Foundations of Networking

Issued by Charles Darwin University

This course covers broad aspects of networking, including architectures, models, protocols and networking elements. Students will learn to build a simple local area network and troubleshoot network problems.

Type Learning
Level Foundational
Time Hours
Cost Free

Skills

Digital Skills
Ethernet Local Area Network
Information Technology
IP Addressing
IP Routing
Local Area Networks
Network Architecture
Network Protocols
VLSM
Wide Area Networks

Earning Criteria

Critically analyse the operation of data networks.
Implement a small-switched network and a small-routed network.
Implement an IP addressing scheme to meet network requirements for a small branch office using the fundamentals of Ethernet LANs, WANs and IP routing; CLI and switches; and subnetting, particularly VLSM.
Exam.