Spring 2020

ASSIGNEMNT BRIEF
HTU Course No: 30201110 HTU Course Name: Networking

BTEC UNIT No: H/615/1619 BTEC UNIT Name: Networking

Assignment Brief Number: 6

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Assignment Brief
Student Name/ID Number
HTU Course Number and Title 30201110 Networking
BTEC course number and title H/615/1619 Networking
Academic Year 2019/2020 (Spring Semester)
Assignment Author Eng. Moath Sulaiman
Course Tutor Eng. Moath Sulaiman
Assignment Title (COVID-19) monitoring offices
Assignment Ref No Assignment 6
Issue Date 6/4/2020
Formative Assessment dates 13/4/2020, 13/5/2020
Submission Date a & b: Wed 3/6/2020 2:00 PM c: Sun 31/5/2020 (to be confirmed)
IV Name & Date Dr. Huthaifa Alomari

Submission Format
There should be one submission for this assignment (including all parts). Each student individually should
submit his work that shall include:
a) An individual written report (see report guidelines below) including:
o Details about Networking principles (Network types, topologies, servers, devices,…etc).
o A LAN design plan, blueprint, and justification document.
o A fully completed test plan
o An evaluation of the results
o recommendations for improvements to LAN.
o A proposed and justified maintenance schedule.
o Observation record or witness statement of the testing completed by the teaching assistant
(included in this AB);
b) Evidence of an implemented network supported by a witness statement or observation record.
Students should use the Cisco Packet Tracer simulator version 6.1.1 and submit a soft copy of the .pkt
file and a screen shot included in the report.
c) In-class assignment (not confirmed yet, depending on government decisions regarding attendance due
to COVID-19 situation).

report guidelines:
in your report, you should make use of headings, paragraphs, and subsections as appropriate. The expected
word limit is about 5000 words (recommended 20-25 pages including designs/screenshots/images…etc),
although you will not be penalised for exceeding the total word limit. Do your best to be within the word limit.
Your report should be:
1. In a form of hard and soft copies submitted to the instructor.
2. Written in a formal business style using single spacing and font size 12.
3. Must be supported with research and referenced using the Harvard referencing system.

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Note: Soft copies submissions should be done through the university’s eLearning system within the deadline
specified above from below link: https://elearning.htu.edu.jo/
Unit Learning Outcomes
LO1 Examine networking principles and their protocols.
LO2 Explain networking devices and operations.
LO3 Design efficient networked systems.
LO4 Implement and diagnose networked systems.

Assignment Brief and Guidance

You have been recently employed as a Junior Network Administrator for World Health Organization
(W.H.O.). The head quarter for W.H.O. is located in Geneva, Switzerland. As part of its responsibilities and
duties, W.H.O. is planning to open regional offices in different countries to: have a rapid response team, monitor
the expansion of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak as well as to help governments in their policies
and actions for Infection prevention and control. These offices will be located in Beijing, Beirut, Rome and
Seattle. Based on the business requirements, it has been decided that employees, in all of those offices shall:
1. have access to the W.H.O internal system based on a secure website (https://covid.who.org) using
FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name).
2. have internet access.
3. be able to share and transfer some files among all offices.
4. be able to send and receive emails for each other.
5. be able to connect their portable devices to the local network wirelessly.

Taking into consideration that all of the IT services are located in W.H.O.’s Datacenter located in Geneva.

Part1:
Regarding the network infrastructure for the regional offices to be implemented, your manager asked you to
provide some information that might help in taking some decisions related to the network infrastructure like
the different network topologies, protocols, servers, and devices. He mainly asked you to provide a brief report
that should include but not limited to:
• discuss different Network types (minimum three) that might be used in the W.H.O. project including
their usage, benefits and constraints. You should recommend what network types to be used for the
project.
• Explain different physical Network topologies (minimum three) that can be used in the W.H.O. project
and their characteristics. Provide detailed comparison (in table format) between any two of the network
topologies of your choice highlighting communication and bandwidth requirements.
• Identify Networking Protocols that are needed to achieve the business requirements above. Critically
evaluate the topology protocol you selected to demonstrate the efficient utilisation of a networking
system.

