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The document provides instructions for a take-home midterm exam on routing and switching. It includes details on submitting answers, following formatting guidelines, and contains two questions - the first asks students to perform subnetting and VLAN configuration on a provided file, and the second asks them to explain why a certain switch shouldn't be the root bridge for all VLANs and to propose the best root bridge for each VLAN.

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RNS Lab

The document provides instructions for a take-home midterm exam on routing and switching. It includes details on submitting answers, following formatting guidelines, and contains two questions - the first asks students to perform subnetting and VLAN configuration on a provided file, and the second asks them to explain why a certain switch shouldn't be the root bridge for all VLANs and to propose the best root bridge for each VLAN.

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Mid Term Exam (Take-Home) Spring - 2021

Subject: Routing and Switching Lab


Instructor: Talib Abbas / Sohaib Naseem Submission Date: 7 April 2021
Submission Day and Time: Wednesday, 12:45 PM Max. Marks: 15

Faculty of Engineering, Sciences and Technology

Instructions:

1. Write your answers in a Word file and upload the file before the due date on BlackBoard.

2. Write your name and registration ID on the first page of your Word file.

3. Answer scripts can be uploaded on BlackBoard any time before its deadline.
Therefore, do not wait for the last hour to avoid any unforeseen problems.

4. Submission of answer copy(ies) will be considered acceptable through BlackBoard


only. Therefore, do not submit your document through email or any other medium.

5. Use 12 pt. font size and Times New Roman font style along with 1-inch page margins.

6. Follow the requirements of the word limit and the marking criteria while writing your
answers.

7. Provide relevant, original and conceptual answers, as this exam aims to test your ability to
examine, explain, modify or develop concepts discussed in class.

8. Do not copy answers from the internet or other sources. The plagiarism of your answers
may be checked through Turnitin.

9. Recheck your answers before the submission on BlackBoard to correct any content or
language related errors.

10. Double check your word file before uploading it on BlackBoard to ensure that you have
uploaded the correct file with your answers.

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Question 1 [10 Marks]

Use the file provided by the invigilator and complete all the configuration only on the file provided.
There are 3 subnets assigned to different VLANs as per the following requirement:
 Network: 172.16.0.0/16 Default Subnet: 255.255.0.0
o Subnet the provided network such that subnet mask will become 255.255.252.0 after sub-
netting and provide the following VLANs with their names (6 marks)
o Subnet 1 – VLAN 22 - Students
o Subnet 2 – VLAN 33 - Faculty
o Subnet 3 – VLAN 44 - Management
o VLAN 10 – Native VLAN

After the address assignment, perform the following operations


 Configure VTP server to mentioned switch and other three switches as client with domain iqra
and password iqra123 (2 marks)
 Configure VLANs access ports and trunk ports where necessary (2 marks)

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Question 2 [5 Marks]

PVST is to be implemented in the scenario present in the above diagram. Explain why it is not suitable to
implement SW-A as root bridge for all VLANs in the topology. In your opinion which switch among the
available switches (SW-A, SW-B and SW-C) should be Root Bridge for each VLAN and how it helps
resolve the problems that are present in the current scenario?

Rubrics (Scoring Guide)


- Reasoning = 80%
- Selection of appropriate root bridge = 20%

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