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University of Cape Town Network Laboratory

The UCT Networking Lab is located in the White Lab in the Department of Electrical Engineering at University of Cape Town. The laboratory hosts the Huawei Network Training Center in Western South Africa and is equiped with network routers and switches to support the communication network course EEE3075F and the network courses of Huawei Network Technology Training Center.

Huawei Network Technology Training Center

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The Huawei Network Technology Training Center in China offers a large number of courses. In Africa, the usage and business of network is growing very fast, and there is a strong need for education. The Huawei Network Technology Training Center is now also host at UCT in South Africa to meet such demand. In Africa, the training center is currently targeting at the following very popular course:
Huawei Certified Network Engineer (HCNE) Training - Constructing Medium and Small-sized Enterprise Networks.

The HCNE course consists of 5 days of training with hands on labs in the following topics:
Basic network knowledge
TCP/IP protocol and subnet planning
Common network interfaces and cables
Principle and configuration of Ethernet switch
Principle and configuration of router
Principle and configuration of WAN protocol
Principle and configuration of routing protocol
Access control list and address translation
Principle and configuration of DDR and ISDN
Principle and configuration of backup center

During a 5-day training, about half of the training will be in a classroom/meeting room, whereas the other half will be in the network laboratory with network facilities and computers.

The language of instruction is English.

Students visiting Cape Town may spend sometime during the weekends in sightseeing. One may rent a car and most tourist areas in Cape Town will be within driving distance.

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Facilities

The lab has 20 computers, which may either be connected to the Internet or to an internal experimental network of routers and switches. When connected to the experimental network, it controls and configures the routers and switches in that network.

The networking lab

The Huawei switches

The Huawei routers

The computer to configure the network

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About Cape Town

The university is at the famous Table Mountain with scenic views around. Cape Town is a beautiful tourist area with both city life and natural wonders. There are plenty of beaches within one hour from the university. Other good places to visit include Cape Point where one can view both Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, Boulder to view Pengiums, and Waterfront in the city of Cape Town. The season to watch Whale is from May to November.

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