A

TECHNICAL REPORT
ON

STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE

SCHEME(SIWES)

UNDERTAKEN AT

BETA GLASS NIGERIA PLC

BY

OJUBANIRE, MICHAEL OLUWOLE

MATRIC NO: 210502101

SUBMITTED TO

THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCE(CONAS)
CRAWFORD UNIVERSITY

IN PARTIAL FUFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR

THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
COMPUTER SCIENCE
SUPERVISOR: MR JUSTIN
OCTOBER, 2023
 CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that this report on SIWES was carried out by OJUBANIRE MICHAEL
OLUWOLE, with the Matric Number 210502101 at BETAGLASS NIG PLC For the period of 6
months

____________________ ____________________
Head of Department Date and Signature

____________________ ____________________
SIWES Director Date and Signature

_____________________ _____________________
Supervisor Date and Signature

______________________ _____________________
Student’s Name Date and Signature
 DEDICATION
With profound gratitude and warm regard, I dedicate this report to my family and every member
of staff in Betaglass PLC for their constant advice and training.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to say thank you to God for the being the best in everything good in my life and for his loving
guidance and protection over me. I would also like to thank my amazing parents for being there all my
life and for being the best parent any child can wish for, may the good lord keep them and protect them.

I am also grateful to my siblings for being caring and supportive.

I would also like to thank the entire staff of the department of finance beta glass Nigeria limited for
being wonderful all in all, and also a big thank you to my boss at beta glass for his teachings and for
making my stay at the company and very educative one.

In addition, I would like to thank all the staffs at Crawford university for their direct and indirect
teachings.
 TABLE OF CONTENT

Title Page i
Dedication ii
Acknowledgement iii
Table Of Content iv
Abstract v

CHAPTER ONE: ABOUT INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND (I.T.F) 1

1.1 About SIWES 1
1.2 Scope of SIWES 2
1.3 Aim and Objectives of SIWES 3

CHAPTER TWO: ABOUT BETAGLASS NIGERIA LIMITED 4

2.0 History of Betaglass 4
2.1 About Betaglass 5
2.2 Company objectives, Values and Scope of service 6
2.3 Departments in the Company 7
2.4 Branches of the Company 8

CHAPTER THREE: TASK PERFORMED AND HOW THEY WERE CARRIED OUT 9
3.0 IP Address 9
3.0.1 Functions of IP Address 9
3.0.2 IP Address configuration 10
3.1 Networking cables 11
3.1.1 Types of Network Cables

3.1.2 Fiber Cables

3.1.3 CAT4 Cables

3.1.4 Differences, Advantages and Disadvantages
3.2 Server Definition
3.2.1 Types of Server
3.2.2 Configuring a server
3.2.3 Uses of different server
3.2.4 Advantages of each type of a Server
3.3 Troubleshooting a System
3.4 Network Switches
3.4.1 Configuration of Switch ports
3.5 Computer Domain
3.5.1 Advantages of Domain
3.5.2 How to create a Domain
3.5.3 How to join a Domain
3.6 Printer
3.6 1 How to connect to a printer
3.6.2 Assigning IP address to a Printer
3.7 User Interface Design (UI)

CHAPTER FOUR: SUMMARY, RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION

4.0 Summary of Attachment Activity

4.1 Recommendation

4.2 Conclusion

References
 ABSTRACT

This report gives the brief ways networking functions and tells a brief ways of network
communication and data transfer. This report talks about how to configure IP address, how they
are assigned and what they are, it also talks about various types of network cables and the
differences in them and how they transmit data.
This report also mentioned the various types of servers and their advantages and also what
servers are in general. In this report it talks about adding a system unit to a domain, it talks about
how to create domain and advantages of a system unit connected to a domain over a system that
is not on a domain. The report also talked about how to trouble shoot a system and how to fix
some minimal issues either hardware issue or software issues.
 CHAPTER ONE

About SIWES

Established in 1971, the Industrial Training Fund has operated consistently and painstakingly
within the context of its enabling laws Decree 47 of 1971 as Amended in the 2011 ITF ACT. The
objective for which the Fund was established has been pursued vigorously and efficaciously. In
the four decades of its existence, the ITF has not only raised training consciousness in the
economy, but has also helped in generating a corps of skilled indigenous manpower which has
been manning and managing various sectors of the national economy.

