Unit Description

The ability to understand, analyse, design, configure and manage computer networks and network services is a requirement for a range of graduate entry information technology positions.

This unit introduces core concepts that govern computer network administration and the Internet, in particular layered network architecture and models, hardware and software, TCP/IP protocol stack, addressing and routing, wireless networks, network security, and network services and applications. You will learn how modern computer networks and the Internet work, and how they are structured.