Module Descriptors
SECURE CONVERGED WANS
COCS70332
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 7
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Christopher Howard
Email: C.Howard@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 50%
- COURSEWORK weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Texts
Cisco Networking Academy Program: CCNP1on-line course material, Cisco Systems Inc. hosted by Staffordshire University
CCNP: Complete Study Guide (642-801, 642-811, 642-821, 642-831) by Wade Edwards et al., Sybex, May 2005, ISBN: 0782144217
CCNP ISCW Official Exam Certification Guide by Brian Morgan and Neil Lovering, Cisco Press, 3 edition, July 2007, ISBN: 158720150X
Suggested reading:
Local Area Networks, a business-orientated approach, Goldman & Rawles, Wiley, 2nd edition, March 2000, ISBN:0 471 33047 7
Computer Networks and Internets with internet applications, Douglas E Comer, Prentice Hall, 4th edition, 2004, ISBN-10: 0131433512ISBN-13:9780131433519
CCNP: Complete Study Guide (642-801, 642-811, 642-821, 642-831) by Wade Edwards et al., Sybex, May 2005, ISBN: 0782144217
CCNP ISCW Official Exam Certification Guide by Brian Morgan and Neil Lovering, Cisco Press, 3 edition, July 2007, ISBN: 158720150X
Suggested reading:
Local Area Networks, a business-orientated approach, Goldman & Rawles, Wiley, 2nd edition, March 2000, ISBN:0 471 33047 7
Computer Networks and Internets with internet applications, Douglas E Comer, Prentice Hall, 4th edition, 2004, ISBN-10: 0131433512ISBN-13:9780131433519
Module Additional Assessment Details
A written examination, length 2 hours, weighted at 50% (Learning outcomes 1 and 2).
Coursework weighted at 50% (Learning Outcomes 3 and 4)
Coursework weighted at 50% (Learning Outcomes 3 and 4)
Module Indicative Content
This module introduces students to commercial secure converged remote access solutions and WAN connection types. It covers:
- PPP architecture, Functional components, PAP and CHAP authentication
- ISDN Architecture: ISDN versus asynchronous, ISDN services and channelised E1 and T1, BRI call processing
- Static and Default Routing: Use and configuration of static and default routes
- Frame Relay and Queuing
- Network Address Translation: Configuring NAT static and dynamic, Inside global address overloading
- Access-Control: Security solutions, Understanding and configuring AAA
- Broadband Access Technologies: xDSL, Cable modems, DOCSIS
- Site-to-site VPN
- PPP architecture, Functional components, PAP and CHAP authentication
- ISDN Architecture: ISDN versus asynchronous, ISDN services and channelised E1 and T1, BRI call processing
- Static and Default Routing: Use and configuration of static and default routes
- Frame Relay and Queuing
- Network Address Translation: Configuring NAT static and dynamic, Inside global address overloading
- Access-Control: Security solutions, Understanding and configuring AAA
- Broadband Access Technologies: xDSL, Cable modems, DOCSIS
- Site-to-site VPN
Module Learning Strategies
12 hours lectures, 24 hours labs / tutorial
Self-managed learning using on-line material
Weekly one hour lecture to supplement on-line material
On-line multiple choice tests to give formative feedback
Lab sessions every week to gain practical networking experience and re-enforce theory
Team assignment work as part lab work and skills test
Investigation using Web
(1:n)1 (1:20)2
Self-managed learning using on-line material
Weekly one hour lecture to supplement on-line material
On-line multiple choice tests to give formative feedback
Lab sessions every week to gain practical networking experience and re-enforce theory
Team assignment work as part lab work and skills test
Investigation using Web
(1:n)1 (1:20)2
Module Resources
- Internet
- Library
- Windows workstations
- Networking equipment in University labs
Additionally, for CISCO Academies only
- On-line learning material provided by CISCO Inc.
- CISCO Networking Academy programme assessment server
- Laboratory exercise sheets provided by course instructor
NOTE
Instructors teaching this module who use the CISCO material must have completed a CCNP2 instructor training course of the CNAP programme
- Library
- Windows workstations
- Networking equipment in University labs
Additionally, for CISCO Academies only
- On-line learning material provided by CISCO Inc.
- CISCO Networking Academy programme assessment server
- Laboratory exercise sheets provided by course instructor
NOTE
Instructors teaching this module who use the CISCO material must have completed a CCNP2 instructor training course of the CNAP programme
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Prior study of modules containing CCNA content or equivalent or valid CCNA qualification.