Over the years, pursuant to its statutory responsibility, the ITF has expanded its structures,
developed training programs, reviewed its strategies, operations and services in order to meet the
expanding, and changing demands for skilled manpower in the economy. Beginning as a
Parastatal “B” in 1971, headed by a Director, the ITF became a Parastatal “A” in 1981, with a
Director-General as the Chief Executive under the aegis of the Ministry of Industry. The Fund
has a 13 member Governing Council and operates with 10 Departments and 4 Units at the
Headquarters, 38 Area Offices, 4 Skills Training Centers, and a Centre for Industrial Training
Excellence.

At establishment, it was discovered that the widest skills gap that existed was in the area of
vocational and technical skills. The Fund, therefore, developed the National Apprentice Scheme
(NAS) in the late 70’s to provide the policy framework and facilitate our Apprenticeship
programs nationwide.

Today as Nigeria is experiencing significant economic changes, we embarked on a structural

reorganization and expansion of the scope of our operations to effectively cover the whole
country. To complement the efforts of employers to improve the proficiency of their staff, the
ITF has developed and built its internal capacity, which has positioned it at the forefront of
industrial skills training in Nigeria.

Scope of SIWES

The scope of SIWES basically entails the major areas the scheme intends to focus on by allowing
students engage in internship. As earlier mentioned at the start of this paragraph the SIWES
scheme aims majorly in ensuring that the gap between classroom learning and theoretical
experience is bridged. Usually as seen in ordinary class learning the student in most cases will
tend to see relevance until a practical side of these lessons is given. In summary, the scope of the
SIWES is to ensure that the students not only see practical solutions to every lessons but also to
understand the workings of the labor market which will in that future ensure that they easily get
absorbed into it As an Computer student, I have been able to obtain the relevant industrial
training experience during my internship program which took place at Beta glass PLC, Agbara
Ogun state. Having been exposed to practical and activities in industry in duration of six (6)
months.

Aim and Objectives of SIWES

1. Provide an avenue for students in institutions of higher learning to acquire industrial skills and
experience in their course of study.
2. Prepare students for the industrial work situation they are to meet after graduation .

3. Expose students to work methods and techniques in handling equipment and machinery that
may not be available in their institutions
4. Make the transition from school to the world of work easier, and enhance students contact for
later job placement.
5. Provide students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge in real work situation thereby
bridging the gap between theory and practice
6. Enlist and strengthen employers, involvement in the entire educational process and prepare
students for employment in Industry and Commerce.
 CHAPTER TWO

History of Betaglass
Incorporated on June 2nd, 1974, Beta Glass Plc is a Nigerian industrial goods company whose
business model entails the production and merchandising of glassware. Specifically, the
company produces glass bottles for wines, soda drinks, and hard liquor. It also makes glass
containers that are used for the packaging of cosmetics and pharmaceutical products.
The company is headquartered in Lagos but has production plants in the Agbara industrial hub of
Ogun State, as well as Ughelli which is located in the Southern Nigerian state of Delta.
According to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Beta Glass Plc has a market capitalization of
N34.1 billion. Its shares were listed on main board of the NSE on the 2nd of July 1986, exactly
twelve years after its incorporation. Important to note is the fact that Beta Glass’ share price has
been one of the best performing on the Nigerian bourse over the past five years, having risen
from N19 in 2014 to N68 today.
Beta Glass Plc is a subsidiary of Frigoglass Industries Nigeria Limited, which holds a 61.9% stake in Beta.
Frigoglass is itself a subsidiary of the Greek company, Frigoglass S.A.I.C, which is a major player in the
global Ice Cold Merchandisers (ICM) market. Consequently, it is the Athens-based Frigoglass S.A.I.C that
owns the controlling share in Nigeria’s Beta Glass Plc.

