Reference no: EM133283160

Course aim
To provide students with the knowledge of fundamental concepts of networking principles, area networks. Students will learn to configure, secure user systems and troubleshoot networks and will be introduced to the fundamentals of virtualisation and cloud technologies.

Purpose
The purpose of the assessment is to assess students' ability to discuss various networking principles such as topologies, network devices, reference models etc. to meet organisational requirements

Learning Outcome 1: Discuss various networking principles to meet organisational requirements.

Learning Outcome 2: Apply the fundamentals of IT technical support concepts and practice to securely manage hardware, software, and networking resources to support end users and meet security, ethical and organisational requirements

Assessment Task

Scenario
Simply Solutions Ltd, a company based in Mount Eden has approached you to help them setup their new office. They have rented 1 floor in an office block and are looking at ways of having the employees to hot desk and have access to any of the documents that they are or have been working on, along with accessing printing facilities. They project that they will have around 300 (max) devices connected at any one time throughout the day.

As the owner is not tech savvy, you have been asked to write a report informing them how it would be possible to setup such a system.

Task Inform the user (Simply Solution Ltd.)

Discuss various networking principles to meet organisational requirements.

To inform the owner of Simply Solutions Ltd, write a report (2000 words ±10%) which includes a discussion of different networking principles needed to recommend (with justification) the best networking setup option that meets the organisational requirements of Simply Solutions Ltd.

Use the following networking principles requirements as a guide in writing your report:

Part 1: You are required to discuss every item shown below:
1. Reference Models:
a. OSI model
b. TCP/IP models
2. Network Standards
a. ITU
b. IEEE
c. ANSI
3. Network Protocols
a. UDP
b. TCP

Part 2: You are required to discuss every item shown below and make a suitable recommendation (with justification) of its applicability for Simply Solutions Ltd requirements.

4. Types of networks:
a. LAN, WAN and MAN
b. Peer-to-peer and Client Server
c. Recommend and justify a suitable type of network (from Part 2: 4a and 4b)
5. Topologies:
a. Physical
b. Logical (Star, Bus, Ring, Mesh)
c. Recommend and justify a suitable type of network (from Part 2: 5a and 5b)

6. IP Addressing
a. IPv4 classes
b. Subnetting, including an example of IPv4 Class C subnetting
7. Network Media
a. Types of cables (coaxial, UTP, STP, fibre)
b. Wi-Fi 802.11 technologies (b, g, n, ac)
c. Recommend and justify a suitable type of network (from Part 2: 7a and 7b)
8. Network Devices
a. Hubs
b. Switches
c. Routers
d. WAP's
e. Repeaters
f. Modem
g. Recommend and justify a suitable type of network (from Part 2: 8a to Part 2:8f)
9. Virtualisation
a. Type 1 hypervisor
b. Type 2 hypervisor
c. Recommend and justify a suitable type of network (from Part 2: 9a and 9b)

Attachment:- Network Technologies.rar