© MIT - Prepared by Dr Vinod Mirchandani, Trimester 1, 2016 BN106 Networking Fundamentals Assignment 2 Trimester 1, 2016 Assignment 2: Group Assignment with individual component Marks will be based on Individual Contributions. Report submission Due: Sunday 29th May 2016 by 11.55 PM i.e. Week 10 in the Submission Link on Moodle. The report submitted must be in MS Word Format. Total Marks = 50 (20% of total assessment) + 10 % will be based on Group/Individual Presentations depending on the Class size and available time. Presentations will be held in Weeks 11 and 12 during Tutorial hours. Purpose of the assessment: The purpose of this assignment is to develop skills required to design practically installable networks that address the unique requirements of clients. Description of the assessment: 1. Background This is a group assignment, with 2-4 members in each group depending on the class size. Your Lecturer will decide about the Group size. Assume that your group has been recruited by 'Koala Vitamins Inc', as described in the case study below, for developing a network design proposal that facilitates the services to its national and international customers and meets the need of its staff. 2. Requirements For this assignment, you need to complete the following task:
Prepare a network design proposal in your own words addressing the requirements of Koala Vitamins Inc. You need to identify the requirements in terms of networking facilities from studying the case as given below.
You have to submit a group report and specify each individual group member's contribution in front page. Detailed information on what to submit is provided following the case study. 3. Case Study Koala Vitamins Inc. is a reputed firm with several Vitamins shops that provides different types of Vitamin sale services, including international delivery. The shop has four (4) major branches in Australia in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane to capture a large number of customers in the area. In addition to providing Vitamin sale services in-store, they also have web-based ordering facility for national and international customers. The orders can be paid for online by using Visa, Mastercard credit cards, or by using PayPal or Western Union. BN106 Networking Fundamentals Page 2 of 5 © MIT – Prepared by Dr Vinod Mirchandani Trimester 1, 2016. Koala Vitamins Inc. gets a significant portion of their orders through their on-line ordering facilities from non-English speaking countries. Web-based orders (online) get stored in their central file server(s), which is located in Sydney, but should be accessible from any branch using appropriate networking technologies. The security and reliability of their file and web servers is of high importance. Furthermore, the servers need to be protected from malicious computer attacks and unauthorized access. Facility to carry out audit checks needs to be provided as well so as to keep track of the exact activity along with the date and time at which an employee of Koala Vitamins carried out a computer system based activity. The activity could include doing task(s) such as installation of new software, changes in Webpage etc. The web server is also located in the Sydney in the same location as the file server(s), to host a homepage for the business. As many customers need to seek clarification about Vitamins and delivery details so a multi-lingual chat server is also to be placed. An employee of Koala Vitamins needs to be able to get all the chats occurring on the webserver in various languages translated into English language in real-time. So a suitable method to address this issue also needs to be found by you. Each branch of Koala Vitamins Inc. also has an integrated networked printers and a fax machine, and a video conferencing communication facility for its staff use. The manager from Sydney interacts weekly with managers from the branch offices via the video conferencing facility. Each of the branches of Koala Vitamins also provides a cyber Wi-Fi network for its in store customers so that they can use their tablets or mobile phones to get connected to the Internet. Koala Vitamins in each of their shops has 6 employees who have been provided with laptops. Some of the employees may telecommute from their homes over the weekends. Each of the employees whether they are in shop or telecommuting need to be connected with a secure connection over a wired or a Wireless LAN connection, whichever may be available. Koala Vitamins is also planning to expand its stores internationally into New Delhi, Tokyo, Singapore, Beijing, and Karachi. The CEO of Koala Vitamins has hired you to create a detailed logical topology of the existing network in Australia and the network for internetworking with its futures stores internationally in the cities mentioned above. 4. Submission Guideline: Your assignment should be completed according to the General Guidelines for Presentation of Academic Work. Based on the information of Koala Vitamins above, you will need to provide a 1500 word report in your own words including a network design (including a diagram of the logical network) proposal that facilitates the services that the business provides and the staff need. Soft copies in MS Word format submissions must be made in the submission link on Moodle by the due date. Your design must show topological details, identification of the technical issues to be overcome and possible solutions, including placement of hardware devices for the BN106 Networking Fundamentals Page 3 of 5 © MIT – Prepared by Dr Vinod Mirchandani Trimester 1, 2016. entire network of Koala Vitamins. Your report must also indicate an IP addressing scheme, which avoids using NAT/PAT for the servers, assuming a range of IP addresses is assigned to Koala Vitamins by the ISP. Your report should reflect what you have studied in this unit. It should include clear diagrams of proposed layout and equipment used, with detailed justifications. 