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ICT102 Technology and Networks
Assignment 2 Group Assignment Weightage 40
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• Aim
• You are required to write a report that proposes
  a network design for a Small to Medium
  enterprise/organization.
• Learning Outcomes Assessed
• The following course learning outcomes are
  assessed by completing this assignment
• LO3.Recognize Network topologies, media types and
  network components
• LO4. Identify the network OSI layers at which
  various network devices operate
• LO5. Use some basic tools/utilities for network
  analysis.
• Submission Details
• This assignment carries 40 weightage and is to
  be done in a group of 5 students. There are two
  parts of this assignment which are given below
• Part A Write a report based on the requirements
  given in this document. The word limit of the
  report is 2500. It should be written in size 12
  Times New Roman Font. You must submit your own
  work and use appropriate references in APA style
  where needed. Do not copy and paste from the
  internet or from your classmates. Write all the
  answers in your own words. The similarity index
  of your report should not be more than 20. The
  report carries 25 marks and is marked out of
  100. The deadline to submit the report is by
  midnight 9 June 2023.
• Part B All groups will give a presentation of 15
  min (including a 3-5 minutes QA session) in the
  webinar of week 12. Each student within the group
  must present their part otherwise no marks will
  be given. Zero marks will also be given if any
  member of the group is absent on the presentation
  day. Presentation carries 15 marks.

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• chosen organization can be a bank, hospital,
  school etc. You must discuss and take approval
  of your chosen organization from the instructor.
• You can search on the internet and find out more
  details about the infrastructure (e.g servers,
  users, devices, applications etc.) of your chosen
  organization.
• You should clearly discuss the number of
  departments, the number of users, the types of
  applications, workstations, servers, switch (es),
  and router (s) in your organization.
• You should clearly label and draw the logical
  topology diagram of your organization in Packet
  Tracer.
• 5. Assessment Details
• Your report must have the following sections and
  each section should answer the
  questions/instructions given.
• Executive summary
• It should concisely explain the aims, objectives
  and content of the report.
• It should be between 200 250 words long.
• Introduction

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• severs, according to the department within the
  organisation e.g., HR_PC1, HR_Switch,
  HR_WebServer etc. You need to show only two
  workstations in each department. Change the name
  of any switch to the name of any one group
  member.
• For each of the departments, as explained above
  in the Introduction section, describe the number
  of workstations in each department. Each
  department must have at least 10 workstations.
• Justify and explain the use of a certain LAN
  topology for your organization.
• How many switches will you need for your design?
  Explain your answer.
• Which appropriate media will you use for your LAN
  and Why? Explain your answer.
• Do you need Wireless connectivity in your
  organization? Which technology will you use for
  this purpose? Explain your answer.
• How many Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) will
  you need for your LAN? What will be the
  advantage (s) of these VLANs for your
  organization? Explain your answer
• Mention exact make and model of the switches that
  are required for your LAN. Hint search the
  websites of leading networking vendors like
  Cisco, Juniper etc. You must give citations in
  APA format of the websites of these vendors.
• Wide Area Network (WAN)
• Draw the topology diagram of your WAN in Packet
  Tracer. Change the name of your WAN device (s)
  to the name of any group member.
• Explain the WAN topology along with the device
  (s) needed for connecting the headquarter and
  branch offices.
• Describe appropriate media type for connectivity
  of WAN Link (s).
• What will be the advantage of Network Address
  Translator (NAT) for your organization? Where
  will you implement NAT in your organization?
  Explain your answer.
• Which routing protocol do you need for your
  organization? Justify your answer by providing a
  comparison between different routing protocols.
• What will be the advantage of using a multi-layer
  switch for your organization? Explain your
  answer.
• Mention the exact make and model of the device
  (s) that are required for your WAN. Hint search
  the websites of leading networking vendors like
  Cisco, Juniper. You must give citations in APA
  format of the websites of these vendors.

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• Network Configuration in Packet Tracer
• You need to implement some part of your
  architecture in the Packet Tracer as given
  below
• Change the hostname of any switch in your
  topology diagram to the name of any group member
  and put a screenshot in your report.
• Assign IP addresses to workstations, servers, and
  router interfaces. Use the private IP address
  pool e.g., utilise the 10.XX.10.0 IP address with
  255.255.255.0 subnet mask. The XX in the IP
  address shows the last two digits of Student ID
  of group members.
• Use the IP address of 30.30.30.1 and 30.30.30.2
  with 255.255.255.0 subnet mask for the link
  between the gateway router of your organization
  and the ISP router. Change the hostname of the
  gateway router to the name of any group member
  and put a screenshot of the running
  configuration of the router showing IP address
  configuration on all interfaces Hint Use Show
  running-configuration command.
• You have to put screenshots of the following in
  you report
• PING any workstation from another workstation
  within a specific department
• PING default gateway router from any workstation
  within a specific department
• Note No configuration is needed other than that
  mentioned above.
• Conclusions
• Conclude your work and explain the lessons
  learned.

