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Establish connectivity to a wide area network (WAN)

Establish connectivity to a wide area network (WAN)

Module
National Code
VU22761
State Code
AY812
DTWD Status
Approved
State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
23/03/2020
Field of Education
Nominal Hours
80
Description
The unit of competency describes the knowledge and skills to connect a small to medium enterprise to a wide area network (WAN) and to plan appropriate network services. The unit includes serial WAN access technologies and protocols such as High Level Data Link (HDLC), Point to Point (PPP) and Point to point over Ethernet (PPoE). The unit also introduces General Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnelling and single homed and routing protocol and external Border Gateway Protocol (eBGP).

Local Area Network (LAN) topics include configuring Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Cisco Switched Port Analyser (SPAN) and examining Quality of Service (QoS) requirements.

The unit also explores trends and directions in the evolution of computer networks.

No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
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