About Betaglass
Beta Glass is the major supplier of glass packaging in the emerging markets of West Africa
Through a wide range of glass containers, Beta Glass provides superior packaging solutions to a
variety of customers operating in the soft drinks, beer, spirit, cosmetics and pharmaceutical
market segment
As stated earlier, the 44-year old company manufactures glass bottles and other containers for
brewers, soft drink makers, pharmaceutical companies, and cosmetics manufacturers. Therefore,
examples of companies that it targets include the likes of Guinness Nigeria Plc, Nigerian
Breweries, SevenUp Bottling Company, and International Breweries.
Due to the fact that Beta Glass Plc manufactures an uncountable number of bottles, it also sells
its industrial goods to breweries outside Nigeria, exporting mainly to West African countries.
These include neighboring Ghana, Cameroun, Benin Republic, Togo, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra
Leone. Others are Gambia, Gabon, Burkina Faso, Mauritius, Senegal, and Rwanda.

Company objectives
1. To improve environmental performance by reporting and closing those issues.
2. To produce the beast quality of bottles for our suppliers.
3. To provide satisfaction to our various customer’s home and abroad.

Values
We are committed to:
1. Protection of the environment and prevention of pollution
2. Protection of biodiversity and ecosystems by maintaining green zones and monitoring of water
and energy usage within the plant.

Departments of the company

 Administration
 Technical Services
 Forming
 IS Maintenance
 Operations
 Supply chain
 Marketing
 Human Resources
 Mould
 Security
 Clinic
 Canteen
 Printing
 Cold End
 IT
 Cashier
 Finance
 Internal Audit
 Melting
 Quality Assurance
 Plastics Plant

Branches of the Company

1. Betaglass PLC Lagos (5th floor, iddo House Ag leventis Building Ebute Metta Lagos).
2. Betaglass PLC guinea-plant (Bank road, Agbara Ogun state).
3. Betaglass PLC Delta (Km 17, Patani road Ughelli, Delta State).
4. Frigoglass PLC Ijebu-ode (Old Lagos/Ikangba Road Ijebu-Ode Ogun State)
5. Frigoglass Industry limited & Betaglass PLC (Ibadan, PMB 78, Oyo State)
 CHAPTER THREE

IP ADDRESS
An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label such as 192.0.2.1 that is connected
to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves
two main functions: network interface identification, and location addressing.
Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) defines an IP address as a 32-bit number. However, because of
the growth of the Internet and the depletion of available IPv4 addresses, a new version of IP
(IPv6), using 128 bits for the IP address, was standardized in 1998. IPv6 deployment has been
ongoing since the mid-2000s.
IP addresses are written and displayed in human-readable notations, such as 192.0.2.1 in IPv4,
and 2001:db8:0:1234:0:567:8:1 in IPv6. The size of the routing prefix of the address is
designated in CIDR notation by suffixing the address with the number of significant bits, e.g.,
192.0.2.1/24, which is equivalent to the historically used subnet mask 255.255.255.0.
The IP address space is managed globally by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA),
and by five regional Internet registries (RIRs) responsible in their designated territories for
assignment to local Internet registries, such as Internet service providers (ISPs), and other end
users. IPv4 addresses were distributed by IANA to the RIRs in blocks of approximately 16.8
million addresses each, but have been exhausted at the IANA level since 2011. Only one of the
RIRs still has a supply for local assignments in Africa. Some IPv4 addresses are reserved for
private networks and are not globally unique.
Network administrators assign an IP address to each device connected to a network. Such
assignments may be on a static (fixed or permanent) or dynamic basis, depending on network
practices and software features.

FUNCTION OF IP ADDRESS
An IP address serves two principal functions: it identifies the host, or more specifically its
network interface, and it provides the location of the host in the network, and thus the capability
of establishing a path to that host. Its role has been characterized as follows: A name indicates
what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how to get there. The header of
each IP packet contains the IP address of the sending host and that of the destination host.
An IP address can tell us exactly what kind of device is using a specific IP address, since each
system, phone or any other gadget connected to the network has a specific IP address, a unique
IP address.
IP ADDRESS CONFIGURATION
There are various ways to configure an IP address as stated above, the IP address can be
dynamic or static i.e. for dynamic, the IP address is automatically given by the DHCP (Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol) this gives devices IP addresses based on the availability of the IP
address.

