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]:

1. Configure the PCs, Server and Router interfaces with appropriate network addressing;
2. Configure any classless dynamic routing protocol on the routers;
3. 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;
4. 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

1. 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
2. WEB Server: Configure WEBs server on the dedicated machines in their specified networks, with URL as yourname.csu.org
3. 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
4. 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.