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Learning Guide

School of Computing Engineering and Mathematics

Unit Information

Unit Name:

Computer Networks and Internets

Unit Number:

300095

Unit Coordinator:

Ain De Horta

Teaching Session:

Autumn 2012

First point of contact:

Name: Mr Ain De Horta

Telephone: 4620 3374

Email:

a.dehorta@uws.edu.au

(preferred contact method – see communication protocols for details) Office Location: Building: 26 Room No: 26.1.48, Campbelltown Campus

Teaching Staff:

Campbelltown Campus

Name: Ms Sharon Griffith

Roles: Lecturer, Lab Workshop Instructor

Telephone: 4620 3512

Email:

s.griffith@uws.edu.au

(preferred contact method – see communication protocols for details) Office Location: Building: 26 Room: 26.1.23, Campbelltown Campus

Parramatta Campus

Name: Mrs Aruna Jamdagni

Role/s: Lecturer, Lab Workshop Instructor

Telephone: 9685 9398

Email:

a.jamdagni@uws.edu.au

(preferred contact method – see communication protocols for details) Office Location: Building: ER Room: G.19, Parramatta Campus

Name: Dr Weisheng Si

Role: Lab Workshop Instructor

Telephone: (02) 9685 9403

Email: w.si@uws.edu.au

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Penrith Campus

Name: Dr Jiansheng Huang

Role: Lecturer

Telephone: 4620 3512

Email:

j.huang@uws.edu.au

(preferred contact method – see communication protocols for details) Office Location: Building: Y Room No: 3.28, Penrith Campus

Name: Mr Ain De Horta

Role: Unit Coordinator, Lab Workshop Instructor

Telephone: 4620 3374

Email:

a.dehorta@uws.edu.au

(preferred contact method – see communication protocols for details) Office Location: Building: 26 Room No: 26.1.48, Campbelltown Campus

Student Consultation:

See 300575 CNI vUWS site for up to date times.

Communication Protocols for this unit:

Email:

When contacting unit staff by email, please adhere to the following: Use only your official UWS student email account

Use “CNI2012S1” in the subject line and nothing else

Include your full name, student id and campus in the body of the email Clearly state your query

Telephone:

When leaving a voicemail message please adhere to the following: Clearly state your name, student id and campus

Clearly state the reason for your call

Schedule of Learning and Teaching Activities:

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Starting Wk Course Material Chapter Readings & Lectures Lab Workshop Online Quiz

27 Feb 1 Ch 1: Introduction to Routing and Packet Forwarding Lab Orientation Ch. 1 5 Mar 2 Ch 2: Static Routing

Ch 3: Introduction to Dynamic Routing Protocols 1.5.2.1 Ch. 2 & 3 12 Mar 3 Ch 4: Distance Vector Routing Protocols

Ch 5: RIPv1

2.8.1.1

4.6.1.1 Ch. 4 & 5

19 Mar 4 Ch 6: VLSM and CIDR 5.6.1.1 Ch. 6

26 Mar 5 Ch 7: RIPv2

Ch 8: The Routing Table: A Closer Look

7.5.1.1

8.4.2.1 Ch. 7 & 8

2 Apr 6 IP Addressing Exercise in lecture No New Lab

9 Apr 7 No classes this week - (Easter Monday)

16 Apr 8 Intra session break

23 Apr 9 No classes this week - (ANZAC Day)

30 Apr 10 Ch 9: EIGRP 9.6.1.1 Ch. 9

7 May 11 Ch 10: Link-State Routing

Ch 11: OSPF 11.6.1.1

Ch. 10, 11 & Practice Final Quiz 14 May 12 Transport layer protocols and IPv6 (See additional

notes and textbook)

Final Online Quiz in Prac

21 May 13 TBA

Skills Based Assessment Preparation

28 May 14 REVISION, no new topics Skills Based

Assessment

The above schedule indicates the weekly readings, from the online material and text, lab workshops and online quizzes that you must do.

You MUST print out the appropriate weekly lab/activity from the online material and take it with you to your lab workshop session.

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Activities and resources to support your learning

In general the credit point value of a unit determines the number of hours per week you need to spend on a unit in order to pass the unit. The weekly face-to-face components of this unit total four (4) hours, a two (2) hour lecture and a two (2) hour practical lab workshop per week. This means that, provided you work

efficiently in the face-to-face teaching/learning time, you will need to spend a minimum of an additional six (6) hours per week working on the material for this unit, including reading the online curriculum, preparation for the practical lab workshop exercises, completing online quizzes and studying for the final exam.

