ITT459 Data Communications

LOCAL AREA NETWORK(LAN) PROPOSAL

Students are required to prepare a Local Area Network (LAN) proposal for Small Medium
Companies (SMEs).
Chief Executive Officer of XYZ Technologies Sdn Bhd is interested in providing Internet access
with every computer connected with wired and wireless LAN. The company has 19 employees
with 4 different departments namely marketing (4 employees), finance (7 employees), production
(4 employees) and administration (4 employees). As a new appointed IT officer, your job is to
prepare a NEW wired and wireless infrastructure development proposal paper for XYZ
Technologies Sdn Bhd.

The proposal should include the following content:

1. Background/Introduction
2. Objectives
3. Propose a new Wired and Wireless LAN for XYZ Technologies Sdn Bhd.
a. Network Structure/Topology
b. Protocol
c. Suggested Hardware
d. Costing
e. LAN Diagram
f. IP Address Assignment
i. Range of IP Address :
ii. Subnet Mask :
iii. DNS Server :
iv. Gateway :
4. Security and Troubleshooting
5. Network Management
6. References

Students are required to submit proposal assignment with minimum 7 pages and maximum 10
pages(excluded front page and table of content).

Format assignment:
Font Type : Arial
Font Size : 11
Spacing : One and half spacing(1½)
Alignment : Justify
References types : APA style

Due date: Week 13(Thursday: 3pm)

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PROPOSAL REPORT ITT459
Student Name :
Student ID :
Proposal report of student’s guidelines:
5 4 3 2 1
Criteria
Very Good Good Satisfying Poor Very Poor
Full and rich
development of Adequate
content and complete
development of
explanation of 7 Restricted
aspects: Clear and content, but Simplistic
development of
a. Background complete lacks clearly statement of
content
b. Objectives development of stated positions/ content; no use
c. Problem Statement restricted; may
Introduction content and argument or of 6 aspects to
d. Propose a new be incomplete or
complete supporting support
Wired and Wireless unclear; little
LAN explanation of information; argument
explanation of
e. Security and 6 aspects. some function.
Troubleshooting the 6 aspects
explanation the
f. Network
Management
6 aspects.
g. References
Excellent
organization, events
Good
are logically Some
organization, Organized, Not organized,
ordered for 5 items: organization,
events are events are events make no
Organization a. Title page events jump
logically somewhat jumpy sense for 5
b. Table of Content around for 5
ordered for 5 for 5 items items.
c. Table List items
items
d. Diagram list
e. Reference list
Contributed
Contributed good
their share of Contributed little
quality work, clearly
work, decent work to the Remained Generally
demonstrates a
effort. project. Made entirely focused remained
solid effort.
Contribution Regularly made few suggestions on the project focused on the
Regularly made
suggestions on on how to and its related projects and its
suggestions and led
how to complete the tasks. related tasks.
efforts to complete
complete the group work.
the group work.
group work.
A clear A vague A very vague
A very clear Could not explain
description of description of description of the
description of the the relationship
the relationship the relationship relationship of
Reflective relationship of of technology
of technology of technology technology
Analysis technology theory theory learned in
theory learned theory learned in theory learned in
learned in college to college to
in college to college to college to
industry industry
industry industry industry
Concluding Concluding Concluding
Concluding Concluding
paragraph paragraph paragraph
paragraph is only paragraph is not
summarizes and summarizes follows and
remotely related apparent · Hardly
Conclusion draws a clear, and draws a summarizes
to the report able to give
effective conclusion clear, effective report
topic · Develop comments and
and enhances the conclusion and discussion, and
comments and suggestions
impact of the report enhances the draws a
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· Develop clear, impact of the conclusion · suggestions with
comprehensive and report · Develop clear, effort
creative comments Develop clear, comprehensive
and suggestions. comprehensive and satisfactory
and good comments and
comments and suggestions.
suggestions.

Most of item in Half of item in More than half Hardly able to:
All items in
reference list reference list are items in Arrange a list of
reference list are
References are arranged arranged reference list are references
arranged according
according to according to arranged according to APA
to APA format. ·
APA format. · APA format. · according to APA format.
format. ·
Flexibility in
range;
appropriate use
of technical
Adequate range;
terms and other
no precise use Adequate range; No attempt to
vocabulary in a
Elaboration and of subtle no precise use of use technical
variety of
Task detail achieved meanings subtle meanings terms; wordiness
situations;
Explanation through full use of displayed; displayed; and
mostly correct
technical terms technical terms technical terms colloquialisms
use of word
only used are seldom used throughout
forms and word
occasionally
choice;
occasional
wordiness or
colloquialism
Legible writing,
well-formed Legible writing,
Legible writing,
characters, some ill formed Illegible writing,
Word processed or some ill formed
clean and letters, print too loose pages·
typed, clean and letters, print
neatly bound in small or too Less than 20% of
neatly bound in a different size·
a report cover large· About documents are
Neatness and report cover. All About 40% of
and provide· 60% of printed with
Timeliness documents are documents are
More than 80% documents are correct format. ·
printed with correct printed with
of documents printed with Report handed in
format. · Report correct format. ·
are printed with correct format. · more than 3
handed in on time Up to 3 hours
correct format. Up to 2 hours hours.
late
Up to 1 hour late
late
Error-free sentence-
Mastery of Attempts at
level grammar; Sentence
sentence Narrow range; simple sentences
broad and fluent patterns most
patterns many word form often not
range of often
demonstrated; errors; technical successful; many
Language and vocabulary; concise successfully
may have terms and other grammatical
usage and appropriate use used; several
occasional vocabulary often errors; simple
of vocabulary; grammatical
grammatical used vocabulary, often
correct use of word errors on the
errors on the inappropriately. inappropriately
forms and word sentence level.
sentence level. used.
choice.

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 Marks
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Student Name :
Student ID : 45
Criteria Assessment Comments
[5] Very good
[4] Good
Introduction [3] Satisfying
[2] Poor
[1] Very poor
[5] Very good
[4] Good
Organization [3] Satisfying
[2] Poor
[1] Very poor
[5] Very good
[4] Good
Contribution [3] Satisfying
[2] Poor
[1] Very poor
[5] Very good
[4] Good
Reflective Analysis [3] Satisfying
[2] Poor
[1] Very poor
[5] Very good
[4] Good
Conclusion [3] Satisfying
[2] Poor
[1] Very poor
[5] Very good
[4] Good
References &Appendix [3] Satisfying
[2] Poor
[1] Very poor
[5] Very good
[4] Good
Task Explanation [3] Satisfying
[2] Poor
[1] Very poor

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[5] Very good
[4] Good
Neatness and Timeliness [3] Satisfying
[2] Poor
[1] Very poor
[5] Very good
[4] Good
Language and usage [3] Satisfying
[2] Poor
[1] Very poor

Lecturer’s Name :
Lecturer’s Signature : Date :

LAN Proposal Assignment – Data Communications