AInternetworking Case study Report Sep 2016 – Jan 2017 Majan University College Page 1 MAJAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Module Name and Level Internetworking Level 3 Module Code NC40-3 Assessment No. 2 Assessment Type & weighting: Case study Report Weightage 50 % STUDENT MCUC NUMBER: Please note that a grade will only be given to those whose student number is noted on this form. Please ensure that the student numbers from all group members are recorded accurately. Submission Date: 28 December 2016 MODULE TUTOR: Nenita Guerrero DECLARATION  The work contained in this assignment is my own and that all materials and sources used have been acknowledged.  I have not copied or colluded in part or in whole, or otherwise plagiarised the work of other students.  This assignment has not been submitted for previous assessment in any other subject or to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other unit, module, degree or diploma of a university or any other institute, except where due acknowledgement is made in the text.  I confirm that I have read, understood and followed the guidelines for assignment submission and presentation provided by the lecturer.  I understand that this assignment may be retained on the database and used to make comparisons with other assignments in future.  I have made a copy of my assignmentInternetworking Case study Report Sep 2016 – Jan 2017 Majan University College Page 2  This work may be photocopied and/or communicated for the purpose of identifying plagiarism.  I give permission for a copy of this marked assignment to be retained by the faculty of Information Technology for the purpose of course reviews by external examiners and to be used as a resource by Majan College.  I understand that unauthorized late submission without a valid written extension will be marked as per the college policy mentioned in the Student handbook academic year 2013- 2014 page 16. INTERNETWORKING Assessment 2: Case study Report Weighting of this assessment towards overall Grade is 50%. Please select any one of the topics listed below and prepare a report with ~2500 words. Your report must contain a thorough discussion about the selected topic, clearly document the operations/functionalities of the technology/ies, Present advantages & disadvantages, figures or diagrams, examples, etc. Include also an overall analysis and evaluation of the topic in the report. Your report must contain strong technical content and sound argument. Topic 1: Prepare a network design for a two-storey building with five different departments. Each department belongs to a separate subnet. Implement IPv6 addressing and routing protocols in your design. Topic 2: Implement Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) across all departments of Majan College. Each department belongs to a separate subnet. Topic 3: Implement Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology/ies to interconnect all branches of Badr Al Sama Hospital in Muscat. Topic 4: Design a network that implements client-server technology. Evaluate zero client and thin client technologies. Which of the two technologies will perform better in your network? Topic 5: Compare the following WAN protocols: Frame Relay, HDLC, and PPP. Design a wide area network that implements any of these protocols.Internetworking Case study Report Sep 2016 – Jan 2017 Majan University College Page 3 Deliverable: A report with approximately 2500 words covering the following tasks is expected. The structure of the report should be as follows:  Abstract  Introduction  Operation of the technologies  Analysis  Recommendation  Conclusion  Reference Key Deliverables and Important Dates: Last date for submission of selected topic: (7 December 2016). This is a final date to confirm your topic with your lecturer. Failure to do so will create one letter grade reduction and an auto assigned topic to you. Last date for submission of draft: (21 December 2016). Send the draft by e-mail to [email protected] Any draft submission after this date will not be accepted. Last date for Final Submission: (28 December 2016). The final report should be submitted in MOVE on or before 6:00 PM. Non-submission will automatically result in failure of that assessment. No late submission will be accepted. Marking Scheme and grading policy: Your report will be graded according to:  Content completeness, accuracy, correlation and relation of the work done to the topic selected  Report structure (abstract, introduction, and other subsections, related tables and diagrams, correct and proper English)  Relevant and appropriate references  Good evidence of reading and researchInternetworking Case study Report Sep 2016 – Jan 2017 Majan University College Page 4  Your work will be checked through TURNITIN for any unwanted copy-paste and similarities of previous work done by others  Plagiarism can create failure and further serious consequences. INSTRUCTIONS Your work will be graded on the following aspects: 1. This is an individual Assignment. 