ITC542 – Internetworking with TCP/IP
ITC542 – Internetworking with TCP/IP Assessment item 2
Networking Fundamentals Value: 15%
Due Date: 07-Apr-2019
Return Date: 01-May-2019
Submission method options: Alternative submission method
Task Task
This assessment aims to develop and gauge student understanding of the key topics covered so far by answering the following questions. Answering these questions will help you build some understanding for the next assessment item as well as for the entire subject. It is expected that answers to the assignment questions be succinct (i.e. precise and concise) with all sources of information fully referenced as per APA referencing style. You have to reference the text book and any additional material you have used in your answers.
Note that the guide for APA referencing is provided in the resources section of Interact site of this subject.
Answers MUST be written in your own words. No marks will be awarded for any answer that contains more than 10% direct quote (referenced or unreferenced). One or two sentence answers will be too short and only receive low marks. Answers longer than 1.5 pages (12 point font, single line spacing) may incur a penalty if too much non-relevant information is stated. For mathematical questions it is expected that you show intermediate steps of your working. Just stating the correct solution will result in low marks, on the other hand if the working is correct and you only made minor mistakes, you will still be awarded marks, even though the final answer is wrong.
Question 1 [3 Marks]
Write
functions of each layer of OSI reference model, also differentiate between hardware and software layers. Explain your view; why Network layer of OSI model is called Internet
layer in TCP/IP networking model?
Question 2 [3 Marks]
Complete the following Hands-On Projects from the prescribed textbook (Pyles, Carel & Tittel 2017)
Hands-On Project 2-3
Hands-On Project 3.2
In order to complete this activity, students should insert screenshots in the assignment document along with a short description of each step taken to complete the project.
Question 3 [4 Marks]
For any data communication, MAC and IP addresses play very important role, explain why these two types of address are important and what critical role ARP protocol plays in this scenario?
Question 4 Case study task [5 Marks]
In your role as a Solutions Architect at Foreshore IT Solutions, you are leading a team of several system administrators. Foreshore IT Solutions is a large organisation and is currently expanding its operations. The company was using six sites across Brisbane to accommodate its various departments. These departments are interconnected by three routers.
Company’s current network is shown as above, which include following departments at various sites:
Site | Department | No of Hosts |
HQ | Sales | 16000 |
Marketing | 8000 | |
BR1 | Advertising | 2000 |
Online Sales | 4000 | |
BR2 | Product Support | 1000 |
Technical Support | 500 |
Recently, company has experienced huge growth in their business, and need to employ more employees who will need more devices (hosts). Company is expecting 40% growth.
You are required to recalculate IP addressing scheme for this network to accommodate 40% growth, for example; Sales department will grow by 6400 hosts. Also provide subnets for inter router connections which should have subnet mask 255.255.255.252
Use network ID 180.XY.0.0/16 (where XY are last digits of your student ID). TASK – Write a 800 words (+/- 10%) (Max) report explaining:
- The
detailed design of a simple
addressing solution (with
diagram(s) and step by step workout of the calculations) that accommodate for
growth, is easy
to administer and has the minimum wastage of available IP address space.
[3 Marks]
- Provide IP addresses and Subnet Masks for all LAN and WAN interfaces. [1 Mark]
- Suppose in further future, this company experience more growth, which leaves company with no option except upgrading this network from IPv4 to IPv6, investigate/ explore the technical changes you may need to implement for such upgrade
Rationale
This assessment aims to assess the following learning objectives of this subject:
- be able to analyse IP addressing requirements and design an addressing scheme;
- be able to analyse the requirements of IP routing and choose appropriate routing methods;
- be able to demonstrate how internetworking devices obtain their network configuration;
- be able to explain how data flows through the internet; and
- be able to ascertain and evaluate selection of applications and protocols for transferring data across the internet
Rationale
This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:
- be able to analyse IP addressing requirements and design an addressing scheme.
- be able to analyse the requirements of IP routing and choose appropriate routing methods.
- be able to demonstrate how internetworking devices obtain their network configuration.
- be able to explain how data flows through the internet.
- be able to ascertain and evaluate selection of applications and protocols for transferring data across the internet.
This assessment aims
to assess the following learning objectives of this
subject:
- be able to analyse IP addressing requirements and design an addressing scheme;
- be able to analyse the requirements of IP routing and choose appropriate routing methods;
- be able to demonstrate how internetworking devices obtain their network configuration;
- be able to explain how data flows through the internet; and
- be able to ascertain and evaluate selection of applications and protocols for transferring data across the internet.