5. Further Instructions: Note that you can refer to the lecture notes, textbook, Internet websites or any other books or resources for your report. However, make sure that you write the report in your own words to reflect what is required in the assignment, and clearly write all the references (IEEE style, see: IEEE Citation Reference, URL: http://www.ieee.org/documents/ieeecitationref.pdf) you have used to prepare your report. 6. Marking Criteria: In particular, your submission should be created taking into account the following marking criteria: Report: 50 Marks Assessment Component Explanation Marks Presentation Clear Layout & sections as required, table of contents, page numbering, IEEE referencing 5 Marks Layout of the shop network Show all four branches, and their inter-connections to proposed international shops. 5 Marks Network topology, Technical issues with possible solutions Logical topology and identification of technical issues and solutions thereof. 5 Marks Network models Peer to peer or Client-Server based network, or both (with explanation for choice) 5 Marks Network media Type of media proposed, explanation for choice 5 Marks Network servers File and print, E-mail/fax, Web servers, …etc 5 Marks Network protocols TCP, HTTP, POP3, and SMTP for each device and service including Security protocols 5 Marks IP addressing For each subnet 5 Marks Network Hardware, software, OS, & WAN1 technology Hardware include switches, hubs, bridges, routers, etc., as applicable 5 Marks 1 Choices of WAN technology used have cost implications. Costly choices must be avoided if the need can be served with a lower cost solution. BN106 Networking Fundamentals Page 4 of 5 © MIT – Prepared by Dr Vinod Mirchandani Trimester 1, 2016. Price List Approximate price list of all equipments (source must be stated) 5 Marks Extensions: Students must receive the approval of extension requests that were filled in with proper documentation in writing 3 working days prior to the due date, else penalties may apply for late submission without an approved extension. Special consideration forms are available from the academic counters in each of the MIT campuses in Sydney and Melbourne. Penalties: Academic misconduct such as cheating and plagiarism may incur penalties ranging from a reduced result to program exclusion. Marking for Assignment 2 Total Marks=50 Student Name: Student Id: Submission Due: …./…../2016 Date Submitted:.…/…/ 2016 Marker's Name: Mark Achieved in report: /50 Excellent Good Unsatisfactory Presentation /5 Clear Layout & sections as required, table of contents, page numbering, adequate IEEE referencing (citation included) Layout, sections, table of contents used to some extent, page numbering, IEEE referencing (no citation, inadequate) Referencing not IEEE-compatible, inadequate presentation Network Layout & Interconnections /5 Intelligent design of layout, shown for all four branches, and their interconnections to International shops. Layout not as intelligent, or not shown for all branches Layout not intelligent, and not shown for all branches Topology, Technical issues with possible solutions /5 Logical topology reflecting the most efficient network design choices that includes provision of Security. Issues to be overcome with possible solutions Topology does not reflect the most efficient choice, or unclear logical topology and security. Unclear solutions for the issues identified. All three criteria unfulfilled Networks Model /5 Clear choice shown, with reason why Choice unclear, or insufficient reasoning Unclear choice, or no reasoning Network Media /5 Type of network media proposed for every network Media choices present but not for every network Inadequate media choice and lack of reasoning BN106 Networking Fundamentals Page 5 of 5 © MIT – Prepared by Dr Vinod Mirchandani Trimester 1, 2016. connection, with reason why connection, or inadequate reasoning Network Servers /5 All required servers, their usage, and their correct locations Some required servers, but location or usage not clearly stated Some required servers, but insufficient location and usage information Network Protocols /5 TCP, HTTP, POP3, and SMTP, etc. for each device/service as necessary. Security protocols should be included as well. Insufficient protocol information, or protocol information for not all devices Insufficient protocol information, and protocol information for not all devices IP Addressing /5 Correct IP (CIDR) addressing, and shown for each subnet Some addressing, or not shown for each subnet Incorrect addressing and insufficient allocation (not for all subnet) Network Hardware, software, OS, & WAN technology /5 Hardware includes switches, hubs, bridges, routers, etc., as applicable for each location. OS must be suitable for the device (e.g., for a server versus for a user device) Either improper solution, or insufficient information Improper solution and insufficient information Price List /5 Approximate current price list of all equipments (source must be stated) Approximate price list of some equipments (source must be stated) Inadequate price list, and unclear or absent source information Poor writing Inadequate structure, careless presentation, or the report exceeds the word limit by more or less than 10% -5 Plagiarism Type of plagiarism - Copy from other student - Copy from internet source/textbook - Copy from other sources -50