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Advanced Business Data Communications (ICT535)

Points: 

4

Enrolment Options: 

Murdoch: S2-internal

[see Teaching Periods and Census Dates] 

Description: 

This unit includes the second part of the Cisco CCNA Certification curriculum, commenced in ICT546. Students extend their study of LAN architectures and examine LAN security with the use of 'firewalls'. Frame relay and ISDN architectures are used to study Wide Area Networks (WAN); and extensive practical exercises are used to reinforce the understanding of these technologies. Voice Over IP (VOIP) will be examined with regards to data networks. A major design case study incorporating LAN and WAN is completed.

Contact time: 

Lectures and laboratories: up to 4 hours per week.

Prerequisites: 

C546/ICT546 Local Area Network Design and Implementation and enrolment in a postgraduate IT course.

Used in these Courses: 

Postgraduate Diploma in Internetworking and Security
Master of Network Management and Security
Master of Science in Information Technology