In this unit you will be engaged in a range of activities to support your learning. There are a range of resources available to assist you in this unit and university study more generally. The key activities and resources for this unit are outlined below.

Lectures

Lectures are a key element of your learning environment for this unit. The lectures will focus on familiarising you with the key theoretical concepts in the online material and textbook. To get the most out of your lectures you should read the required material listed in the weekly schedule prior to the weeks lecture. The lectures will also set the context for that week’s practical lab workshop and will highlight concepts and skills you will need for the formal final examination. Whilst attendance in lectures is not compulsory, it is highly

recommended.

Lab workshops

The lab workshops are designed to give you the opportunity to further discuss the theoretical aspects of the unit and obtain real-life hands on experience building network topologies and configuring the associated networking equipment. The practical lab workshop activities include:

♦ practical lab exercises and activities;

♦ small group and whole class discussions; ♦ web research and on-line activities and; ♦ design activities and Q&A sessions.

Attendance in the practical lab workshops is mandatory. Along with your lectures, lab workshops are designed to help you develop the theoretical knowledge and practical skills that will form the basis upon which you will be assessed in the final skills based practical tests.

e-Learning: vUWS & Cisco Networking Academy

To support your learning in this unit, you will have access to the unit’s site on the university’s e-learning system, called ‘Virtual UWS’ (vUWS: pronounced ‘views’). The unit’s vUWS site is the place where you can find all relevant information related to this unit. You will find a weekly schedule, staff contact details, details of assessments, notes and announcements. You also will find a link to the online Cisco Academy curriculum material for each module, which includes detailed notes, lab workshop practical exercises and a link to Cisco Academy assessment server where you will find the online quizzes. vUWS will be used as the main

communication channel between the unit coordinator and students, and should be checked for updates at least twice a week.

To access vUWS, go to: http://vuws.uws.edu.au, you will require a current MyUWS account to login to vUWS. Once logged in, you will see links to all the units you are currently enrolled in that use vUWS. Clicking on the 300095 Computer Networks and Internets link will take you to the site for this unit.

Study skills support

Special Requirements for the unit:

Lab Workshops will be conducted in the School of Computing and Maths (SCM) networking labs. The computers in these labs require a different login than the general university computing labs. All students must organise their login prior to their scheduled workshop in week 2. This will be discussed in lecture during week 1. You will also require a Cisco Academy Username and Password.

Links to key policies and information affecting students:

This information should to be read and applied in conjunction with each unit outline of your course.

The Curent Students (http://www.uws.edu.au/currentstudents/current_students) page of the UWS web site contains many important links, including:

♦ Managing your study;

♦ Getting help;

♦ Events

The Policies (http://www.uws.edu.au/policies/a-z)site includes the full details of policies that apply to you as a UWS student.

Some Important Policies Affecting Students are:

♦ Assessment and Examinations Policy

♦ Assessment Practice – Fundamental Code

♦ Misconduct – Student Academic Misconduct Policy (see extract of the policy below under the heading "What is Academic Misconduct?")

♦ Misconduct – Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

♦ Enrolment Policy (includes a section on the UWS Student Email Account)

What is Academic Misconduct?

Academic Misconduct may involve one or more of the following:

Plagiarism

Plagiarism involves submitting or presenting work in a unit as if it were the student's own work done expressly for that particular unit when, in fact, it was not. Most commonly, plagiarism exists when:

a. the work submitted or presented was done, in whole or in part, by an individual other than the one submitting or presenting the work;

b. parts of the work are taken from another source without reference to the original author; or c. the whole work, such as an essay, is copied from another source such as a website or another

student's essay.

Acts of plagiarism may occur deliberately or inadvertently

a. Inadvertentplagiarism occurs through inappropriate application or use of material without

reference to the original source or author. In these instances, it should be clear that the student did not have the intention to deceive. The University views inadvertent plagiarism as an opportunity to educate students about the appropriate academic conventions in their field of study.

b. Deliberateplagiarism occurs when a student, using material from another source and presenting it as his or her own, has the intention to deceive. The University views a deliberate act of plagiarism as a serious breach of academic standards of behaviour for which severe penalties will be imposed.

Collusion

Collusion includes inciting, assisting, facilitating, concealing or being involved in plagiarism, cheating or other academic misconduct with others.