This is an example of how DHCP works

Another way of configuring IP address is using a static IP address, A static IP address, is an IP

address that a user personally give his/her device. This means that a static IP addressing does not
configure automatically like the dynamic way, In this way the IP address will not change,
therefore remaining constant.
There are things to consider when giving a device static IP address they are:
1. Is the network going to be the only network the device will connect to?(Conflict in Network).
2. Some network parameters to be inputted like the DNS and so on.
3. The availability of the IP address.
4. The device has to be static in position if the network will be in a static position (Range).
 Step by Step how to configure a device IP address using the static way as a case study

1 Check for available IP address, you can do this by pinging various IP addresses within your
network band, you can do this using command prompt

.
The picture above is a pinged result of an unassigned IP address
2. Go to network adapter settings on your system “Open Network & Internet Settings”
3. Click on change Adapter Options

4. After a new windows pop up, there are three options which are: Bluetooth network
connection, Ethernet and Wi-fi. For this step we will be considering the Ethernet option, so click
on the Ethernet.
5. Then click on Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4), then click on properties

6. Then click on use the following address, and put the parameters( the unassigned IP address,
the subnet mask, default gateway and then the DNS Server.
7. After inputting the necessary parameter. It should look somewhat like this

8. Next thing is to click on ok and the IP address should now be assigned to the system.

NETWORKING CABLES
Networking cable is a piece of networking hardware used to connect one network device to other
network devices or to connect two or more computers to share devices such as printers or
scanners. Different types of network cables, such as coaxial cable, optical fiber cable, and
twisted pair cables, are used depending on the network's topology, protocol, and size. The
devices can be separated by a few meters (e.g. via Ethernet) or nearly unlimited distances (e.g.
via the interconnections of the Internet).
While wireless networks are more easily deployed when total throughput is not an issue, most
permanent larger computer networks utilize cables to transfer signals from one point to another.
There are several technologies used for network connections. Patch cables are used for short
distances in offices and wiring closets. Electrical connections using twisted pair or coaxial cable
are used within a building. Optical fiber cable is used for long distances or for applications
requiring high bandwidth or electrical isolation. Many installations use structured cabling
practices to improve reliability and maintainability. In some home and industrial applications
power lines are used as network cabling.
TYPES OF NETWORKING CABLES
Twisted pair
Twisted pair cabling is a form of wiring in which pairs of wires (the forward and return
conductors of a single circuit) are twisted together for the purposes of canceling out
electromagnetic interference (EMI) from other wire pairs and from external sources. This type of
cable is used for home and corporate Ethernet networks. Twisted pair cabling is used in short
patch cables and in the longer runs in structured cabling.
There are two types of twisted pair cables: shielded and unshielded.

Ethernet crossover cable

An Ethernet crossover cable is a type of twisted pair Ethernet cable used to connect computing
devices together directly that would normally be connected via a network switch, Ethernet hub or
router, such as directly connecting two personal computers via their network adapters. Most
current Ethernet devices support Auto MDI-X, so it does not matter whether crossover or straight
cables are used.
Fiber optic cable
Multi-mode fiber cables with LC (top) and ST (bottom) optical fiber connectors, both with
protective caps in place. An optical fiber cable consists of a center glass core surrounded by
several layers of protective material. The outer insulating jacket is made of Teflon or PVC to
prevent interference. It is expensive but has higher bandwidth and can transmit data over longer
distances. There are two major types of optical fiber cables: shorter-range multi-mode fiber and
long-range single-mode fiber.

