This assignment has three major aims: 1. To help students gain good understanding of all ITECH1002/5002 theoretical and practical material 2. To encourage students to use summaries to help prepare for invigilated assessments like theory tests, laboratory tests and examinations. 3. To encourage students to conduct independent investigation into networking related topics. Engagement with this assignment should help students to prepare for the week 7 lab test the week 7 theory test and the end of semester examination. The assignment requires students to summarize the lecture material of topics 1-5 The material covered in ITECH1002/5002 is practically based and as such students will benefit from putting their theoretical knowledge into practice. To this end all students are advised to make use of the lab computers to experiment with Linux and Windows 8.1. Keen students may also like to set up VirtualBox with associated virtual images so they have their own copy of the operating systems being studied. The Moodle site has instructions to assist students to set up VirtualBox in a similar way to lab machines.