Assignment requirements: As a group, you are required to analyse the project requirement and then design and simulate a network fulfilling the above mentioned requirement. You need to provide a fully functional simulation model for the network. The report should have a detailed explanation of the planning and designing of network. It is recommended that bullet points are included whenever necessary. The sections that you need to consider in you report are as follows:

			Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Unit Code		MN503
Unit Title		Overview of Internetworking
Assessment Type		Group (3 students in a Group)
Assessment Title		Network requirement analysis and plan
Purpose  of	the	This assignment is designed to assess students’ knowledge and skills related to the
assessment	(with	following learning outcomes:
ULO Mapping)			d.  Analyse and report on the current and future state of the internetworking
			infrastructure and its applications.
			e.  Implement a process to support the administration and management of
			internetworking.
Weight		30% of the total assessments
Total Marks		70+30=100
Word limit		1500 -2000 (approximately 6-8 pages)
Due Date		2nd, June 2020 Week 11 (Submit report on Moodle)
		Demonstration of the design and simulation model in week 11 during Lab. timings.
Submission		•  All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a title Page.
Guidelines		•  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 to the School’s Administration Officer, in
			Melbourne on Level 6 or in Sydney on Level 7. 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-us/governance/institute-rules-
			policies-and-plans/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/assessment-policy
Academic		•  Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of the
Misconduct			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: https://www.mit.edu.au/about-
			mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-
			guidelines/AcademicIntegrityPolicyAndProcedure. For further information,
			please refer to the Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description.

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 Assignment Description

 Project Scope: A typical network layout diagram of a higher education Institute is given as Figure-1 (for illustrative purposes only). The Institute has sections segregated as Melbourne and Sydney campuses connected through WAN. Within the campuses, we have laboratories and other office workstations segregated into School of IT and School of Business.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure-1: Network layout of the Higher Education Institute

 

The Network requirements are given as follows:

 

1. Two campuses have separate local area networks. Staff users from both campuses should be able to have access from/to both campuses.

 

2. There should be a clear restriction that any host from library should not be allowed to ping hosts from other offices.

3. Printing services should be available to all the schools’ users.

4. Wireless access is available to all the staff, student, and guest across both campuses.

 

5. Internet should be provided to all the sections (i.e. School of IT and School of business from both campuses).

 

6. IP network design is required.

 

7. Hardware requirements with costs specification (specification of all the hardware required, number of units and per unit cost).

8. Configuration details on the hardware (Routers, switches and workstations).

 

Assignment requirements: As a group, you are required to analyse the project requirement and then design and simulate a network fulfilling the above mentioned requirement. You need to provide a fully functional simulation model for the network. The report should have a detailed explanation of the planning and designing of network. It is recommended that bullet points are included whenever necessary. The sections that you need to consider in you report are as follows:

 

1. Project Scope

2. Project requirements

3. Network design – Consider the human factor design concepts

 

•  This part should include LAN/WAN/WLAN details and protocols used.

 

4. IP addressing in a tabular form (include justification whenever necessary)

 

 

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5. Network topology diagram and simulation (CISCO Packet tracer is mandatory)

 

• Switch configuration

 

• Router configuration

 

• Access point and server configuration guidelines

 

• Security configuration

 

 

Student should show the demo of the network design in Week 11 lab. Work progress and consultation will be done during week 9 and 10. Demonstration marks will be awarded in regards to the stage of the completion of the design

 

The format of the demonstration will be

a) An individual demo,

b) At least 3 viva voce questions related to the design, and

c) Demo and viva voce duration 5 – 7 minutes (at max). The following is to be covered.

 

• Demonstration of the network design simulation in CISCO Packet Tracer.

 

Note to the lab tutor: As per the need, the lab tutor can allocate 15 minutes in Week 9 and Week 10 for work progression check and consultation.

 

Marking criteria

The following marking criteria will be followed for the assignment report.

