INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF

MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

CHITWAN, NEPAL

Qualification Unit Number & Title

Y/615/1682 – Unit 15: Transport Network
BTEC HND IN COMPUTING
Design
Student Name Assessor Name
ROHAN KUMAR
Assignment Launch Date Due Date Completion Date
March 07 2022 May 07 2022
Session/Year Assignment Number 1/1
Assignment Title Nepal Staffing Company Network System

Assignment submission format

Each student has to submit their assignment as guided in the assignment brief. The students
are guided what sort of information is to produce to meet the criteria targeted. You are
required to make use of headings, paragraphs and subsections as appropriate, and all work
must be supported with research and referenced using the APA referencing system.

Learning outcomes covered

 LO1: Explore LAN design principles and their application in the network design
process.
 LO2: Implement a network using LAN design principles based on a predefined set of
requirements
 LO3: Produce an appropriate WAN solution to a set of organizational requirements.
 LO4: Solve a range of network related problems using appropriate troubleshooting
techniques and methods.
Scenario

Nepal Staffing Company (NSC) is one of the leading staffing company in Nepal. It has multiple
branches providing man power to different organization and companies in Nepal. The Central
office is located in Kathmandu and has branches in different part of the country as mentioned
below.

Branches:
1. Kathmandu 4. Pokhara
2. Birgunj 5. Nepalgunj
3. Chitwan

The Head office is located in Kathmandu. Currently there is no network between branches.
Now Management decided to interconnect all the branches with VPN over internet. Also need to
redesign LAN network of Head office where there is 3 PCs in each Admin, Management and
Finance department and one server that holds details of each staffs. You are hired as a Network
Administrator to redesign all the LAN and WAN to fulfill the requirement of NSC. Management
has given you detail to design LAN as follow.

 Each branch has 3 PCs in each Admin, Management and finance department. The entire
PCs must connect through switch with LAN cable.
 All departments must be in different network.
 The server at head office must be isolated in different network. There must L3
redundancy for each branch.
 Each branch must be connected via two routers to ISP. ISP must be running IPv6
addressing mode.
 Head office’s each department must be connected with different switches. All switch of
head office must be connected with each-other.
 Head office must connected to ISP’s two routers via two switches and routers.
 All switches of head office must be in ring with ether-channel at all interfaces of switch
connected with each-other.
 All hosts from all branches must be reachable with each-others.
 Each branch should be able to access the servers located in head office.

You need to design layer 2 and layer 3 network based on LAN design principle including IPV4
and IPV6 IP address planning. You should simulate sample network design in simulation with
configuration
Assignment Task – Part 1
Prepare a report covering the following topics:

1. Examine and produce an analysis of the network design models and how they
contribute to the design of a scalable and reliable network.
2. A detailed discussion of LAN redundancy concepts, network features, such as
bandwidth and load and their related issues. The explanations should contain the
possible solutions provided at Layer 2 and 3 of the OSI Model.
3. Provide a detailed account of how redundancy protocols support scalable networks.
4. Design and implement a network prototype using a network simulator (or lab
devices), which incorporates redundancy at Layer 2 and 3 and link aggregation
features with the following requirements:
 Include at least three Layer 2 switches.
 Provide redundant link between all the switches.
 Use Rapid PVST+ as spanning tree protocol.
 Use link aggregation in the main active link.
 Provide a redundant gateway using a suitable first-hop redundancy protocol.

You also need to provide the following written material as a formal report:

1. A rationale about the selection of the networking devices for the prototype.
2. A comparison between PVST and Rapid PVST and their effectiveness in solving
redundancy issues.
3. A detailed explanation of how the first-hop redundancy protocols will work for IPv4
and IPv6.
4. An evaluation of Ether Channel technology solving bandwidth and load issues.

