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Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines Trimester T2 2019 Unit Code MN504 Unit Title Networked Application Management Assessment Type Group Assignment Assessment Title Network Analysis using Wireshark Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) This assignment is designed to develop deeper analytical understanding of different distributed network conditions. At the completion of this assessment students should be able to: d. Analyse performance and deployment issues for networked applications; e. Compare appropriate industry tools and techniques to manage networked applications; Weight 20% Total Marks 60 Word limit 2000 Due Date 29/09/2019 11:55PM (Week 11 Friday) Submission Guidelines  All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a title Page.  The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2.54 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings.  Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style. Extension  If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration Application must be submitted directly on AMS. You must submit this application three working days prior to the due date of the assignment. Further information is available at: http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policiesprocedures-and-guidelines/specialconsiderationdeferment Academic Misconduct  Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of the case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves familiar with the full policy and procedure available at: http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policiesprocedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-Academic-Misconduct-PolicyProcedure For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description. MN504 Networked Application Management Assignment 2 Trimester T2 2019 Page 2 of 5 Prepared by: Dr Lincy Elizebeth Jim Moderated by: Dr Imran Ali Jokhio August 2019 Assignment Description The aim of the assignment is to develop an analytical understanding of performance and management of different types of networked applications. The assignment will provide an opportunity to understand network performance and management issues of networked applications using state of the art tools. These exercises provide an opportunity to demonstrate analytical ability of evaluating distributed systems performance, Quality of Service and service management. Overview and General Instructions of Assignment Students need to form a group of two in their own lab class and inform tutor about their group during Week 7 Lab. Each group will need to capture packets on their home network and at MIT while accessing the following websites. One website is of a news channel and the other one is a website for live streaming. The students are required to capture packets of multiple images from the news channel website and capture packets from the live stream website while streaming for 10 minutes once at MIT in a group and then on their home network individually. So at the end there will be six trace files, three for each website, two captured on MIT network and four on students’ home networks. The websites to access are: https://edition.cnn.com/ http://www.radio-australia.org/koffee The complete report must be submitted on Moodle within due date. The report has following four main parts: Part 1: The first part of the report should be about general statistics of all six captures using Wireshark that must include: 1. Time of capture 2. Total number of captured packets 3. IP addresses of the client and server Part 2: The second part of the report must include screen shots of packet capture, screenshots of different statistics from Wireshark and complete analysis of those screenshots for both websites for all three networks. Only screenshots of the graphs or other statistics will not get any marks, as those must be analysed in detail to discuss the quality of service for a particular application. The students are required to analyse the network performance for the assigned websites considering following aspects: 1. Throughput 2. Round Trip Time 3. TCP retransmissions While collecting statistics ensure that you are looking at the right flow as your Wireshark file may have packets from other applications and flows. Figure 1 on next page shows the throughput graph generated by Wireshark and source and destination addresses. You need to collect statistics for flows that are from server to client. MN504 Networked Application Management Assignment 2 Trimester T2 2019 Page 3 of 5 Prepared by: Dr Lincy Elizebeth Jim Moderated by: Dr Imran Ali Jokhio August 2019 Figure 1: Throughput Graph showing source and destination IP addresses To see the TCP retransmissions you need to enter the following filter in Wireshark: tcp.analysis.retransmission Part 3: The third part of the report is about comparing the collected Wireshark statistics of the two different networked applications on three different networks. The throughput graphs and TCP retransmission statistics for web page transfer and live streaming (provided in part 2) need to be compared with each other and for all three networks. The differences of the performance to be identified and reasons must be provided for such differences. Part 4: Students need to download, install, use and compare another free network performance measurement tool from the Internet on their home computer. One possible option is Nagios from https://www.nagios.org/downloads/nagios-core/ .The tool should be used to analyse the network traffic captured while accessing one of the websites mentioned in Table 1. The chosen tool should be compared with Wireshark based on following criteria: 1. Ease of access and use: how easy it is to download, install and start using (any changes to be made to the system etc.) as compared to Wireshark 2. GUI: Compare at least four GUI features of the chosen tool with Wireshark MN504 Networked Application Management Assignment 2 Trimester T2 2019 Page 4 of 5 Prepared by: Dr Lincy Elizebeth Jim Moderated by: Dr Imran Ali Jokhio August 2019 3. Visualisation of traffic: After capturing packets by the chosen tool the effectiveness of the visualisation of the network traffic should be compared with Wireshark. 