Coaxial cable
A coaxial cable has a central conductor surrounded by a sheath of conductor with insulation in
between. Coaxial cables form a transmission line and confine the electromagnetic wave to an
area inside the cable between the center conductor and the shield. The transmission of energy in
the line occurs totally through the dielectric inside the cable between the conductors. Coaxial
lines can therefore be bent and twisted (subject to limits) without negative effects, and they can
be strapped to conductive supports without inducing unwanted currents in them.
The most common use for coaxial cables is for television and other signals with bandwidth of
multiple megahertz. Although in most homes coaxial cables have been installed for transmission
of TV signals, new technologies (such as the ITU-T G.hn standard) open the possibility of using
home coaxial cable for high-speed home networking applications (Ethernet over coax).
Patch cable
A patch cable is an electrical or optical cable used to connect one electronic or optical device to
another for signal routing. Devices of different types (e.g. a switch connected to a computer, or a
switch connected to a router) are connected with patch cables. Patch cables are usually produced
in many different colors so as to be easily distinguishable, and most are relatively short, no
longer than a few meters. [citation needed] In contrast to structured cabling, patch cables are
more flexible.
Power lines
Although power wires are not designed for networking applications, power line communication
(PLC) allows these wires to also be used to interconnect home computers, peripherals or other
networked consumer products. The Home Plug protocol family was an early PLC technology. In
December 2008, the ITU-T adopted Recommendation G.hn/G.9960 as the first worldwide
standard for high-speed power line communications. G.hn also specifies techniques for
communications over the existing category 3 cable used by phones and coaxial cable used by
cable television in the home

OPTICAL FIBER CABLE

These are also known as fiber cable, they are also one of the types of networking cables. The
optical fiber elements are typically individually coated with plastic layers and contained in a
protective tube suitable for the environment where the cable is used. Different types of cable are
used for optical communication in different applications, for example long-distance
telecommunication or providing a high-speed data connection between different parts of a
building. At Betaglass PLC fiber cables are used to establish connection between this plant and
various other plants across Nigeria. Fiber cable are also connected to the internet providing ports
thereby enabling having same internet connection with the company head-office in Lagos
CAT4 CABLES
These cables are also known as Category 4 cables they are cables that consist of eight copper
wires arranged in four unshielded twisted pairs that consist of color:
1. blue
2. white blue
3. green
4. white green
5. orange
6. white orange
7. brown
8. white brown

Differences Between Fiber cable and Cat6 Cables

There are various differences between these two types of cable which are:
1.Fiber cables uses thin strands of glass or plastic to transmit data using light signals while cat4
cables use their copper wires for Ethernet networking.
2. Fiber cables are used for long distance transmission while Cat6 cables are for short range
Ethernet connections.
Definition of a Server
A Server is defined as a computer or software system that provides services, resources, or data to
other computers or devices, known as clients over a network. It is also defined as a computer
with the necessary programs and hardware to provide data and functional service to other
computers on the network.
Types of Server
There are various types of servers, but I will be mentioning the types of server I worked with
which are;
1. File Server
2. Print Server
3. HTTP Server
4. Database Server
5. Backup Server

Configuring a server
There are various ways to configure a server and it also involves several steps and specific
process that can vary depending on the type of server. The general steps are;
1. Choosing the server hardware: In this step you will be choosing or sorting for the
appropriate hardware for your new server, hardware like the appropriate physical setting and
some required drivers.
2. Choosing an Operating system: In this step you decide what kind of operating system your
server will run with, there various operating system you can select from like Linux, Windows,
Mac and so on.
3. Installing the operating System: In this step, after deciding on an operating system what is
left to do is to install the said operating system in the server hardware,
4. Update and secure the system: After installing the operating system, it required to do an
update, we do this update in other for the server hardware to be in complete synch with the
operating system and thereby making all functions available for the server administrator.
5. Install the server software: In this step we install the server software based on what function
the server will serve as, in this case this is for only computer based servers, because the general
servers has their unique functions embedded to them and their hardware are different.
6. Configure Server Settings: In this step we configure the server software settings based on the
requirement and this process involves using server management tools.
7. Setup Network and Firewall rules: In this step, we set up our network and our firewall rules,
it is in this step we can choose the type of files can be stored in our server (backup server) we
can setup what we want our firewall to block and thereby securing our server, we can also setup
passwords and strong security audits.
8. Monitor and manage the server: In this step we would enforce a tool that monitor
everything going on in the server regularly and also keep eye on its performance and give daily,
weekly or monthly feedback based on its settings.
9. Setup Backup System: In this step we setup a system that regularly backup our data in the
server, this can be an external backup system or another server that does backup which are called
Backup server system, they make use of storage tapes which can come in all sizes from 500gb to
2TB.
10. Test your server: This is the final step, in which we test our new sever and test its
functionality.

