Assessment item 2
Networking Fundamentals
Value:15%
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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]
Compare and contrast the OSI reference model with the TCP/IP networking model. Which one do you think is more useful when working with and describing networks and why?
Question 2 [3.5 Marks]
Complete the following Hands-On Projects from the prescribed textbook (Pyles, Carel & Tittel 2017)
- Hands-On Project 2-3
- Hands-On Project 2-5
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 [3.5 Marks]
Briefly describe the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP). What is the purpose of the ARP Cache?
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 medium sized organisation and is currently expanding its operations. The company has acquired six sites across Adelaide to accommodate its various departments. You have been asked to design a network by utilizing 10.0.0.0 private IP address.Your designed network should span six sites with a router at each site to interconnect the entire network. It is assumed that each site will have its own single subnet. Company expects approximately 1200 workstation across all the sites with approximate numbers in each building as follows:
Finance Office - 260 workstations
IT Call Centre - 520 workstations
Research and Developmet Office - 120 workstations
Markeing Department - 40 workstations
Information technology - 130 workstations
Head Office - 60 workstations
TASK- Write a 800 words (+/- 10%) (Max) report explaining:
a.The detailed design of a simple addressing solution (with diagram(s) and step by step workout of the calculations) that leaves room for growth, is easy to administer and has the minimum wastage of available IP address space.[ 3.5 Marks]
b.Explain what happens to your design if the number of hosts per network jumps to over 1,024 per building.[ 1.5 Marks]
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.
Marking criteria
Question
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HD
100%-85%
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DI
84% - 75%
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CR
74% - 65%
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PS
64% - 50%
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FL
49% - 0
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Question 1
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In depth use of a good range of relevant literature to address the points. Provides a comprehensive comparison of OSI reference model with TCP/IP networking model, with evidence of synthesis of own research and prescribed reading in topics.
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Evidence of using relevant literature to address the points. Provides a detailed comparison of OSI reference model with TCP/IP networking model, with evidence of synthesising some external readings and prescribed reading in topics.
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Use of some relevant literature to address the points. Provides a good comparison of OSI reference model with TCP/IP networking model. Mostly cited the prescribed text. Synthesised concepts learned from topic readings.
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Limited evidence of using relevant literature to address the points. Provides a brief comparison of OSI reference model with TCP/IP networking model with little evidence of linkages or connections to topic readings.
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No evidence of using relevant literature to address the points. Provides an incomplete comparison of OSI reference model with TCP/IP networking model with no linkages or connections to topic readings.
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Question 2
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Projects are completed, screenshots of all steps along with informative description has been provided.
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Projects are completed, screenshots of most steps has been provided with good description
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Project mostly completed, some minor errors are apparent in the screenshots, description is reasonable.
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Project completed but with errors, some screenshots are missing, description is not clear.
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Evidence of some steps, most screenshots are missing.
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Question 3
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Clear, comprehensive description of ARP. Critical points identified & discussed.
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Detailed description of ARP. Many critical points identified & discussed.
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Good description of ARP. Some critical points identified & discussed.
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Some description of ARP. Some critical points identified & discussed with some inaccuracies or omissions.
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Incomplete or inadequate description of ARP. No critical points identified or discussed.
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Question 4
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Provides a complete, clear, and detailed, step-by-step description of IP addressing requirement analysis and design that fully and accurately fulfils the requirements.
Diagram/s are appropriate and accurate.
Identifies and analyses all critical points.
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Provides a detailed, step-by-step description of IP addressing requirement analysis and design that and accurately fulfils the requirements.
Diagram/s are appropriate and accurate.
Identifies and analyses most critical points.
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Provides a detailed description of IP addressing requirement analysis and design that accurately fulfils the requirements.
There are some inaccuracies or omissions.
Diagram/s are appropriate and mostly accurate, with some minor inaccuracies or omissions.
Identifies and provides some explanation for most critical points.
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Provides a complete but superficial description of IP addressing requirement analysis and design.
Diagram/s are appropriate and mostly accurate, but there are inaccuracies or omissions
Identifies and provides explanation for only one or two critical points.
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Does not provide a complete description of IP addressing requirement analysis and design
Diagram/s are inaccurate, or not included.
No critical points identified and discussed.
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Presentation (Communicate in a professional manner), Grammar & Referencing
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Up to 5 marks may be deducted for poor grammar, presentation, spelling and not following the proper APA 6th edition style of referencing.
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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 un referenced).
- 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.
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 willnotbe made for any loss of information, diagrams or images as a result of the re-formatting.