Assignment Task – Part 2

1. Produce presentation slides which show an appropriate WAN solution to a set of
organizational requirements. The presentation includes”
 Examine WAN technologies and select the appropriate one for a set of
enterprise requirements and analyze the benefits and drawbacks of private and
public WAN technologies.
 Configure WAN protocols as part of an enterprise network solution.
 Write a summary of the presentations including the key ideas/ findings/
information presented on the slides.
2. Write a paper evaluating features and benefits of different VPN types based on
organizational needs.
3. Produce technical report which includes
  Deploy network monitoring tools and troubleshooting methods to establish
network baselines and produce network documentation. Also, step by step
process of troubleshooting methods.
 Troubleshoot LAN and WAN connectivity issues at different networking
layers.
 Evaluate troubleshooting methods and their effectiveness in solving
enterprise-wide networking issues.

Pass Merit Distinction

LO1 Explore LAN design principles and their application in the

network design process
P1 Examine the network
design models and features of M1 Analyses the switch and
scalable networks based on a router redundancy protocols and
given set of business needs. their effectiveness in supporting
scalable networks.
P2 Discuss LAN
redundancy, bandwidth and
load related issues and LO1 & LO2
possible solutions with D1 Evaluate different
reference to Layer 2 and implementations of
Layer 3 of the OSI Model. link aggregation using
Ether Channel to solve
LO2 Implement a network using LAN design principles based bandwidth and load
on a predefined set of requirements. issues.
P3 Select LAN devices based M2 Analyse different switch
on features and requirements, redundancy protocols and their
and apply basic configuration effectiveness in solving
commands for network redundancy issues.
connectivity.
M3 Analyse Layer 3
P4 Implement a LAN design redundancy implementations for
with Layer 2 and Layer 3 IPv4 and IPv6.
redundancy using switch
and router redundancy
protocols.

LO3 Produce an appropriate WAN solution to a set of

organizational requirements
P5 Examine WAN M4 Analyze the benefits and
technologies and select the drawbacks of private and public
appropriate one for a set of WAN technologies.
enterprise requirements.
M5 Evaluate Features and
LO3 & LO4
 P6 Configure WAN protocols benefits of different VPN types
as part of an enterprise network based on organizational needs. D2 Evaluate
solution. troubleshooting methods
and their effectiveness in
LO4 Solve a range of network related problems using solving enterprise-wide
appropriate troubleshooting techniques and methods networking issues.
P7 Deploy network monitoring M6 Develop effective
tools and troubleshooting documentation of
methods to establish network troubleshooting methods and
baselines and produce network steps based on a given scenario.
documentation.

P8 Troubleshoot LAN and

WAN connectivity issues at
different networking layers.

Grades Achieved

Note: Refer the unit details provided in your handbook when responding all the tasks above.
Make sure that you have understood and developed your response that matches the highlighted
key words in each task.

Plagiarism Notice

You are remined that there exist Academic Misconduct Policy and Regulation concerning
Cheating and Plagiarism.

Extracts from the Policy:

Section 3.4.1: Allowing others to do assignments / Copying others assignment is an offence

Section 3.4.2: Plagiarism, using the views, opinion or insights / paraphrasing of another person’s
original phraseology without acknowledgement
Requirements

 It should be the student’s own work – Plagiarism is unacceptable.

 Clarity of expression and structure are important features.
 Your work should be submitted as a well presented, word-processed document with
headers and footers, and headings and subheadings, both in hard and soft copies.
 You are expected to undertake research on this subject using books from the Library, and
resources available on the Internet.
  Any sources of information should be listed as references at the end of your document
and these sources should be referenced within the text of your document using APA
Referencing style
 Your report should be illustrated with screen-prints, images, tables, charts and/or
graphics.
 All assignments must be typed in Times New Roman, font size 12, 11/2 spacing.

The center policy is that you must submit your work within due date to achieve “Merit”
and “Distinction”. Late submission automatically eliminates your chance of achieving
“Merit and Distinction”. Also, 80% attendance is required to validate this assignment.

I declare that all the work submitted for this assignment is my own work and I understand that if
any part of the work submitted for this assignment is found to be plagiarised, none of the work
submitted will be allowed to count towards the assessment of the assignment.

Assignment Prepared By Signature Date

Asmit Acharya March 01 2022

Brief Checked By Signature Date
March 04 200
Dhruba Babu Joshi