CFR3213

Network technology

C Freeman

6 points
* 4 hours per week
* Second, summer semester
* Peninsula
* Prerequisites: CFR1125, CFR3313 or equivalent
* Prohibitions: CFR3012, CFR3020, COT3020, CSC3182, RDT3662

Objectives After completing this subject students should understand local area network (LAN) hardware and software; and have had use of application program interfaces for LANs.

Synopsis 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%

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