn the role of routing protocols and how to compare them; how to design construct and implement small to medium-sized intranets; and how to perform basic management and security tasks. The role of TCP/IP, ICMP and other protocols in IP networks are evaluated. Students also learn how Cisco routers are used for the practical work.

Subject objectives

Teaching and learning strategies

Normal class contact time is comprised of three hours tutorial/laboratory session per week. In the laboratory a workshop approach is used which combines learning by doing small group and whole class discussion, a short presentation, web research, online activities, hands-on activities, question and answer sessions, and online tests with immediate feedback. It is expected that students will need to spend an additional three hours in self-directed study for each lab session.

An online discussion forum is used to disseminate information to all students, and to allow students to pose questions, and more importantly, to answer each others’ questions. Students are expected to log into the forum on a frequent basis to read messages and to engage in dialogue on the subject matter.

Students are expected to pre-read all chapters (online version or hard copy text) before they are covered in each lecture. Further, careful notes made at this time will greatly assist with the written exam and the online final exams. During lab sessions students should make careful notes in their Engineering Journals which will be very helpful in the skills based assessments. The final written exam questions will also come from these sources.

The workload for this subject will require students to exercise considerable diligence and to strive for efficient utilisation of class time and laboratory facilities. Accordingly, all computer activities which are not directly and expressly related to the curriculum are strictly prohibited in all networking labs. Any detected infringement will result in immediate expulsion from the laboratory.

Content

1. Introduction to Switched Networks
2. Basic Switching Configuration
3. VLANs
4. Routing Concepts
5. Inter-VLAN Routing
6. Static Routing
7. Dynamic Routing
8. OSPF
9. Access Control Lists
10. DHCP
11. Network Address Translation

Assessment

Assessment task 1: Mid Semester Written Examination

Assessment task 2: Case Study

Assessment task 3: Online Final Exam

Assessment task 4: Written Examination

Assessment task 5: Skills Based Assessment

Minimum requirements

Whilst there is no requirement to pass any individual assessment component, students must achieve an aggregated mark of 50% or more from all assessment components and

1. completed at least 8 of the 11 chapter online quizzes,
2. attend the Online Final Examination and
3. the Final Skills Based Assessment to pass this subject.

Required texts

1. The primary source of information for this subject will be online course material.
2. All students enrolled for this subject will be given access to CCNA Routing and Switching 5.0: Routing and Switching Essentials. through the Cisco Networking Academy website (http://www.netacad.com). Note that Cisco Networking Academy website site contain all the online course material. The Cisco Networking Academy site also contains additional learning resources, However, both the Online Chapter Quizzes and the Online Final Exam will only be available via the Cisco Networking Academy website.
3. Other subject documents and course materials, such as subject outlines, lecture notes, assignments, additional information about labs and assessments, as well as comments and answers to questions common to all students, will be distributed via UTS Online (http://online.uts.edu.au) under corresponding titles.
4. Hard copy text books which cover essentially the same contents (but without animations and other activities) as the online curriculum may be purchased at the Co-op Bookshop or any other places.

Recommended texts

CCNA Routing and Switching: Routing and Switching Essentials

Routing and Switching Essentials Companion Guide
ISBN-10: 1-58713-318-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-58713-318-3

Published Feb 20, 2014 by Cisco Press. Part of the Companion Guide series.

Other resources

1. UTS mirror website for online course material:
http://www.iwork.uts.edu.au/enrolled/cisco/
CCNA Exploration 4.0: Routing Protocols and Concepts (pervious CCNA course material)

2. Cisco Networking Academy website for online course material:
http://www.netacad.com

CCNA Routing and Switching: Routing and Switching Essentials

3. Cisco’s assessment server for online quizzes and examinations:
http://www.netacad.com

4. UTS Online discussion forum:
http://www.online.uts.edu.au

Notes: The Cisco Networking Academy website contain all the online course material. The Cisco Networking Academy sites also contain additional learning resources. However, all online examinations will only be available via the Cisco Networking Academy site. If you have difficulty with logging in to any of the above web sites, you should contact your instructor to try to resolve the problem.

my.feit.uts.edu.au/modules/myfeit/downloads/StudentGuide_Online.pdf