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Unit of Study COMP2005 - Routing and WAN Technologies (2025)

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Unit description

Gives students an in-depth understanding of network routing and Wide Area Network (WAN) technologies. Students will gain knowledge and skills by analysing major Internet Protocol (IP) routing and link protocols, prototyping and configuring IP routing in an industry standard simulation environment. Students will also learn to troubleshoot typical IP routing issues.  

Unit content

1. Network Routing Concepts

2. Distance-vector routing

3. Link-state routing

4. High-performance and high-availability routing

5. WAN concepts and technologies

6. VPN concepts and technologies

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Gold Coast
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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

compare and contrast major network routing approaches

discuss and analyse major WAN and IP routing protocols

prototype and configure IP routing in a simulation environment

implement high performance and high redundancy objectives in IP routing

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