Section to be included in	Description of the section	Marks
the report
Introduction	Introduction of the project and overview of the	05
	report
Project Scope	The project Scope should be explained in a logical	05
	approach
Project requirements	Identify the project’s functional and non-functional	10
	requirements
Network design	Explain the network design approach considering human	10
	factor   (user-centric   design)   and   also   include
	LAN/WAN/WLAN details and protocols used.
Design Analysis	Provide an in-depth analysis of the proposed design and	10
	strongly justify and support your design
IP addresses table	Write the table summarising IP address, subnet-netmask,	10
	IP and address classes with appropriate justification.
Network Topology	This part includes host, switches, routers, DHCP, access	10
Diagram	points server configuration guidelines and security
	configurations.
Conclusion	Write a clear and conclusive summary of the report	05
Reference Style	Follow IEEE reference style	05
	TOTAL	70

 

 

 

 

 

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Demonstration Marks

Section to be included in	Description of the section	Marks
the report
Simulation Completeness	All the elements are present requirement are met	20
Simulation execution	Simulation(s) executes satisfactorily	05
Question Answers	Student explains the design and complete process	05
	Total	30

 

 

Assessment/marking Description

Marks for the assignment 2 will be calculated as follows:

 

Individual’s Total Marks= Report Marks + Individual’s demonstration marks

 

Example of the marking rubric for the Assignment: Total marks 60.

The details about the rubric are as follows:

 

 

Grades

 

 

Introduction/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Scope/05

 

HD

 

80% and above

 

 

All the points are

 

pertinent and

 

covered in brief

 

and provide good

summary of the

 

literature and

 

activity

 

performed in the

 

assessment.

 

 

All topics are pertinent and covered in depth. Ability to think critically and source material is demonstrated

 

 

D	CR
70 – 79%	60 – 69%
Mostly points are	Many points are
pertinent and	pertinent and
covered in brief	covered in brief
and provide good	and provide
summary of the	summary of the
literature and	literature and
activity	activity
performed in the	performed in the
assessment.	assessment.
Topics relevant	Generally
and soundly	relevant and
analysed	analysed

 

P

 

50 – 59%

 

 

Few point are

 

pertinent and

 

covered in brief

 

and provide

outline of the

 

literature and

 

activity

 

performed in the

 

assessment.

 

 

Some relevance and briefly presented

Fail

 

<50%

 

 

Many points are not pertinent and not clear and summary is not provided for the activity.

 

 

 

 

Not relevant to the assignment topic

 

Project

 

requirements/10

 

Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately

 

Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically but did not source material appropriately

 

Demonstrated an	Demonstrated an	Did not
average ability to	average ability to	demonstrate the
think critically	think critically but	ability to think
and sourced	did not sourced	critically and did
reference	reference	not sourced
material	material	reference
appropriately	appropriately	material
		appropriately

 

Network design/10

 

 

 

 

 

Design Analysis/10

All elements are present and very well integrated

 

 

 

Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically

Components present with good cohesion

 

 

 

Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically

 

Components presented and mostly well integrated

 

 

Demonstrated ability to think critically and

Most

 

components

 

present and an

 

average

 

integration

 

 

Demonstrated ability to think critically and but

Lacks

 

components and

 

not integrated

 

well

 

 

Did not demonstrated ability to think

 

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IP addresses

 

table/10

 

and sourced

 

reference

materials

 

appropriately

 

 

All element are present, accurate description and excellent justification

 

 

and but did not	sourced	did not sourced
sourced	reference	reference
reference	materials	materials
materials	appropriately	appropriately
appropriately
Excellent	Good description	Good description
description and	and good	and good
good justification	justification	justification

 

critically and but did not sourced reference materials appropriately

 

 

Poor description and poor articulation

 

 

Network

 

Topology/10

 

Diagram

 

 

 

Conclusion/05

 

All elements are present and very well integrated

 

 

 

Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments

 

Components present with good cohesion

 

 

 

Consistent logic and convincing

Components	Most
presented and	components
mostly well	present and an
integrated	average
	integration
Mostly consistent	Adequate
logic convincing	cohesion and
	conviction

Proposal lacks appropriate structuring and integration

 

 

Arguments are confused and disjointed

 

 

Reference Style/05

 

 

 

 

Demonstration/30

Clear styles with an excellent source of references

 

 

Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments and appropriate justification

Clear referencing	Generally good	Sometimes clear
style	referencing style	referencing style
Consistent logic	Mostly consistent	Adequate
and convincing	logic convincing	cohesion and
logic and	relevant	conviction
justification	justification

 

Lacks consistency with many errors

 

 

 

The argument is confused and disjointed