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Part 2:
Your manager selected you to be part of the team who is going to design and implement the network required
for those regional offices. The regional offices must be connected to the W.H.O.’s applications located in the
data center within the head quarter. You will need to analyse the specifications that you collected from the
decision makers in W.H.O. as below:
HQ:
People: 8 administrative staff, 3 medical staff, 2 higher managers, 2 computer network administrators.
Resources: 15 staff computers, 3 printers.
Building: all staff are on one floor, one printer for the managers, one for the network administrators,
and one for administrative staff.
Each regional office:
People: 2 medical staff, 2 administrative staff, and one manager.
Resources: 5 staff computers, 1 printer.
Building: all located in one floor.
• Each of the offices must be of different network subnet than the other offices

Part 2.1: Design efficient networked systems

1. Design a networked system to meet the business requirements listed above. Prepare a written step-
by-step plan on how you are going to design a Local Area Network. Your design should include:
a. a clear blueprint of your overall network.
b. different networking devices that might be needed for this project (not necessarily to be
implemented).
c. Network configuration information for each office. (including devices, IP range used, IP
configuration used, router configuration…. etc). The main subnet given to you as a network
administrator is 192.168.10.0/24. For the IP configuration in all of the HQ and regional
offices, you have to do the proper subnetting for this range (192.168.10.0) that fits the
number of subnets and the number of hosts per subnet.
d. Explore a range of server types and justify the selection of the servers to be implemented
by W.H.O., regarding applications used, infrastructure needs, cost and performance
optimization.
e. Detailed information about the servers to be installed
i. Services to be installed (minimum four services)
ii. Configuration of each service
iii. IP address of the server.
f. Discuss the inter-dependences of workstation hardware with relevant networking software.

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2. Justify your choice of network services and devices for your network design.
3. Produce a detailed test plan to test the design against the requirements above. The plan should
cover the following:
a. What to be tested
b. Tool or command used for testing
c. Expected result
4. Provide a maintenance schedule to support the networked system.

Part 2.2: Implement test and diagnose networked systems

1. Implement a networked system based on your prepared design. (might use a network simulator)
2. Conduct verification with e.g. Ping, extended ping, trace route, nslookup, telnet, ftp, etc.
3. Record the test results and analyse these against expected results.
4. Recommend potential enhancements and investigate what functionalities would allow the
networked system to support device growth and the addition of communication devices.
5. Discuss the significance of upgrades and security requirements in your recommendations. Use
critical reflection to evaluate own work and justify valid conclusions.

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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Learning Outcome Pass Merit Distinction
LO1 Examine networking principles and their protocols

P1 Discuss the benefits and M1 Compare common

constraints of different network networking principles
types and standards. and how protocols
enable the effectiveness
of networked systems. D1 Critically evaluate
P2 Explain the impact of network
the topology protocol
topology, communication and
bandwidth requirements. selected for a given
scenario to demonstrate
LO2 Explain networking devices and operations the efficient utilisation
of a networking
P3 Discuss the operating M2 Explore a range of system.
principles of networking devices. server types and justify
the selection of a server,
P4 Discuss the inter-dependence considering a given
of workstation hardware with scenario regarding cost
relevant networking software. and performance
optimisation.
LO3 Design efficient networked systems
P5 Design a networked system to M3 Install and configure D2 Design a
meet a given specification. network services and maintenance schedule
applications on your to support the
P6 Test and evaluate the design to choice. networked system.
meet the requirements and analyse
user feedback.

LO4 Implement and diagnose networked systems

P7 Implement a networked system M4 Recommend D3 Use critical reflection

based on a prepared design. potential enhancements to evaluate own work and
for the networked justify valid conclusions.
P8 Document and analyse test systems.
results against expected results.

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STUDENT ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION AND DECLARATION

When submitting evidence for assessment, each student must sign a declaration
confirming that the work is their own.

Student name: Alia Maitah Assessor name:

Student ID: 18220014 Eng. Moath Sulaiman

Issue date: Submission date: Submitted on:

6/4/2020 3/6/2020
Programme: Computing

HTU Course Name: Networking BTEC Course name: Networking

HTU Course Code: 30201110 BTEC Course Code: H/615/1619

Assignment number and title:

Assignment 6: (COVID-19) Monitoring Offices

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a particular form of cheating. Plagiarism must be avoided at all costs and
students who break the rules, however innocently, may be penalised. It is your
responsibility to ensure that you understand correct referencing practices. As a university
level student, you are expected to use appropriate references throughout and keep
carefully detailed notes of all your sources of materials for material you have used in your
work, including any material downloaded from the Internet. Please consult the relevant
unit lecturer or your course tutor if you need any further advice.

Student declaration
I certify that the assignment submission is entirely my own work and I fully understand
the consequences of plagiarism. I understand that making a false declaration is a form
of malpractice.

Student signature: Date: 6/3/2020