2. The assignment MUST be submitted online (through MOVE) on or before the due date mentioned in page 3. 3. Your assignment shall reflect the depth and breadth of your original analyses in a clear and coherent manner. 4. Use of the relevant academic literature to support ideas and issues discussed. The range of academic sources such as texts and journals to support your arguments and comments. 5. Any reference to authors and other writers shall be quoted with due acknowledgement in your assignment report using the Harvard Referencing System. For details of Harvard referencing style refer the Undergraduate student hand book 2013-2014, Section VII, sub heading 7.2, page 41. 6. This is an individual assignment and carries a 50 % weighting of the module grade. 7. This assignment follows a case study format and must be original and creative. An analytical piece of work is required. The use of 'cut and paste' approach will be penalized. It must be presented in a structured manner, with appropriate cover page, content page, introduction, body (with appropriate heading / sub-headings), conclusion, references, page numbered and any required appendices. 8. Your report should be word processed and professionally presented. The length of your essay should be around 2500 words, presented in text of font size 12 with 1.5 line spacing. 9. The cover page should be attached with the assignment and uploaded through MOVE (online). Name of the student, The Programme, Module Title, Assignment Title and number of words must be reflected on the cover sheet.Internetworking Case study Report Sep 2016 – Jan 2017 Majan University College Page 5 10. All assignments must be adhered strictly to the deadlines specified by Majan College. Failure to hand in the assignment for any reason and without prior approval and a valid written extension from the module tutor will not be marked and will be awarded a grade G (0) irrespective of the quality of the work. See Undergraduate Student Handbook 2013-2014, Section IV, sub heading 4.2, page 16. 11. Unacknowledged use of work of others (plagiarism) is regarded as a dishonest practice and will be will be penalized. See Undergraduate Student Handbook 2013-2014, Section V, sub heading 5.6 & 5.7, page 30 & 31. Additional Guidelines:  The submission link on MOVE will be open for seven days including the last date of submission.  You are entitled to resubmit the report as many times as you want before the deadline. This provision will help students to use turnitin as a learning tool and students are advised to make use of this opportunity by submitting the work in advance and make use of the resubmission facility.  Turnitin displays the similarity index immediately or in minutes later for the first submission whereas for subsequent submissions it will take 24 hours to display the similarity index.  As per MUC regulations, the submission file and similarity index shown after the deadline will be considered as your final submission.  Files should be submitted by 6pm on the day of the deadline. There is a grace period until midnight to allow for any technical difficulties, but any assignments submitted after this will be counted as late. Technical problems will not be accepted as an excuse for submitting after the day of the deadline.  The similarity percentage of your final submission will be one of the factors considered, for assessing the originality of your assignment. However, the decision to report an assignment for plagiarism is taken by the Lecturers, who mark your assignment.  The Lecturers will consider a number of factors such as Assessment type, Part of the assessment where similarity occurs, Nature of similarity etc., along with the similarity percentage of your assignment, to assess the originality of your assignment. Therefore, similarity percentage would not be accepted as a basis for disputing academic judgments regarding plagiarism.  Note that the similarity percentage of your submission can change till the submission deadline, if the submissions of other students have similarity to your assignment. Therefore, the similarity percentages are not final, till the assignment submission is closed.Internetworking Case study Report Sep 2016 – Jan 2017 Majan University College Page 6 Grading System Although grades may be awarded on the basis of marks in some assessments, students should note that both marks and grades will be awarded on the basis of the assessment criteria for each grade. Grading scheme for student registered before Feb 2015 GRADE GRADE POINT DESCRIPTION General Assessment Criteria A+ 16 Excellent An outstanding piece of work. Shows evidence of wider reading and originality. Strongly analytical. All important points are covered. Arguments should be supported by examples and evidence, objectively presented and evaluated. Wellstructured and well written, without noticeable grammatical or other errors. Correctly referenced. A 15 A- 14 B+ 13 Very Good Very good work. All main points