Overview

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Offerings

DUBAI-ISC-TJD-FACE2FACE-2025-2025
DUBAI-ISC-TMD-FACE2FACE-2026-2026
DUBAI-ISC-TSD-FACE2FACE-2025-2025
MURDOCH-S2-EXT-2018-2024
MURDOCH-S2-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-2024
MURDOCH-S2-ONLINESCHD-2025-ONGOING

Requisites

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Describe data communication devices, concepts, and models (such as OSI and TCP/IP).

2.

Describe networking protocols and standards, such as DNS, IP, TCP, UDP, Ethernet, WiFi.

3.

Design basic switched and routed networks including the design of address plans.

4.

Configure the operation of switched Ethernet LANs and IP routers.

5.

Operate network devices in accordance with network specifications and design.

6.

Describe basic network security threats and principles of network security.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

The unit is organised into these topics:

  1. Networking concepts, terminology and the OSI layered model
  2. Application layer communication models and protocols, such as DHCP, HTTP, FTP, SSH
  3. UDP and TCP transport layer protocols
  4. IP network layer protocol, IP addressing and subnetting
  5. Data link layer and physical layer, communication medium sharing and access control
  6. Introduction to wireless networks, technologies and medium access
  7. Ethernet protocol, switching and cabling, Virtual LANs (VLANs), inter-VLAN routing
  8. Interior routing protocols, distance vector and link state routing, static and dynamic routing
  9. Internet structure, autonomous systems and exterior routing protocols
  10. IPv6 protocol and Network Address Translation (NAT)
  11. Emerging technologies: Software Defined Networking and Internet of Things (IoT)
  12. Network security introduction