Marking criteria and standards
HD | DI | CR | PS | FL | |
Question 1 | In depth use of a good range of relevant | Evidence of using relevant literature to | Use of some relevant literature to address | Limited evidence of using relevant | No evidence of using relevant literature to |
literature to address | address the points. | the points. Provides | literature to address | address the points. | |
the points. Provides a | Provides a detailed | a good comparison | the points. Provides | Provides an | |
comprehensive | comparison of OSI | of OSI reference | a brief comparison of | incomplete | |
comparison of OSI | reference model with | model with TCP/IP | OSI reference model | comparison of OSI | |
reference model with | TCP/IP networking | networking model. | with TCP/IP | reference model with | |
TCP/IP networking | model, with evidence | Mostly cited the | networking model | TCP/IP networking | |
model, with evidence | of synthesising some | prescribed text. | with little evidence of | model with no | |
of synthesis of own | external readings | Synthesised | linkages or | linkages or | |
research and | and prescribed | concepts learned | connections to topic | connections to topic | |
prescribed reading in topics. | reading in topics. | from topic readings. | readings | readings. | |
Question 2 | Projects are completed, | Projects are completed, | Project mostly completed, some | Project completed but with errors, some | Evidence of some steps, most |
screenshots of all | screenshots of most | minor errors are | screenshots are | screenshots are | |
steps along with informative description has been provided. | steps has been provided with good description | apparent in the screenshots, description i | missing, description is not clear | missing. | |
Question 3 | Clear, comprehensive description of ARP. | Detailed description of ARP. Many critical | Good description of ARP. Some critical | Some description of ARP. Some critical | Incomplete or inadequate |
Critical points | points identified & | points identified & | points identified & | description of ARP. | |
identified & discussed. | discussed. | discussed. | discussed with some inaccuracies or omissions. | No critical points identified or discussed. |
Question 4 | Provides a complete, clear, and detailed, | Provides a detailed, step-by-step | Provides a detailed description of IP | Provides a complete but superficial | Does not provide a complete description |
step-by-step | description of IP | addressing | description of IP | of IP addressing | |
description of IP | addressing | requirement analysis | addressing | requirement analysis | |
addressing | requirement analysis | and design that | requirement analysis | and design Diagram/ | |
requirement analysis | and design that and | accurately fulfils the | and design. Diagram/ | s are inaccurate, or | |
and design that fully | accurately fulfils the | requirements. There | s are appropriate and | not included. No | |
and accurately fulfills | requirements. | are some | mostly accurate, but | critical points | |
the requirements. | Diagram/s are | inaccuracies or | there are | identified and | |
Diagram/s are appropriate and | appropriate and accurate. Identifies | omissions. Diagram/s are appropriate and | inaccuracies or omissions Identifies | discussed. | |
accurate. Identifies | and analyses most | mostly accurate, with | and provides | ||
and analyses all critical points. | critical points. | some minor inaccuracies or omissions. Identifies and provides some | explanation for only one or two critical points. | ||
explanation for most | |||||
critical points. |
Presentation
The assessment must be submitted electronically with a Cover Page that includes the following information:
- Assessment No
- Assessment Title
- Student Name & ID
- Subject Name and Code
- Student Email Address
- Students must ensure that all tasks/questions are identified clearly with headings.
- Answers to the questions must be in your own words and should be precise but complete and informative. No marks will be awarded for any answer containing more than 10% direct quotes (referenced or unreferenced).
- APA reference style must be used throughout the document with the bibliography at the end of the document. In-text citations should also follow APA style. APA referencing guide can be accessed via the following link. This also forms a part of the marking rubric.http://student.csu.edu.au/study/referencing-at-csu
Please note: Assessment MUST be submitted as ONE MS Word file via Turnitin. Please do not submit *.zip or *.rar or multiple files. Assessments are marked and feedback is attached using a MS Word-based tool. Reports that are submitted in PDF format will be re-formatted to Word format in order to be marked. Allowances will not be made for any loss of information, diagrams or images as a result of the re-formatting.
Assessment item 3
Network Design Value: 30%
Due Date: 12-May-2019 Return Date: 04-Jun-2019 Length: 500-700 words
Submission method options: Alternative submission method
Task
Task
Task 1 (Research) [5 marks]
In this task, you are required to research a range of options/methods that can be used for network designing in this assessment. Based on your research you are required to clearly list your views on pros and cons of each available option for the completion of this assessment and select an option that you will use to complete this assessment.
