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CCNA 3&4 Exploration LAN Switching and WAN
Summer 2010/2011
1. Course Duration
15.Nov.2010 ~ 18.Feb.2010
2. Lecture Time & Location
Wednesdays, 5:30~7:30pm, S513 Gardens Point campus.
3. Practical Sessions Timetable & Location
Practical Session Days and Time Venue
Prac 1 (Starts in week 1) Thursdays: 5:30pm – 7:30pm S513
Prac 2(Starts in week 2) Mondays:3:00 – 5:00 pm S513
4. Teaching Staff
Lecturer/Instructor
Gordon Osborne, David Judge
Email: g_osborne@hotmail.com , djudge2@bigpond.com
Room: O-Podium Level 3 – Cisco Networking Academy Office
Tutor
Ricco Lee
Email: jy.lee@qut.edu.au
Room: O-Podium Level 3 – Cisco Networking Academy Office
5. Consultation Hours:
Your first point of contact is the primary instructor assigned for your class and tutor of your
practical tutorial session.
6. Approaches to Teaching and Learning
Weekly contact will consist of a two hour lecture and a two-hour laboratory/tutorial session. You
will have supervised laboratory/tutorial sessions and weekly online module exams. You will be
expected to maintain an engineering journal related to the laboratory/tutorial sessions and the
lectures. Your primary source of learning materials are the on-line curriculum, lecture slides and
the lab manual. You will be expected to spend some of the private study time in reading the web-
based curriculum before attending each class lecture session.
You will be expected to work in small groups (a group of two students) on the practical sessions
and maintain a workbook each week. You will be given an opportunity to discuss any problems
with tutorial exercises and lectures with the teaching staff.
Teaching staff associated with this unit will be available in person at specified times or via email to
answer your questions.
7. Assessment
This is not a graded course. Students enrolled in the QUT degree programs can apply for credit
for relevant unit allowed by the degree course co-ordinator and the unit co-ordinator.
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Undergraduates and External Students Assessment items
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Assessment No: 1
Assessment Name: Online multi-choice Exams
Description: Weekly exams – online
Weight: None
Due Date: Every week
Note: If you do not complete all module exams, you won’t be entitled to the online final
exam.
Assessment No. 2
Assessment Name: CCNA3 and CCNA4 Skills based exam Part 1(Practical)
Description: Practical Assessment
Weight: 52%
Due Date: Refer to Lecture Schedule
Note: In order to be eligible for the skill-based Part 1 exam, you must have up-to-date engineering
journal and must complete all lab-exercises.
Assessment No. 3
Assessment Name: CCNA3 and CCNA4 Skills based exam Part 2(Theory)
Description: Written Assessment (Not applicable to external students)
Weight: 13%
Due Date: Refer to Lecture Schedule
Assessment No: 4
Assessment Name: CCNA3 Online Final Exam
Description: Theory – multi-choice examination
Weight: 18%
Date Due: Refer to Lecture Schedule
Assessment No: 5
Assessment Name: CCNA4 Online Final Exam
Description: Theory – multi-choice examination
Weight: 17%
Date Due: Refer to Teaching schedule
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Postgraduate Assessment items
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Assessment No: 1
Assessment Name: Online multi-choice Exams
Description: Module exams to be taken weekly for self assessment purposes - online
Weight: None
Due Date: Every week
Note: Students are required to complete all module exams prior to taking the online final
exam.
Assessment No. 2
Assessment Name: CCNA3 and CCNA4 Skills based exam Part 1 (SBA)
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Description: Practical Assessment
Weight: 24%
Due Date: Refer to Lecture Schedule
Note: Students are required to maintain an updated engineering journal in order to be eligible for
the practical assessment. (Engineering journal should contain only hand written notes and
printed or hand drawn schematic diagrams to be brought in to the practical assessment
session.)
Assessment No: 3
Assessment Name: CCNA3 and CCNA4 Skill based exam Part 2 (Theory)
Description: Written Assessment
Weight: 16%
Date Due: Refer to Lecture Schedule
Assessment No: 4
Assessment Name: CCNA3 Online Final Exam
Description: Theory – multi-choice examination
Weight: 15%
Date Due: Refer to Lecture Schedule
(Note: Students are required to complete all module exams prior to taking the online final exam.)
Assessment No: 5
Assessment Name: CCNA4 Online Final Exam
Description: Theory – multi-choice examination
Weight: 15%
Date Due: Refer to Lecture Schedule
(Note: Students are required to complete all module exams prior to taking the online final exam.)
Assessment No: 6
Assessment Name: CCNA4 Case Study
** Please submit your CASE STUDY to your lecturer.
Description: Group written assignment. Two students may work as a team.
Weight: 30%
Date Due: 4/Feb/2011
8. Student’s responsibilities for this course:
You are required to maintain an engineering journal and lab journal throughout this course.
These two journals will be examined before the skills-based exam (SBA practical exam).
The engineering journal must be hand written. Drawing of physical and logical network
diagram is encouraged throughout this course.
You are allowed to paste the printed copy of the diagrams that you have developed.
In the absence of well-documented and maintained engineering journal, the instructor has full
rights to not let you sit for the SBA practical exam.
In order to become eligible to write the final online exam, you must finish all the online module
exams before the final exam date.
You are required to study in advance the chapter that will be discussed in the class by the
instructor.
You are also required to do necessary flash and e-lab activities prior to attending a class.
For every lab activity, you are required to work in pairs.
Make sure that you maintain a good communication with your lab partner to ensure
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continuous participation in the lab sessions and completion of all lab exercises.