Uses of Each Server

1. file server is used to keep files so they can be easily accessed on a later based, file server is
one of the most common type of server.
2. Print Server is used to centralize printing and for Printer network management.
3. Http Server is used to host website mainly.
4. Database Server is used for data storage and for records.
5. Backup Server is used to backup files or data, for further reference and for audit.

Troubleshooting a system
There are various ways of trouble shooting a system, the main objective of doing this process is
to know what exactly is wrong with a system, the basic way to trouble shoot a system is to first
power it on and do the trouble shooting in the system settings
From troubleshooting we know if the issue is with the software or the driver or the hardware.
But if the system isn’t turned on or is not turning on the best way to do a quick troubleshoot is to
to remove the battery and the power cable and press and hold the power button for 10-20
seconds, this process is a process of removing the stored power in the system and thereby
refreshing the power, if the system doesn’t turn on then there maybe something wrong with the
system. In another case if the system turns on but keep making a beeping sound then it is safe to
say that the system CMOS battery is faulty, this CMOS battery is in charge of the bios and
without these battery there will be constant beeping noise from the system, this beeping noise
can also be an indicator that the random access memory(RAM) is faulty.
The steps above are some of the way to troubleshoot for some hardware issues and few ways to
solve them.

Network Switch
Network switches allows many device to connect to the same local area network, they supply
network to devices connected to them with the use of Ethernet cables.
 This is an example of an 8 port switch

Configuring Switch Ports

There are various ways to configure a switch port which are;
1. Using the Switch login Portal.
2. Using DHCP
3. Using a Static Method

Using the switch login portal

This process is mostly used for new switches, in the process you connect the switch to network
and check for an the portal link of the switch, this is usually on a sticker glued to the switch, so it
isn’t hard to find. After locating this link which may come like this (192.168.0.1), type this link
into your computer browser it should automatically popup the switch ui page where you will be
asked to login with a username and password, these details are also located on the sticker
attached to the switch.
After the login, you identify the port you want to configure then you locate it and configure it.
The advantage this step has over the other steps is that you can configure the switch port without
having to plug the port into your computer and you can do it remotely.
Using DHCP
As stated earlier in this report that DHCP is Dynamic host configuration protocol, in this process
first thing is to ensure that there are available IP addresses, then we plug the switch to our
network, immediately we plug the network cable to the switch, DHCP automatically gives each
port IP address, it checks for available IP address in the bandwidth and assign them to the new
switch device.

Using the static method

In this method we plug our network cable to our computer and the port we want to configure and
then we do the same process we did earlier in this report in the step by step way to configure a
device using a static IP address. This step is time consuming because we have to assign the ports
one after another and sometimes there can be IP address conflict.

Computer Domain
This is the collection of networked computers that share a common security and management
structure. Domain are managed by a central server called domain controller.

Advantages of Being in a Domain

1. user can login to any computer connected to the domain even if it is not the user system.
2. Computers in a domain are more secured because the domain administrators can define
security policies and access controls.
3. There is Centralized management between users that are connected to a domain.

How to create a Domain

1. Install a windows Server
2. Promote to Domain Controller
3. Active Directory Domain Services Configuration
4. Install DNS server
5. Reboot the server
6. Add computers and Users
7. Configure Group Policies
8. Join Client Computers
9. Testing and Maintenance

How to join a domain

This is a step by step on how to join an existing domain:
1. Go to system properties on the windows search bar

2. Click on “Rename this PC(advanced)”

3. Then click on “change”

4. Then input your domain in the box for domain and click ok, it is automatically ask you to
restart your PC.

Printer
A printer is a machine used for printing text, images and other forms of documents in a
computer. This is a very important device in computer science, it helps an individual to get a
physical copy of a document drafted or typed. Printers can come in various types and sizes, there
are printers that only print documents in a particular size, there are printers that print several
spectrum of colors, there are printers that only print black and white and so on and so forth.

How to connect to a Printer

There are several ways to connect to a printer they are as listed as follows:
1. Through printer sharing
2. Through a cable connection/ Wired connection
3. Wireless connection
4. Network connection
Through printer sharing
In this way of connecting the printer to our system, we connect the printer via printer cable to a
system unit, this system unit will now serve as a host to other system unit. In this type of
connection, only one system needs to be physically connected to the printer, the other system
unit can now connect to the printer via shared connection. Sharing a printer from the host system
will now make the printer available to other system users to connect if they are connected to the
local network the host system unit is on.