Task 2 – Setting up a Network [10 marks]
You are required to set up a network
consisting of PCs, routers, switches and servers. You need to
configure routing between
routers, use any dynamic routing
protocol. The
PCs (clients) will be connected to switches and switches to the router’s
interfaces. Clients and Servers are
connected on different networks (don’t attach clients and servers on same network). Client(s) <–> Switch <–> Router <–> Router <–> Switch <–> Server(s)
Use ONLY the IP address which you calculated in Assignment 2.
Perform the following activities and support your workings with screenshots [10 marks]:
- Configure the PCs, Server and Router interfaces with appropriate network addressing;
- Configure any classless dynamic routing protocol on the routers;
- On any client, ping the client’s own network interfaces, then the local router gateway interface, then the remote router interface, then the servers. Check full network conductivity;
- Use the traceroute command from the client to the server. Include results of the traceroute in your submission, explaining meaning of traceroute output.
Task 3 – Configuring Network Services [10 marks]:
Using the same network topology that you have setup in Task 1, perform the following additional activities
- DHCP: Configure DHCP servers and show that the client PC has successfully received IP Addresses and other network parameters (default gateway, subnet mask and DNS IP address) using DHCP
- WEB Server: Configure WEBs server on the dedicated machines in their specified networks, with URL as yourname.csu.org
- DNS: Configure DNS Servers on the server device and demonstrate that forward and reverse DNS are working from the client PC; test DNS Server by browsing yourname.csu.org from client PC, DNS must resolve this URL to IP address of WEB Server
- Firewall: Configure traffic filtering on the web servers to block ONLY HTTP TCP traffic between one of the client PCs and WEB Servers and allowing all other IP traffic, provide evidence of such traffic filtering. You should verify firewall by using PING and HTTPS TCP traffic which should not be blocked.
A series of screenshots with commentary on each of the required tasks is to be submitted. The submission must include a comprehensive explanation of each task and all the commands used along with the output (or final result) in report format.
Task 4 [5 marks]
Task 4 will be given to you by your lecturer 7 days before date due. This is to allow everyone to work in this timeframe and to prevent unauthorized assistance with your work. This task is face to face questioning and answering with your lecturer, and must be completed during class time before the due date.
Rationale
This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:
- be able to analyse IP addressing requirements and design an addressing scheme.
- be able to analyse the requirements of IP routing and choose appropriate routing methods.
- be able to demonstrate how internetworking devices obtain their network configuration.
- be able to ascertain and evaluate selection of applications and protocols for
transferring data across the internet.
This assessment is designed to enhance analytical skills, planning and design capabilities of students under some predefined requirements. In particular, the assessment covers the following learning objectives:
- be able to analyse IP addressing requirements and design an addressing scheme;
- be able to analyse the requirements of IP routing and choose appropriate routing methods;
- be able to demonstrate how internetworking devices obtain their network configuration;
- be able to explain how data flows through the internet; and
- be able to ascertain and evaluate selection of applications and protocols for transferring data across the internet;
Rationale
This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:
- be able to analyse IP addressing requirements and design an addressing scheme.
- be able to analyse the requirements of IP routing and choose appropriate routing methods.
- be able to demonstrate how internetworking devices obtain their network configuration.
- be able to ascertain and evaluate selection of applications and protocols for transferring data across the internet.