Cheating

Cheating includes, but is not limited to:

a. dishonest or attempted dishonest conduct during an examination, such as speaking to other candidates or otherwise communicating with them;

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examiner; writing an examination or part of it, or consulting any person or materials outside the confines of the examination room, without permission to do so;

c. leaving answer papers exposed to view, or persistent attempts to read other students' examination papers; or

d. cheating in take-home examinations, which includes, but is not limited to:

i) making available notes, papers or answers in connection with the examination (in whatever form) to others without the permission of the relevant lecturer;

ii) receiving answers, notes or papers in connection with the examination (in whatever form) from another student, or another source, without the permission of the relevant lecturer; and iii) unauthorised collaboration with another person or student in the formulation of an

assessable component of work.

For the full definition of academic misconduct and the consequences of such behaviour, students are advised to read the Student Academic Misconduct Policy in its entirety.

Student Conduct:

http://policies.uws.edu.au/view.current.php?id=00072

Actions taken to improve unit:

Increased practical component.

Assessment Information

Learning Outcomes:

At the completion of the computer networks and internets unit, students will be able to: 1. Explain in detail the concepts behind computer networks and internets;

2. Describe and discuss in depth the operation of the TCP/IP suite and its relevance to modern day computer networks and the Internet;

3. Design a network addressing scheme using both classful and classless addressing; 4. Design, implement and test a small internetwork with basic security features; 5. Explain the role of routers in internetworking;

6. Configure and manage routers used in small internets;

7. Use appropriate software tools to test network functionality and performance; 8. Describe in detail the advantages and disadvantages of distance vector protocols; 9. Compare and contrast distance vector and link state routing protocols;

10. Configure small internetworks using static, default and dynamic routing.

Assessment Details:

This unit has two assessment components:

1. Continuous assessment 70% consisting of the following Practical Component 50%

Weekly Lab Exercises (25%)

Practical IP Addressing Exercise (10%) Skills Based Practical Test (15%)

Online component 20% (10/20 min required to be eligible for pass) Final Online Quiz (20%)

2. Final exam 30% (12/30 min required to be eligible for a pass)

Assessment Requirements:

In order to be eligible for a pass the unit, students need to obtain at least 10/20 in the Final Online Quiz and

12/30 in the Final exam.

Further information on the learning activities:

Practical Component 50%

Weekly Labs (25%)

Learning Outcomes 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 & 10

Practical exercises will be conducted in the weekly 2-hour lab workshops. There will be up to a maximum of 12 practical exercises that are designed to provide the student the opportunity to grow their

conceptual/theoretical understanding of the unit content in a hands-on way whilst at the same time developing the practical skills required to construct and configure simple LANs.

Students will be assessed on their ability to meet the objectives of each of the lab exercises. In each of the practical exercises students meeting 80% or more of the objectives will receive 2 marks; students obtaining between 50% and 80% will receive 1 mark and students not achieving at least 50% of the objectives will receive 0 marks.

As it is impractical to provide a set of networking equipment for each student it will be necessary for students to work in small groups for some of the practical exercises however assessment will be on an individual basis. The mark achieved in the lab exercises is designed to indicate to the student the level of conceptual understanding and practical ability they have attained. 2 marks indicates that the student has good

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Practical IP Addressing Exercise (10%)

Learning Outcomes 2 & 5

This exercise is designed to test the student’s understanding of IP addressing and subnetting (VLSM & CIDR). The exercise will be based on the activities and labs in chapter 6 of the online material. The exercise will be held in the lecture in week 7 (week commencing 11APR2011). This is an individual assessment.

Skills Based Practical Test (15%)

Learning Outcomes 3, 6, 7 & 10

The key practical skills a student has gained throughout the session are evaluated in a 45-minute practical test. The test is a group assessment (see note on group work for how group work will be assessed).

Note on Group Work:

Group Size: No more than four students per group.

Group Formation: In most cases students will form their own groups where required.

Group Assessment: In most cases the mark achieved by the group will be the mark awarded to each of the members of the group. If however, the lab workshop instructor believes that a member or members of the group are performing at a level substantially lower than the rest of the group, the instructor may chose to take the individual/s aside and conduct individual vivas with them and/or ask them to redo the task individually and adjust their marks accordingly.

Online Component 20%

Final Online Quizzes (20%

(10/20 min required to be eligible for pass)

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Learning Outcomes 2 - 10

A one hour final online quiz consisting of multiple choice questions comprised of single and multiple answers type questions covering all the Cisco materials presented throughout the session and in the online material will be held in the student’s lab workshop session in week 12. This is an individual assessment and will be conducted under closed book exam conditions.

