Network technology
C Freeman
6 points * Second semester * Peninsula * Prerequisites: CFR2204 or equivalent * Prohibitions: CFR3012, CFR3020, COT3020, CSC3182, RDT3662
Media issues: data link protocols. The OSI model and its application to LANs and WANs: MAC-level and related interfaces, CSMA/CD, Token Bus, Token Ring, fibre-optic distributed data interface. Personal computers and networks operating systems. PC networking: Netbois, XNS, TCP/IP, Novell Advanced Netware, OS/2 Lan Manager (Lan Server), client-server systems. Extending the LAN: metropolitan and wide-area networks, repeaters, bridging, routing, gateways, multi-protocol environments, internetworking protocols - TCP/IP, OSI, network management, GOSIP and the future.
Assessment
Examination (2 hours): 50% * Practical work: 50%
Prescribed texts
Black U Data networks concepts, theory and practice Prentice-Hall, 1989