4. Statistics generation: At least one statistics like throughput, RTT etc. needs to be generated by the chosen tool and to be compared with the same generated by Wireshark. The comparison must include screenshots for both tools (your chosen tool and Wireshark) to judge the validity of the comparison. Marking criteria: Section to be included in the report Description of the section Marks Introduction Outline of the assignment Overall structure of the report 4 General Statistics For each capture following should be discussed: 1. Time of capture 2. Total number of captured packets 3. IP addresses of client and server 9 Network Performance Screenshots and analysis of the following: 1. Throughput 2. Round Trip Time 3. TCP retransmissions 5 * 3 = 15 Comparison 1 Comparison of the throughput and TCP retransmissions of both applications on three networks and discussion of the reasons for the difference. 5 * 3 = 15 Comparison 2 Comparison of the chosen tool with Wireshark in terms of: 1. Ease of access and use 2. GUI 3. Visualisation of traffic 4. Statistics generation The screenshots for both tools should be provided 3 * 4 = 12 Conclusion Complete summary of the report specially the comparison. 3 Reference style Follow IEEE reference style. 2 Total 60 MN504 Networked Application Management Assignment 2 Trimester T2 2019 Page 5 of 5 Prepared by: Dr Lincy Elizebeth Jim Moderated by: Dr Imran Ali Jokhio August 2019 Marking Rubric for Assignment #1: Total Marks 60 Grade Mark HD > 80% DI 70-79% CR 60-69% P 50-59% Fail

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Title of the course: Networked Application Management
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Assignment title: MN 504 Network Analysis using Wireshark
Date: 9/20/2019
 Table of Contents
1.	Introduction	3
2.	Captured statistics for provided websites with wireshark	4
3.	Performance analysis of network	9
4.	Comparison of packet counter with wireshark on different networks	16
5.	Comparison of NMAP and wireshark	18
6.	Conclusion	20
7.	References:	22
1. Introduction 
The capturing of statistics for the provided websites will provide a comprehensive and interpretive knowledge gain regarding the performance of websites. The packet loss, both addresses and different operation can be performed with this executed tool Wireshark. The application issues with these websites can be identified and required device level issue solving can be archived. The great features of wireshark will allow the performance evolution on MIT and local network [1]. The execution framework of certain data packets and their arrival/ loss can be identified with this wireshark application. The separate evolution of both websites on different networks will provide the required capabilities of handling the data packets to user. The provide websites are for live streaming and news channel, thus, their evaluation will provide the strength for implementing such statistics on a certain time frame. The delay in time split of 10 minutes on both MIT network and local network will help in effective analysis of this evolution. Capturing different pictures of one website and monitoring the live streaming of other website will provide the required strength in their implementation. The bolstered frames, least requirements and peak requirements of data frames transfer can be monitored with this captured statistics of Wireshark. The comparison on packet counter and wireshark with respect to TCP retransmission and provided through put of data frames will improve the application knowledge and user can select the best application. The Nmap is also similar type of application can it is also compared on bases of certain conditions of statistics, traffic visualization, provided GUI and most important ease in accessing the application. The delay times and minimum packet loss is main motivation behind development of this report. The calculations of different statistics provide the knowledge regarding the unlawful assaults and methods to handle the occurred and identified issues. Thus, effective use of Wireshark for making the required statistics calculations is mainly performed. 
2. Captured statistics for provided websites with wireshark 
The Wireshark is a powerful tool of network analysis and with this tool we can capture the different required times like round trip time, capturing time, time to retransmission of TCP etc. and many more [2, 3]. The working, execution, linear structure and framework of websites is improved with this statistics analysis. 
https://edition.cnn.com/ 
The capturing time of this website is shown in below screen of wireshark: 
This captured screen shows that the September 20, 2019 is the capturing date and 18:48:21 is the capturing time. The total capturing of the packets for this selected news site is shown in below screen shot of wireshark: 
The used protocols, their percentage of packets, total packets bites size, and ending packets all details are obtained with it [4]. 
Now, we will check the IP address of both source server and end client. The captured screen of wireshark for this is: 
In statistics of IPv4, the source server address and client address can be checked and screen of wireshark showing these addresses for this web site is:
Now, we perform the same things for the second website of live streaming. 
http://www.radio-australia.org/koffee
The capturing time of this website is shown in below screen of wireshark: 
This captured screen shows that the September 20, 2019 is the capturing date and 19:13:37 is the capturing time. The total capturing of the packets for this selected news site is shown in below screen shot of wireshark: 
The used protocols,

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