In order to prepare for the final online quiz student’s will be given the opportunity to do weekly quizzes. These online quizzes will become available in week 1 (week commencing 28th February, see weekly schedule for details). The weekly online quizzes will be active for a 7-day period starting at the end of the lecture. Once started the student will have 1 hour to complete each online quiz, note that in some weeks there may be more than one quiz available. The weekly online quizzes will cover the topics presented in the online curriculum material and/or in that week’s classes. The weekly online quizzes consist of multiple choice questions comprised of single and multiple answers type questions. Only one attempt will be permitted, and

no quiz will be reactivated. The weekly quizzes will be available online on the Cisco Academy Exam Server (http://cisco.netacad.net/cnams/public/Login.jsp).

Final Exam:

The final examination will be conducted by the examinations unit and will be held during exam period at the end of the session. The exam will be a 2-hour closed book written exam and it may cover any topic/s

covered in this unit. In order to be eligible for a pass in the unit a student must obtain a mark of at least 12/30 in this test. Students not meeting this minimum mark may have demonstrated good practical skills but would not have demonstrated the required conceptual and theoretical understanding required of someone studying at a university level.

Sample questions will posted on the vUWS site at the appropriate time.

The final grades in this unit will be awarded as follows:

Pass final mark greater than or equal to 50 and less than 65 Credit final mark greater than or equal to 65 and less than 75 Distinction final mark greater than or equal to 75 and less than 85 High Distinction final mark equal or more than 85

Fail final mark less than 50, or failed to meet assessment requirements

NOTES:

In order to be eligible for a passing grade in the unit students need to obtain at least 10/20 in the Final Online Quiz and 12/30 in the Final Exam.

Learning Resources Information:

vUWS http://elearning.uws.edu.au

You will require a current MyUWS account.

SCM online course material mirror. This link can be found on the 300095 CNI vUWS site. You will require a current SCM account.

Cisco website for online course material http://cisco.netacad.net/cnams/public/Login.jsp You require a Cisco Networking Academy user account.

Cisco’s assessment server for weekly online quizzes and final online quiz: http://cisco.netacad.net/cnams/public/Login.jsp

You require a Cisco Networking Academy user account.

Textbook:

Forouzan, B. A., (2010). TCP/IP Protocol Suite, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill.

Library Resources and Reference Materials:

The Cisco Network Academy online curriculum material.

Dye, M. A., McDonald, R. & Rufi, A. W., (2008). Network Fundamentals: CCNA Exploration Companion Guide, Cisco Press

Graziani, R. & Johnson, A., (2008). Routing Protocols and Concepts: CCNA Exploration Companion Guide, Cisco Press

The following list of textbooks are also highly recommended:

Comer, D. E., (2006). Internetworking With TCP/IP: Pricciples, Protocols, and Architecture, 5th Ed:, Prentice Hall.

Fitzgerald, J. & Dennis, A., (2009). Business Data Communications and Networking 10th Ed, Wiley.

Forouzan, B. A., (2004). Business Data Communications: McGraw Hill.

Forouzan, B.A., (2007). Data communications and Networking 4th Ed: McGraw Hill.

Goldman. J. E., (2001). Local Area Networks: A Business-Oriented Approah, 2nd Ed: Wiley.

Goldman. J. E. & Rawles P. T., (2004). Applied Data Communication: A Business-Oriented Approach 4th Ed: Wiley

Kurose, J.F. and Ross K.W., (2010), Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 5th Ed., Addison-Wesley. Perlman, R., (2000), Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches and Internetworking Protocols, 2nd Ed, Addison-Wesley.

Stallings, W., (2004), Computer Networking with Internet Protocols and Technology, Prentice Hall.

Stallings, W., (2002). High-speed networks and internets: performance and quality of service 2nd Ed.: Prentice Hall.

Stallings, W., (1998) High-speed networks: TCP/IP and ATM design principles: Prentice Hall.

Stallings, W., (1999) ISDN and broadband ISDN with frame relay and ATM 4th Ed: Prentice Hall. Stallings, W., (2009). Business Data Communications 6th Ed: Prentice-Hall.

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Key Weblinks:

vUWS (requires a current MyUWS account) http://elearning.uws.edu.au

Cisco Networking Academy

http://cisco.netacad.net/cnams/public/Login.jsp

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) http://www.ietf.org

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers( IEEE) http://www.ieee.org/portal/site

IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/

Literacy and/or Numeracy resources:

Students can access the following web based resources for help on literacy and numeracy:

UWS Student Learning Unit

http://currentstudents.uws.edu.au/students/ods/lsu

Merlot – Learning Materials

http://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?keywords=&category=2724

LiveMaths

http://www.livemaths.co.uk/

Referencing Requirements: