NETW 410, Professor’s Name(change this to your information)

Current Date(change this to your information)

Lab #1, Introduction to Visio

Lab Report: (70 points)

Place the answers below the questions using a red-colored font.

Answer in college-level sentences with proper grammar and spelling. Answer each part of the question for full credit.

Question 1 (3 points)
What is your experience with the Visio software? Have you used it before or is it your first experience with Visio?
Question 2 (3 points)How did you access Visio? How do you feel about the different access methods?
Question 3 (3 points)What version of Visio did you use for this lab?
Question 4 (3 points)What file extension does your version of Visio use? Does Visio support other extensions?

Question 5 (6 points: 3 points for each screenshot and comment)
Use this website (http://www.ratemynetworkdiagram.com/index.php?z=1) to find a diagram that you think has good points. Paste a screen shot of the diagram in your lab report and explain why you think it is good. (3 points) You must include a detailed explanation to get credit for this portion of the question.
Find another diagram from this site, or any other site, that you feel can be improved. Paste a screen shot in your lab report and explain what you think can be improved about the diagram. (3 points) You must include a detailed explanation to get credit for this portion of the question.

Question 6 (6 points)What websites did you use to find Visio icons for networking. Which sites were most useful to you? Which ones did you like best in terms of icons available? Did you find others?
Question 7 (6 points)What is the difference between a logical network diagram and a physical network diagram? (1 point) When would you use each type? (1 point)
Use the Internet to find an example of a logical network diagram and paste a screenshot below, along with proper citation. (logical diagram and URL: 2 points)
Use the Internet to find an example of a physical network diagram and paste a screenshot below, along with proper citation. (physical diagram and URL: 2 points)
Question 8 (20 points)Place a screen shot here of your first Visio diagram showing a building LAN below.
Question 9 (20 points)Place a screen shot here of your second Visio diagram showing a relay rack below.
Don’t lose points for not turning in your visio file.Place your Lab Report file AND your visio file into the Week 7 dropbox. (If the Original Visio file is not included, a 5 point deduction will be taken off

WEEK 2

NETW 410 Week 2 Lab Report

To complete the Week 2 Lab Report, answer the questions below concerning the Network Design Lab Scenario found in Doc Sharing.
Please use the template starting on Page 2, and submit it to the Week 2 iLab Dropbox by the due date.
Have fun while learning.Your Name
NETW 410, Professor’s Name
Current Date
Lab 2: Application of the Top-Down Network Design Methodology
Lab Report1. What are the business goals? (10 points)
2. What are the business constraints? (10 points)
3. What are the technical goals? (10 points)
4. What are the technical constraints? (10 points)
5. Diagram the existing network. (10 points)
6. Describe the existing network traffic. (10 points)
7. Complete this table for all of the applications that currently run over the network. (10 points)
Application Name
Type
New or Existing
Criticality
Comments

WEEK 3

1. Draw a diagram the new network.

2. Will the current horizontal cabling suffice for the new network? If it will not, what type of cable should be used for the horizontal cabling? Provide detailed specifications for this cable.
3. Should fiber optic horizontal cabling be installed but not terminated as future proofing for a future higher-speed network? What is the cost difference between copper UTP cable and fiber optic cable?

4. Does this network require an access layer? What devices would operate at the access layer? Draw a diagram of these devices at the access layer. Label all of the devices.
Yes, The access layer includes hubs and switches. This layer is also called the desktop layer because it focuses on connecting client nodes, such as workstations to the network. This layer ensures that packets are delivered to end user computers.

5. Does this network require a distribution layer? What devices would operate at the distribution layer? What would these devices be responsible for? Could the access and distribution layer be combined into a single layer? Draw a diagram of these devices at the distribution layer. Label all of the devices.

6. Does this network need a core layer? What devices would operate at the core layer?

7. Is redundancy required at any layer of this network? If it is, where and how would this redundancy be added to the network? What device or devices would be used to make this network redundant?

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NETW 410 Week 4 Lab Report
To complete the Week 4 Lab Report, answer the questions below concerning the Network Design Lab Scenario linked from Step 2 of the iLab page.
Please use the template starting on Page 2 and submit it to the Week 4 iLab Dropbox by the due date.
Have fun while learning.Your Name
NETW 410, Professor’s Name
Current Date
Lab 4: Connecting Point A to Point B
Lab Report

1. How should an Internet connection be made for the current campus? Why did you select this option over the others? AT&T is the carrier providing service to the existing campus as well as the new campus. Examine the offerings for Internet access to select the one that should be used. (10 points)
2. How should the existing and new campus locations be connected to each other? (10 points)
3. Should the two locations share an Internet connection? (10 points)
4. Compare the advantages, disadvantages, and cost of fiber optic cable, 5 GHz wireless bridges, and free space optics as a means to interconnect the campus buildings to the IT wing of the Administration Building. (10 points)
5. What would be required to interconnect the existing campus and the new campus to each other using fiber optic cable laid within the hiking trail right of way? (10 points)
6. Examine the data shown on the DSL Line Utilization Report found in Doc Sharing. This is a typical bandwidth utilization report for the ADSL line used to connect each building on the campus to the Internet. Keeping in mind that there are eight of these DSL lines connecting the campus buildings to the Internet; will a higher speed connection be needed when these are consolidated into one connection? (10 points)
7. If the two locations share an Internet connection, will a single connection suffice for both sites? (10 points)

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NETW 410 Week 5 Lab ReportTo complete the Week 5 Lab Report, answer the questions below concerning the Network Design Lab Scenario linked from Step 2 of the iLab page.
Please use the template starting on Page 2 and submit it to the Week 5 iLab Dropbox by the due date.
Have fun while learning.Your Name
NETW 410, Professor’s Name
Current Date
Lab 5: Network Addressing Design
Lab Report

1. Provide an IP addressing plan for the existing campus and the new campus. (70 points)

WEEK 6

NETW 410 Week 6 Lab Report

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To complete the Week 6 Lab Report, answer the questions below concerning the Network Design Lab Scenario linked from Step 2 of the iLab page.
Please use the template starting on Page 2 and submit it to the Week 6 iLab Dropbox by the due date.
Have fun while learning.Lab Report1. Complete this table on routing protocols. However, many rows are needed for the routing protocol names. (10 points)

2. Should the individual buildings be connected to the Administration Building at Layer 2 or Layer 3? (10 points)
3. If the individual buildings should be connected to the Administration Building at Layer 3, which routing protocol or protocols should be used? (10 points)
4. Apply the concept of Cisco Enterprise Architecture to the new network design. Which of the six major functional areas apply to this network? Draw a diagram similar to the figure in the textbook in Chapter 3 that illustrates the use of the Cisco Enterprise Architecture for this network. (10 points)
5. Using the diagram created in question 4; indicate which of the routing protocols could be used at each interconnection point between the functional areas. (10 points)
6. Considering your answer to question 3, will route redistribution be required? If it will, using the diagram created in question 4, indicate where the router redistribution will need to occur. (10 points)

7. Could STP be used instead of a routing protocol in this campus network? What would be the implications of doing so? (10 points)

WEEK 7

NETW 410 Week 7 Lab Report

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Please use the template starting on Page 2 and submit it to the Week 7 iLab Dropbox by the due date.
Have fun while learning.Your Name
NETW 410, Professor’s Name
Current Date
Lab 7: Traffic Modeling
Lab Report1. Capture a screen shot of the results screen and paste it into your answer sheet. (7 points)
2. What do the stats show about the traffic entering the cloud? (7 points)
3. Paste a shot of this screen into your worksheet. (7 points)
4. What do you observe about the packet delay related to the ToS we assigned? (7 points)
5. Why does this simulation run so much quicker than the first one? (7 points)
6. What do you observe about the queuing delays in both scenarios? (7 points)
7.The first panel compares the queuing delays between the three scenarios. Paste a shot of this panel in your answer sheet. (7 points)
8.How do you compare these results? (7 points)
9.The second graph panel compares the packet end-to-end delays for the three traffic demands obtained using explicit traffic and hybrid traffic (no ETE delays were available in the purely background traffic scenario). Paste a shot of this panel into your answer sheet. (7 points)
10. How would you compare the results between the first and third scenarios? (7 points)

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