Local Area Networking

Assignment Brief
BTEC Level 4-5 HNC/HND Diploma (QCF)
To be filled by the Student

Name of the Student : Malinda Lasitha bandara Lelarathna
Edexcel No : K954844 Registration No: 7058 Batch No: 43
Unit Assessment Information
Qualification : Higher National Diploma in Computing and Systems Development
Unit Code & Title : Unit 44 – Local Area Network Technology (LAN)
Assessment Title & No’s : A LAN Solution for Kandy Metro College (LAN – 17 – 001)
Learning outcomes and grading opportunities:

LO 01: Understand the impact of LAN technologies
Learning Outcomes LO 1.1 LO 1.2 LO 1.3
LO 02: Be able to design LAN infrastructures
Learning Outcomes LO 2.1 LO 2.2
LO 03: Be able to implement LAN infrastructures
LO 04: Be able to manage LAN infrastructures
Merit and Distinction Descriptor

M1 M2 M3 D1 D2 D3
Date Issued : 2018 – 06 -03 Date Due : 2018 – 10 - 12
Date of Submission: 2018-12-23
Assessor : mr. Geeth Date Assessed:
Internal Verifier (IV): Date of IV:
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Scenario
You are working for IT Support and Services Company. You are assigned with a project of designing
a complete LAN technology solution for one of your clients. Kandy Metro College is a private
college with more than 2000 students and five branches in Sri Lanka. They are planning to open a
new head office in Kandy and have other branches Island wide. It has a centralized distributed
database system for the students’ details. You are required to provide a complete Local Area
Networking solution for their head office in Kandy.
The head office will comprise of the following departments:
 Customer Service: Customer Service area has 5 computers where students can approach for
assistance related to their attendance and progress or any other academic related issues.
 Accounts/Finance: This department has 40 computers and a network printer and have
access to only those working in finance department.
 Lab: With 200 computers, the lab will be divided in to two rooms and each which will
contain 100 devices including a network printer. The Lab needs to be an isolated network as
the student will be allowed to use it for their Practical purpose. They should also be able to
Access only Web Server and Internet from these machines.
 Server Area: A control room with all the servers for the College. File Server, Web Server,
Domain Controller are located in this area and planning for minimum 10 Servers.
 Web Services: It hosts the college’s intranet services. Students can log on to this server to
get the information about their account, their attendance, progress and other study related
materials.
 Domain Services: Keeps the record of all the users and their access rights and permission.
Create, edit and delete student and staff details.

The college will be using private IP address 192.168.0.0/16 within LAN and they will be using
Network Address Translation (NAT) or Port Address Translation (PAT) for accessing outside
network. For the college, the availability of the service and security of the personal and financial
data is very important. At the same time, it must be financially viable. So they have asked you to
come up with a complete network design and implementation that will guarantee the scalability,
security and availability of the devices and resources within the network.
Clearly state your assumptions. You are allowed to design and implement the LAN solution
according to your assumptions but main objectives should NOT be violated
Task 1: Understand the impact of LAN technologies
a. Identify and explain different LAN Technologies available in the market. Explain different
LAN technology in relation to the scenario above. (LO 1.1)
b. What do you understand by quality of service (QoS) and bandwidth management? Evaluate
and analyze with examples why do you think it is important to perform QoS and Bandwidth
Management? (LO 1.2)
c. Discuss concerns that a LAN may face in terms of network security, availability and
performance? Explain how a Hierarchical Network Design can improve on availability,
security, scalability and performance (LO 1.3, M1.3)
Task 2: Be able to design LAN infrastructures
a. Design network infrastructure to fulfill the requirement of above scenario, including the
diagram of the network infrastructure, and all devices (ex. Switches, routers, cables, etc.)?
(LO 2.1, M2.1)
b. Identify the LAN components used for the above design and evaluate the suitability of the
chosen LAN components. (LO 2.2)
Task 3: Be able to implement LAN infrastructures

a. Prepare a list of IP addresses, subnetwork IDs, Broadcast IDs for each department, justify
your choice for chosen techniques (VLSM or others) and Draw a complete LAN design
including servers, connecting devices, workstations, peripherals, etc. for the above scenario.
Include the configuration scripts in the appendix.
(LO 3.1, Activity 1 and 2, D3.4)
b. What type technologies can be used in order to keep the resources and devices secured in
the above network? Justify your choice of technology (e.g. Access Control Lists, Port
Security, etc.) for implementation in the above network. (LO 3.2, Activity 3).
c. The IT director asked you to review and test the LAN, prepare a test case form so that the
performance, availability and security of the proposed network can be tested. (LO 3.3, LO
4.2)
Task 4: Be able to manage LAN infrastructures
a. One of the computers used in the library replaced; plan a step by step process to connect
the new computer to the network and test connectivity effectively and efficiently? (LO 4.1)
b. There are many tools available in the market to monitor the performance of a network,
choose one and produce a performance monitoring report for your network.
(LO 4.3, Activity 4).