This assessment is designed to enhance analytical skills, planning and design capabilities of students under some predefined requirements. In particular, the assessment covers the following learning objectives:
- be able to analyse IP addressing requirements and design an addressing scheme;
- be able to analyse the requirements of IP routing and choose appropriate routing methods;
- be able to demonstrate how internetworking devices obtain their network configuration;
- be able to explain how data flows through the internet; and
- be able to ascertain and evaluate selection of applications and protocols for transferring data across the internet;
Marking criteria and standards
Criteria | HD | DI | CR | PS | FL |
Task 1 | Integrates | Integrates | Integrates | Uses | Content of |
Understanding of content and use of evidence (3 Marks) | information from modules, readings, and several other credible and high-quality sources that you have found yourself. | information from modules, readings, and several other credible sources that you have found yourself. | information from modules, readings, and 1-3 other credible sources that you have found yourself. | information from the modules and readings. | post is unsupported by evidence |
Task 1 Referencing & Language (2 Mark) | APA in-text and end-of- text referencing guidelines are error free and consistently applied. correct spelling, punctuation, and paragraphing with no errors. | There are some minor errors in APA in-text and end-of-text referencing. correct spelling, punctuation, and paragraphing with only minor punctuation errors | There are noticeable errors in APA in-text and end-of-text referencing. Minor editing and revision is needed. correct spelling, punctuation, and paragraphing with a few errors. | Frequent and noticeable errors in both in-text and end of text referencing but the major identifiable information are present. spelling, punctuation, and paragraphing with some notable errors. | APA referencing is absent or with multiple errors that make it difficult to identify the source. poorly written and hard to understand. |
Task 2 Setup a Network (10 Marks) | Demonstrated exceptional judgement and analysis of a fully working network model with comprehensive description supported by high-quality diagrams. | Demonstrated good judgement and analysis of a fully working network model with good description supported by good quality diagrams. | Demonstrated sound judgement and analysis of a fully working network model with brief description supported by some diagrams. | Demonstrated some analysis with a partially working network model with some description. | Major errors in the submission. Working network model not completely demonstrated. |
Task 3 Configuring network services (10 Marks) | Demonstrated exceptional judgement and analysis of a fully configured network model with | Demonstrated good judgement and analysis of a fully configured network model with | Demonstrated sound judgement and analysis of a fully configured network model with | Demonstrated limited analysis with a partially configured network model with some | Major errors in the submission. Network service operation not completely demonstrated. |
comprehensive description supported by high-quality diagrams. | good description supported by good quality diagrams. | brief description supported by some diagrams. | description. | ||
Task 4 (5 Marks) | Task 4 will be given to you by your lecturer 7 days before date due. This is to allow everyone to work in this timeframe and to prevent unauthorized assistance with your work. This task is face to face questioning and answering with your lecturer, and must be completed during class time before the due date. | ||||
Presentation
Please note that this assessment is asking for your reflections/thoughts and understanding of the topic. Therefore refrain from directly copying and pasting from other sources. I encourage wider reading to increase your knowledge base however proper referencing guidelines MUST be followed (please refer to the APA referencing guide in student resources) otherwise your work can be reported for plagiarism.
We have a very diverse learning group with students from different parts of the world, and it is important to respect that with such a diverse group, everyone’s ability to express themselves in written language can vary. Therefore it is important to respect diversity and opinions different from yours, no matter where they come from. Let us all also be mindful that written communication can be easily misinterpreted, therefore please be careful and avoid using strong words so we don’t cause confusion and/or anxiety for our peers.
Please ensure that (all tasks) mentioned in this Assessment must be submitted in the Turn-it-in.
Assessment item 4
Final Exam Value: 50%
Due Date: To be advised
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes
Submission method options: N/A – submission not required/applicable
Requirements
Students are required to sit and pass the final exam in this subject to be eligible for a passing grade. The exam is worth 50% of the total marks in this subject.
It is the student’s responsibilty to ensure
that they are aware of the requirements for
completing the exam and that they attend the exam site on the correct date and at the correct time. The School of Computing and Mathematics will not accept misreading the exam time as misadventure.
A sample exam is availble from the resources section of the subject Interact2 site. The exam will consist of 3 parts, with distribution of questions as follows in each part:
- Part A: 15 Multiple Choice Questions worth
1 mark each
- Part B*: 5 Short Answer Questions worth 5 marks each 25
- Part C**: 1 Case Study Question on Network Design worth 10marks
*In Part B, students will have a choice of attempting any FIVE (5) out of SEVEN(7) questions provided. If student will try to attempt all of the questions, marks will be given for FIRST FIVE
- questions that will be attempted.
** In Part C, the case study may contain sub-questions where the total marks will be subdivided among each question.
Rationale
This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:
- be able to explain the TCP/IP architecture and layers and compare with the OSI layers.
- be able to analyse IP addressing requirements and design an addressing scheme.
- be able to analyse the requirements of IP routing and choose appropriate routing methods.
- be able to demonstrate how internetworking devices obtain their network configuration.
- be able to explain how data flows through the internet.
- be able to ascertain and evaluate selection of applications and protocols for transferring data across the internet.
- be able to discuss the evolution and ongoing change of the internet.
The final examination is designed both to challenge you to develop your understanding of the subject content and to assess your level of achievement of the objectives of the subject.