will have been covered, though minor issues may have been omitted. The work will be analytical, balanced and soundly based. Examples and supporting evidence should have been included. The writing should be essentially correct, without major grammatical or other errors. Generally referenced correctly. B 12 B- 11 C+ 10 Good Generally good work. Most points will have been covered, but many finer points will generally have been missed. Shows limited reading. Arguments/analysis should be basically well structured and balanced with relevant examples, but with errors and gaps. The writing is clear, but has errors that nevertheless do not obscure the meaning. Referencing will be present but may at times be inaccurate or insufficient. C 9 C- 8 D+ 7 Pass Satisfactory. Shows sufficient grasp of the subject to be acceptable. Tends to be descriptive. Examples and evidence is likely to be weak and limited. Shows limited reading. Referencing is likely to be absent or very poorly carried out. D 6 D- 5 E 4 Refer Unsatisfactory/ Compensable fail. Serious errors and omissions. Very little analysis. F 2 Fail Work of a very poor standard with little relevant information and/or serious errors. F- 1 Work containing little of merit. G 0 No work submitted.Internetworking Case study Report Sep 2016 – Jan 2017 Majan University College Page 7 New Grading System (applied only students registered on/after Feb 2015) Grade Letter Mark Band % Grade Descriptor A+ 80-100 Outstanding P A S S A 75-79 Excellent A- 70-74 B+ 67-69 B 64-66 Commendable B- 60-63 C+ 57-59 C 54-56 Good C- 50-53 D+ 47-49 D 44-46 Satisfactory D- 40-43 E 35-39 Marginal Fail F A I L F 25-34 Fail F- 01-24 Fail G 0 Non-SubmissionInternetworking Case study Report Sep 2016 – Jan 2017 Majan University College Page 8 Marking Scheme Criterion Quality level Fail F 0 to 34.9 Marks Refer E 35-39.9 Marks Pass D- / D / D+ 40-49.9 Marks Good C- / C / C+ 50-59.9 Marks Very Good B- / B / B+ 60-69.9 Marks Excellent A- / A / A+ 70-100 Marks Abstract 10% No Abstract is given Abstract provided is not relevant Provided abstract covers few points of the article but needs a lot of improvement Abstract reflects the whole article substantially but lacks clarity Abstract reflects the whole article and reflects most of the concepts Abstract is excellent and provides a concise reflection of the whole article Introducti on 10 % No introducti on Introductio n is much concise, not clear and mostly irrelevant to the selected topic Convey topic message adequately. Does not describe subtopics Lacks adequate research statement. Conveys topic, but not key question(s). General theses statement. Conveys topic and key areas. Clearly defines the subtopics. General thesis statement. Strong introduction of topic's key areas. Clearly delineates subtopics to be reviewed. Specific thesis statement. Operation 20 % Nothing is written in this heading Little evidence material is logically organized into topic, subtopics or related to topic. Many transitions are unclear or nonexisten t. Most material clearly related to subtopic, main topic. Material may not be organized within subtopics. Attempts to provide variety of transitions Background material is relevant and covers most points as it is from the referred literature All material clearly related to subtopic, main topic and logically organized within subtopics. Clear, varied transitions linking subtopics, and main topic. All material clearly related to subtopic, main topic. Strong organization and integration of material within subtopics. Strong transitions linking subtopics, and main topic.Internetworking Case study Report Sep 2016 – Jan 2017 Majan University College Page 9 Analysis 25% (suitability , advantage s and disadvant ages ) No analysis is done Provided points are not relevant. Lacks analysis Analysis is done and few points/key issues are identified Analysis is done. Explanation is missing Analysis and explanation found is mostly relevant A critical analysis is found with detailed, relevant explanation Discussion 25 % (evaluatio n and recommen dation) No points are found Points are given. But own points are missing Evidence found illustrating that the student tried to provide some relevant discussion Student tried to discuss on the points/issues identified in the analysis section and some relevant own ideas are proposed Ideas proposed by the student are mostly correct and adds some value to the body of knowledge Ideas proposed are completely relevant and practical. Adds consistent amount of value to the body of knowledge. Reference s 10% No references or a general reference like www.goo gle.com Inappropri ate references and just a list of sources found which are not of academica lly acceptable (ex. Wikipedia etc.) List of sources found and the sources are somehow relevant List of sources are provided no line referencing is found Inline referencing is found and the list of references is provided. A proper Harvard referencing style is followed and all the sources are academically accepted