This module explicitly focuses on significant elements required for the achievement of STAFFORDSHIRE GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES.

This module will look at fundamental aspects of the technology which underlies an enterprise grade network.

This module introduces concepts around the OSI model, TCP/IP, network design and documentation, Ethernet routing and switching, CLI and configuration, network Troubleshooting LAN switched networks and campus architectures including VLAN's, Network Management and Access Control Lists, Wireless Networks based on 802.11.

This module will also look at the WAN based technologies which will allow for global communications. The usage of these within the context of global remote working and linking different parts of the world together for group work and communications will be investigated.

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Specialist networking laboratories with Cisco equipment.

For those students who wish to, access to the Cisco Academy portal where further material and learning resources are available. The Academy access part of the course is entirely optional but is highly recommended for working in the networking industry.

Network Fundamentals, Dye et al, 2011 Cisco Press, ISBN-10: 1587133482

Routing Protocols and Concepts: CCNA Exploration Companion Guide, Graziana, 2011, Cisco Press, ISBN-10: 1587132729

LAN Switching and Wireless: CCNA Exploration Companion Guide, Lewis, Cisco Press 2012, ISBN-10: 1587132737

Accessing the WAN, Vachon, 2011, Cisco Press, ISBN-10: 1587133490

CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide, Lammle, 2011, Wiley & Sons, ISBN-10: 0470901071

This course will have lectures (48 hours) and practicals (48 hours). The lecture will be looking at the academic aspects of networking within a commercial organisation. The underlying theory will be given in these sessions. This though will be reinforced through the use of the practicals. The intention of this course is to give the student the skills needed to work on Cisco based live equipment in a commercial setting and as such the tutorials are the chance to work on the equipment and reinforce through experimentation what has been covered in the lectures. The student will also be given optional access to the Cisco Academy learning material if they wish to carry out extra study.

A practical test length 2 hours weighted at 50%. Learning outcomes (3,4). The test covers the design and implementation of a wired network within a commercial environment.

Group Assignment - 3000 words (50%) Learning outcomes (1,2,3,4). This assessment will contain a written and oral presentation element and will be completed in groups.