FACULTY OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Assignment (PART II)
HS1011 Data Communication and Networks
Trimester 3 2017
Assignment Part II – Group Assignment:
Date Due: Friday Week 12, by 5:00 PM
Marks: Weighting 15%
Word limit: 2000-2500 words equivalent
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HOLMES
INSTITUTE
FACULTY OF
HIGHER
EDUCATION
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Purpose of the assignment: The purpose of this assignment is to exercise and develop skills required to analyse and design networks to address the need of clients. In this assessment, students will be able to
Understand the basic concepts and principles of technology relating to electronic data communications and computer networking
Demonstrate a basic understanding of terminology of network communications technology, network operating systems and network applications
Articulate the difference between different types of network configurations and indicate the situations in which various options are best/most appropriate
Understand and explain different role of networking and network operating systems for information systems
Appreciate the need for different types of networks
Assignment requirements:
All three scenarios should be addressed. Use the instructions within each scenario to prepare a report. Each scenario has a discussion component and a network prototype component. Please present the discussion components in a Word document and screenshots of the network prototypes. Network prototypes should be submitted as .pkt files.
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Scenario 1:
You must install a network with 20 computers for a new business that wants to run
TCP/IP and have access to the Internet. The ISP in town will assign you only two public
IP addresses, so you decide to assign the computers addresses in the range of
172.16.1.1/16 to 172.16.1.125/16. You also need to install a network monitoring tool
on the central server to monitor network activities which shows status of each
computer in the network. You need to report the following to your supervising boss
before you are assigned with the project.
Requirements
Produce a report that states all the required hardware and software to
implement this network.
Design the prototype of the network using Packet Tracer and describe it in the
report.
You need to submit the .pkt file of your prototype created in Packet Tracer.
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Scenario 2:
You are hired as a consultant to place a WiFi network (for 50-60 customers) for which
you need to carry out WiFi scanning, to notify you of all the nearest and closest Access
points (APs), as well as to identify if the networks are 802.11/a, 802.11/b, 802.11/g.
Also, its main features should include AP information (SSID, MAC Address) and signal
quality chart. Your wireless network should be supported by 2 servers (Web and email
servers) that are connected to LAB of 20 users. You need to report the following to
your supervising boss before you are assigned to the project.
Requirements
Produce a report that states all the required hardware and software to
implement this network.
Design the prototype of the network using Packet Tracer and describe it in the
report.
You need to submit the .pkt file of your prototype created in Packet Tracer.
Scenario 3:
You have been called in to consult on a new network design for CNT Books. The
requirements of this design are summarized as follows:
The building has three floors.
There are 300 user workstations and 10 servers.
Users must be grouped according to the projects they’re working on, but the
users for each project are located on all three floors.
There must be fault tolerance for communicating between the floors.
Performance analyzing tool to evaluate performance and QoS of the network.
Requirements:
Produce a report that states all the required hardware and software to
implement this network.
Design the prototype of the network using Packet Tracer and describe it in the
report.
You need to submit the .pkt file of your prototype created in Packet Tracer.
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Assignment Submission: Assignment PART II Date Due: Friday Week 12 by 5:00 PM Assignment Submission Guideline: Please submit your softcopy online using the respective Blackboard assignment submission link. Only one submission per group can be made on Blackboard. In your group submission please include:
A Word document, including – Discussion component from Scenario 1 – Discussion component from Scenario 2 – Discussion component from Scenario 3 – Screenshots of Network prototypes from all three scenarios (not
included in the word limit)
Three .pkt files, one for each scenario, created in Packet Tracer
Marking criteria Weighting
Discussion component – hardware and software requirements and
network prototype descriptions (from all three scenarios)
5%
Network prototypes (from all three scenarios) 10%
TOTAL Weight 15%
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