Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunication and Network Engineering), Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunication and Network Engineering)/ Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Software Engineering) and Bachelor of Computing (Network Design and Security).

Aims & Objectives:

• Navigate around an installed Unix System
• Understand the operation of a Unix-based Operating System
• Become familiar with the administration of a unix server or workstation
• Configure common network services, devices and security
• Become familiar with the use of network administration tools on Unix systems.

Teaching Methods:

Lectures (24 hrs), Tutorials (labs) (24 hrs) and Tutorials (12 hrs)

Assessment:

Laboratory Work, Assignment, Written Examination

Generic Skills Outcomes:

• Ability to apply knowledge of basic science and engineering fundamentals
• In-depth technical competence in at least one engineering discipline
• Ability to utilise a systems approach to design and operation performance
• Ability to understand problem identification, formulation and solution
• Expectation of the need to undertake lifelong learning, and the capacity to do so.

Content:

• History of Unix.
• Comparison of Unix Systems.
• Functionality of the Unix System.
• The Unix CLI and shell.
• Unix as a Networked Services Platform.
• Writing Networked Applications under Unix.
• Configuring Unix Networked Services.
• Network and Network Traffic Analysis.
• File and Print Sharing.
• Building Network Devises
• Writing Networked applications under Unix
  

References:

Comer, DE & Stevens DDL, Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume III Client Server Programming and Applications, Prentice Hall
Free BSD Handbook – http://www.freebsd.org
Srever, E, Linux in a nutshell (3rd edition) O’Reilly and Associates
Tanenbaum, AS, Modern Operating Systems, Prentice Hall
Samba Web Pages – http://www.samba.org
Apache Web Pages – http://www.apache.org