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Marking Rubric for the Report (Total Marks 100)
Sections of the Report High Distinction (85- 100) Distinction (75-84) Credit (65-74) Pass (50-64) Fail (0-49)
Executive Summary (05 Marks) Explanation of key aims, objectives and content of the report are clear with no errors and omissions. Explanation of key aims, objectives and content of the report has one minor error and/or one minor omission. Explanation of key aims, objectives and content of the report has more than one minor error and/or more than one minor omission. Explanation of key aims, objectives and content of the report has more than one major error and/or more than one major omission. Poorly explains key aims, objectives and content of the report or Executive Summary is not written.
Introduction (10 Marks) Clearly describes the background and details of the chosen organization Description of the background and details of the chosen organization has one minor error and/or one minor omission. Description of the background and details of the chosen organization has more than one minor error and/or more than one minor omission. Description of the background and details of the chosen organization has more than one major error and/or more than one major omission. Poorly describes the background and details of the chosen organization or Introduction is not written
Network architecture (LAN) (25 Marks) Logical Topology of LAN is clearly drawn. All questions are clearly and accurately explained. Logical Topology of LAN has a minor error and/or a minor omission. Questions are answered clearly but few answers have minor errors and/or minor omissions. Logical Topology of LAN has more than one minor error and/or more than one minor omission. Questions are not clearly answered. Many of the answers have more than one minor error and/or more than one minor omissions. Logical Topology of LAN has more than one major error and/or more than one major omission. Questions are not clearly answered. Many of the answers have more than one major error and/or more than one major omissions. Logical Topology of LAN is poorly drawn or missing. Questions are poorly answered.
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Network architecture (WAN) (25 Marks) Logical Topology of WAN is clearly drawn. All questions are clearly and accurately explained. Logical Topology of WAN has a minor error and/or a minor omission. Questions are answered clearly but few answers have minor errors and/or minor omissions. Logical Topology of WAN has more than one minor error and/or more than one minor omission. Questions are not clearly answered. Many of the answers have more than one minor error and/or more than one minor omissions. Logical Topology of WAN has more than one major error and/or more than one major omission. Questions are not clearly answered. Many of the answers have more than one major error and/or more than one major omissions. Logical Topology of WAN is poorly drawn or missing. Questions are poorly answered.
Network Utilities (10 Marks) Explanation of the working of both network utilities is accurate and clear. Explanation of the working of both utilities has one minor error and/or one minor omission. Explanation of the working of both utilities has more than one minor error and/or more than one minor omission. Explanation of the working of both utilities has more than one major error and/or more than one major omission. Poor explanation of the working of both utilities or explanation is missing.
Network Configuration in Packet Tracer (15 Marks) Network configuration is fully and accurately done. Network configuration has one minor error and/or one minor omission. Network configuration has more than one minor error and/or more than one minor omission. Network configuration has more than one major error and/or more than one major omission. Network configuration is poorly done and or is missing.
Conclusions (5 Marks) Summary of the key results of the report is clear and accurate. Summary of the key results of the report has one minor error and/or one minor omission. Summary of the key results of the report has more than one minor error and/or more than one minor omission. Summary of the key results of the report has more than one major error and/or more than one major omission. Summary of the key results of the report is poorly written or is missing.
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References (5 marks) At least five peer reviewed academic resources are used with all of them in proper APA format. At least five peer reviewed academic resources are used but few are not in proper APA format. At least five academic resources are used. Few of them are not peer reviewed and are not in proper APA format. Less than five academic resources are used. Most of them are not peer reviewed and/or are not in proper APA format Less than five academic resources are used. They are not peer reviewed and are not in proper APA format or references are missing from the report.
Marking Rubric for the Oral Presentation
Task Description Maximum Marks Marks Obtained
1 Comprehensive introduction Introduced the group Introduced the background of the topic 02
2 Overall quality Pace Delivery Clarity Timing 05
3 Use of media (i.e.PowerPoint) Well-designed Readable/ Spellings/Grammar Slides are numbered References are present and are in APA format 05
4 Answers to Questions 03
Total Marks 15
Comments (if any)
End of Assignment