Every student is required to bring the following stationery items when attending the classes:
Pen, pencil, eraser
Notebook to make engineering journal
Optionally, removable storage media such as USB memory stick
Internet browsing is strictly NOT allowed during the lecture time unless it is a part of the
lecture and it has been instructed to do so.
There is no typing including the use of e-mail program allowed during the PowerPoint
presentation unless the Instructor specifically asks it.
If you are found doing any of the above stated the instructor has complete right to switch off
your computer.
The exam dates are normally announced at least 2 weeks in advance. It is student’s
responsibilities to make available time to attend the exam.
You are expected to inform the instructor in advance of your absence in the class in writing.
You should try to get your work finished well ahead of the deadlines.
9. Late Work Policy:
Students are required to refer to the faculty’s policy when requesting to defer any assessment due
date.
10. Computer Lab Facilities:
As a student you are required to obtain a student account in order to use a computer in one of
the labs in Gardens Point campus.
This student account will be primarily used as your login account to log onto any computer in
the campus.
Open lab time may be scarce, so you should make full use of your class time.
11. Doing your Own Work:
You are expected to do work in pairs for all lab exercises. Group discussions of course
material and studying together for tests are encouraged.
However, assignments and examinations must reflect the knowledge of the individual, not a
group unless stated otherwise.
If there is a case where two assignments appears to be the exact copy of each other, both
student may get zero marks.
12. Risk Management
There is no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with this course.
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13. Lecture and Tutorial Schedule.
Lecture schedule
# Week Beginning Lecture Course outline/schedule Self Assessment
date (Module Exams)
1 15.Nov.2010 17.Nov Module 1, 2 - LAN Design, Basic Switch Module 1, 2
Concepts and Configuration
2 22.Nov.2010 24.Nov Module 3, 4 - VLANs, VTP Module 3, 4
3 29.Nov.2010 1.Dec Module 5, 6 - STP, Inter-VLAN Routing Module 5, 6
4 6.Dec.2010 8.Dec Module 7 - Basic Wireless Concepts and Module 7
Configuration
5 13. Dec.2010
Exam preparation week
6 20. Dec.2010
CCNA3 Final Online Exam
(On Wednesday, 22/12/10, 5:30pm – 7:30pm)
27.Dec.2010
Christmas Break
7 3. JAN.2010 5.JAN Module 1, 2 - Introduction to WANs, PPP Module 1, 2
8 10. JAN.2010 12.JAN Module 3, 4 - Frame Relay, Network Module 3, 4
Security
9 17. JAN.2010 19.JAN Module 5, 6 - ACLs, Teleworker Services Module 5, 6
1 24. JAN.2010 26.JAN
0 No Class / Public holiday
1 31.JAN.2010 2.Feb Module 7, 8 – IP Addressing Services, Module 7, 8
1 Network Troubleshooting
1 7.Feb.2010 9.Feb
2 CCNA4 Final Online Exam
(On Wednesday, 9/2/11,
5:00 – 8:00pm for Undergrads.
5:00 – 8:30pm for Postgrads.
Final Exams:
CCNA 4 Final Online Exam + SBA2 Theory Exam on Saturday,9/2/2010
SBA1 Practical Exam: 14/2/2011, and 17/2/2011 (Session Allocation-TBA)
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Practical and lab sessions
CCNA 3 LAN Switching and Wireless
Module No. Tutorial Topics
1 1 1.3.1 Review of concepts from Exploration 1
2 1.3.2 Review of concepts from Exploration 1 - challenge
3 1.3.3 Troubleshooting a small network
2 1 2.5.1 Basic switch configuration
2 2.5.2 Managing switch operating system and configuration files
3 2.5.3 Managing switch operating system and configuration files – challenge
3 1 3.5.1 Basic VLAN configuration
2 3.5.2 Challenge VLAN configuration
3 3.5.3 Troubleshooting VLAN configurations
4 1 4.4.1 Basic VTP configuration
2 4.4.2 VTP configuration challenge
3 4.4.3 Troubleshooting VTP configuration
5 1 5.5.1 Basic spanning tree protocol
2 5.5.2 Challenge spanning tree protocol
3 5.5.3 Troubleshooting spanning tree protocol
6 1 6.4.1 Basic Inter-VLAN routing
2 6.4.2 Challenge Inter-VLAN routing
3 6.4.3 Troubleshooting Inter-VLAN routing
7 1 7.5.1 Configuring wireless LAN Access
2 7.5.2 Challenge wireless configuration
3 7.5.3 Troubleshooting the wireless WRT300N
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CCNA 4 Accessing the WAN
Modul No. Tutorial topics
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1 1 1.4.1 Challenge Review Lab
2 1 2.5.1 Basic PPP configuration Lab
2 2.5.2 Challenge PPP configuration
3 2.5.3 Troubleshooting PPP configuration
3 1 3.5.1 Basic Frame Relay
2 3.5.2 Challenge Frame Relay configuration
3 3.5.3 Troubleshooting Frame Relay
4 1 4.6.1 Basic security configuration
2 4.6.2 Challenge security configuration
3 4.6.3 Troubleshooting security configuration
5 1 5.5.1 Basic access control lists
2 5.5.2 Access control lists challenge
3 5.5.3 Troubleshooting access control lists
6 No labs
7 1 7.4.1 Basic DHCP and NAT configuration
2 7.4.2 Challenge DHCP and NAT configuration
3 7.4.3 Troubleshooting DHCP and NAT
8 1 8.5.1 Troubleshooting Enterprise Networks 1
2 8.5.2 Troubleshooting Enterprise Networks 2
3 8.5.3 Troubleshooting Enterprise Networks 3
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