Assignment No.

01 (Graded) Total Marks: 10

Spring 2024
Due Date: April 30, 2024
CS610P- Computer Networks(Practical)

Instructions:

Please read the following instructions carefully before solving & submitting the assignment solution:

It should be clear that your assignment will not get any credit (zero marks) if:

 The assignment is submitted after the due date.

 The submitted assignment solution does NOT open or the file is corrupt.
 The assignment is copied (from other students or copied from handouts or the internet).
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submitted in any irrelevant file format such as scanned images, Doc/docx, PDFs, .zip, .rar, .bmp, etc., will not be
accepted.

Objectives:

The objectives of this assignment are:

 To Design and structure the Star Topology network.

 To make the device’s configuration using Cisco Packet Tracer.

For any query about the assignment, contact at [email protected]

GOOD LUCK

Marks: 10
Question No. 1: (Marks 10)

Consider a smart home setup, where a star topology network is employed. At the center of this network, there
exists a powerful smart home hub, controlling all connected devices. Five different nodes (computers) represent
various smart devices distributed throughout the home network. Mentioned below are the labeling of the topology
design.

 Central Hub: Smart home controller in the living room (should be labeled with your vuid)
 Node 1: Smart thermostat in the hallway
 Node 2: Smart security camera system around the exterior
 Node 3: Smart refrigerator in the kitchen
 Node 4: Smart lighting system in the bedroom
 Node 5: Smart speaker system in the home office

This star topology network enables seamless communication between all devices and the central hub, facilitating
efficient automation and control of the smart home environment. Each node is connected to the central hub; hence
it can interact independently, enhancing convenience, comfort, and security for the residents.

In this scenario, you must design and structure the Star Topology with the proper device configuration using the
Cisco Packet Tracer. You can configure each node in your smart home-based network with the following static IP
addresses:

 Central Hub: Smart home controller in the living room (should be labeled with your VUID)
 Node 1: 192.168.1.3
 Node 2: 192.168.1.4
 Node 3: 192.168.1.6
 Node 4: 192.168.1.9
 Node 5: 192.168.1.11

Note: You must submit your solution as a Packet Tracer file.

Lectures Covered: This assignment covers Lab # 1 to 3.

Deadline: Your assignment must be uploaded/submitted on or before the due date.
Solution Question No. 1:

Step 01: Connecting the network in STAR topology:

To Design a smart home setup in Packet Tracer with the help of PCs (representing various home
devices) connected in the STAR network topology, we need to perform the following tasks:

1- Open the Packet Tracer application with a new project in Cisco Packet Tracer.
2- To add a PC to the network, We need to select “End Devices” from the Network
component box and pick “PC” to add to the workspace.

3- Peapeat this process to add 5 PCs required to setup the smart home network.
4- To add the central hub device needed to control the home network, go to Network
Devices, then select a suitable Hub device (i.e. PT-Hub) from the Hub devices.
5- Now, we need to change the device labels as mentioned in the assignment file. To change
the label of Node PC0, click on the Device. A window will appear for the configuration
of the PC0 node. In the PC0 configuration window, click on the “Config” Tab and
Change the label from “PC0” to “Thermostat”.
The label of the device will be changed to “Thermostat”.
6- Similarly, we need to repeat the process to change the labels of all the PCs and Hub
devices as instructed in the assignment file:

 Node 2: PC1 to Security camera

 Node 3: PC2 to Refrigerator
 Node 4: PC3 to Lighting system
 Node 5: PC4 to Speaker system
 Central Hub: Hub0 to your own VUID (e.g. BC123456789)
Note: we can also change the device label by clicking on the device label directly in the
workspace.

7- Now we need to connect the devices in the STAR network topology by connecting each
PC to the central HUB. For this purpose, we need to go to “Connections” and select
“Copper Straight-through” cable to connect the central hub to the “Thermostat” device.
a. After Selecting the “Copper Straight-through” cable, click on the central hub and
choose the “FastEthernet0” port of the hub.
b. Now, connect the other end of the cable to the “Thermostat” device by clicking on
the Device and choosing the “FastEthernet0” port.
8- The device “Thermostat” is now connected to the Central Hub. Similarly, repeat this
process to connect all other devices (PCs) to the remaining ports of the central hub.
This completes the process of connecting PCs to a central hub to form a STAR network
topology.

Step 02: Assigning Static IP addresses to each Node:

Now we need to configure each node with the given static IP addresses.

 Node 1: 192.168.1.3
 Node 2: 192.168.1.4
 Node 3: 192.168.1.6
 Node 4: 192.168.1.9
 Node 5: 192.168.1.11

1- So, click on the Node 1 “Thermostat” device to open the configuration window.
2- Open the “Config” tab and pick the FastEthernet0 port from the Interface settings.
3- It will open the settings for the “FastEthernet0” port of the Thermostat device.
4- In the IP Configuration part, you need to choose the Static IP configuration.
5- Then enter the IP address for Node1 which is “192.168.1.3” in the text box for “IPv4
Address”.
It will automatically set the subnet mask. No need to change the subnet mask and IP
configuration of Node 1 (Thermostat) is complete.
6- In a similar way, you can change the IP configuration of each node to assign the given
static IP address.

a. Security Camera system:

b. Refrigerator
c. Lighting system
d. Speaker system
This completes the IP configuration of the network.

You can download the PKT file solution of the assignment from the following link:

https://vulms.vu.edu.pk/CourseResources/OpenFile.aspx?File=CS610P-
Assignment01(Solution).pkt

The solution file is uploaded in the “Download Files” section of your course with the title
“CS610P-Assignment01 solution PKT File (Spring 2024)”.