CISCO Networking Academy Program: CCNP2/4 on-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 a., Sybex, May 2005 ISBN: 0782144217

To have completed CCNA or equivalent.

This module considers the implications or remote access to networks and the provisioning of applicable resource to match business applications/traffic.

The module covers remote access solutions including VPN and AAA, tracking logins and connections.

Access-Control: Security solutions, Understanding and configuring AAA
Broadband Access Technologies: xDSL, Cable modems, DOCSIS

Quality of service techniques such as FQ, PQ, CBWFQ, RED, WRED, traffic shaping and policing in order to allocate appropriate WAN resources.

A COURSEWORK weighted at 100%. (Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4).
This will be a portfolio consisting of a class test based on a scenario, 90 minutes (50%) Learning outcomes 1 & 4, which will look at a real world scenario and the application of practical skills to a more limited lab based scenario (50%) Learning outcomes 2 & 3.

Specialist networking laboratory

13 hours lectures / 26 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