Through a cable connection/ wired connection

In this type of connection, there is a direct connection between the system and the printer either
using a network cable or a printer cable, using a network cable puts the printer on the local
network. Using printer cable once the printer cable has been connected to the system, it will
automatically install the printer and do some other configuration then after the printer will be
available to use.

Through wireless connection

In this modern times, there are various printer the comes with a wireless feature, that is , they can
e connected to wirelessly without the need for external cables and wires. This is one of the
easiest ways to connect a printer to a system. But there are also constraint that affects the
functionality of this method which are:
1. wireless printers are more expensive than the other type of printer.
2. This requires that the computer it is connecting to must also have a wireless feature.

Network connection
In this way, we deal with using network cables and looking for the IP address of the printer, in
this way, once the network cable is connected and has been assigned to a unique IP address, all
the users that are connected to the network can connect to the printer without having an issues
and this is widely used in big companies to reduce the cost of buying multiple printers.
Assigning IP address to a Printer
There are several ways of assigning IP address to a printer, they have the same way as assigning
IP address to other kinds of devices but the process just differs. We can assign IP address via the
DHCP way or the static way.
For the DHCP way, we just connect our printer to our network using our network cable and
automatically the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) will assign a free IP address to
the printer.
For the static way, once we have connected the printer to the network using the network cable,
we then do the configuration on the printer itself, the configuration will be done in the printer
interface. Depending on the type of printer but majorly it is always in the “network settings”
options then you click on the Ipv6 option then you configure the IP address you want to assign to
the printer.

User Interface Design (UI)

User interface design focuses on the visual and user friendly layouts for software, websites or
applications to enhance user experience. It includes elements like color schemes, typography and
the arrangement of interactive components to ensure intuitive navigation.
During the duration of my siwes program I attended numerous class on user interface design and
I had the opportunity to design a few prototypes for some apps and websites
Tools used
1. Figma for designing the prototype and for making the prototype interactive
2. Photoshop for post- production.
The following are samples of the prototype I designed
 CHAPTER FOUR

Summary of Attachment Activity

Over the span of 6 months I have learnt a substantial ways of doing and solving computer related
issues and problems, ranging from IP configuration to Pinging IP addresses to Assigning IP
address to device to setting up Wireless network to Changing and allocating new network port
for users, to Connecting users to shared Printer and network connected ones as well to knowing
the exact drivers to download for a new system and to doing some hardware jobs like changing a
system power circuit and changing a system RAM and ROM easily without any complications.
And aside learning some computer based skills I also learnt about people’s skills, that is skills in
an effective way to communicate with people especially people I work with, this is one of the
crucial skill needed for the real world. I also undergo some training in front end development and
a little program on user interface and user experience, which taught me some basic design pattern
and how to make a website and a mobile application prototype.

Problems Encountered
There are various problems I encountered during this programs, which are:
1.Access and Restriction: this was one of the problems encountered because they were some
areas and some servers that I was restricted from gaining access to and these servers access was
very important.
2. DHCP Issues: one of the most important issue I faced at betaglass was the dynamic host
configuration protocol issues, the issue was mainly the need to clear the DHCP every day. This
can be avoided by upgrading the current DHCP to accommodate more users to connect.
2. Transportation Cost: this is one of the problems I faced during the several months of the
siwes program, it wasn’t easy to get direct vehicle and on top of it all, the transportation cost was
so expensive compared to the salary I was given
Recommendation
The only major thing I can recommend is that the whole siwes is that there should be like an avenue for
students that didn’t fully grasp the industrial training to extend the duration and thereby making it a
more longer and educative experience.

I would recommend that betaglass Nigeria plc accept more students that are applying as siwes student,
by doing this there will be a massive increase in response time between the IT administrator and the
various users in the company. I would also recommend that the company should upgrade her DHCP to
enable more user connection and thereby reducing the several calls and complain about connectivity.

In addition, I would like to recommend that the company should change some users system from the
regular slow desktop to a fast and smart laptop, doing this will automatically increase the willingness of
some users to work effectively and smartly.
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