Acknowledgement
I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all those who provided me the possibility
to complete this Assignment. A special gratitude I give to our Lecturer Mr. Geeth, whose
contribution in stimulating suggestions and encouragement, helped me to coordinate my
project especially in writing this Assignment.
Malinda Lasith Bandara

Table of Content
1. Understand the impact of LAN technologiesa. Different LAN Technologies11

1.1. Identify and explain different LAN Technologies....................................................11
1.1.1. Different LAN technologies.............................................................................11
1.1.2. Fast Ethernet...................................................................................................11
1.1.3. Gigabit Ethernet..............................................................................................11
1.1.4. 10 Gigabit Ethernet.........................................................................................12
1.2. b. Quality of service (QoS) and bandwidth management.......................................12
1.2.1. What is Quality of Service?.............................................................................12
1.3. How a Hierarchical Network Design can improve on availability, security, scalability and
performance.......................................................................................................................12
1.3.1. Security...........................................................................................................12
1.3.2. Availability.......................................................................................................12
1.3.3. Scalability........................................................................................................13
2. Be able to design LAN infrastructures.............................................................13
2.1. Design network infrastructure to fulfill the requirement of above scenario..........13
2.2. Identify the LAN components.................................................................................13
2.2.1. Switch..............................................................................................................14
2.2.2. Router.............................................................................................................14
2.2.3. Firewall............................................................................................................14
3. Be able to implement LAN infrastructures......................................................15
3.1. IP Assigning for the Kandy Metro College Network................................................15
3.1.1. LAN Design......................................................................................................15
3.1.2. Scripts of building network infrastructure......................................................16
3.2. Justify Your technology...........................................................................................18
3.3. Review and test the LAN.........................................................................................19
3.3.1. Testing Connection between two computers.................................................19
3.3.2. Testing SSH/telnet...........................................................................................20
3.3.3. Testing ACL......................................................................................................21
4. Be able to manage LAN infrastructures...........................................................22
4.1. Connecting new computer to the system...............................................................22
4.2. monitor the performance of a network..................................................................23

Table of Figures
Figure 2.1 – LAN design..........................................................................................................13

Figure 3.1 – Complete Building...............................................................................................15
Figure 3.7 – creating DHCP SERVER........................................................................................16
Figure 3.8 – Creating Sub interfaces.......................................................................................16
Figure 3.9 – user name and password....................................................................................17
Figure 3.10 – Creating VLANs..................................................................................................17
Figure 3.11 – VLAN port assigning..........................................................................................17
Figure 3.12 – Configure ACL....................................................................................................17
Figure 3.13 – ACL assigning.....................................................................................................18
Figure 3.14 – Pinging computers............................................................................................19
Figure 3.16 – Request Timeout...............................................................................................19
Figure 3.17 – Connected.........................................................................................................20
Figure 3.18 – Valid password..................................................................................................20
Figure 3.19 – invalid pinging...................................................................................................21
Figure 3.20 – Valid Pinging......................................................................................................21
Figure 4.1 – IP configuration window.....................................................................................22
Figure 4.2 – DHCP completed.................................................................................................22
Figure 4.3 – Pinging computers..............................................................................................23
Figure 4.4 - Wi-Fi adapter analyzing.......................................................................................23
Figure 4.5 - capture filtering...................................................................................................24
Figure 4.6 - this is the general filtering...................................................................................24

Table of Tables
IP address Ranges...................................................................................................................15

1. Understand the impact of LAN technologiesa. Different LAN
Technologies
2. Identify and explain different LAN Technologies
A network is a collection of independent devices that interact with each other for sharing
information through a common means of communication. Limited geographic areas such as
local area networks, buildings or rooms. LANs 2or 3 can be small and can spread to 100
computers using thousands of computers.[ CITATION LAN18 \l 1033 ]
2.1.1. Different LAN technologies
 Fast Ethernet
 Gigabit Ethernet
 10 Gigabit Ethernet
2.1.2. Fast Ethernet
This technology for Ethernet Networks. This technology enhances the Ethernet speed limit
from 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps. But with the Ethernet cable structure, there are fewer changes to
this technology. According to the IEEE standards, this IEEE standard is known as 802.3u.
2.1.3. Gigabit Ethernet
This technology was developed to enable fast communications with multimedia applications
with some technologies. This technology is known as 1000BASE-t and GigE. This can be
faster than 10 times faster than 100BASE-T Ethernet. It also uses the configuration method
for using IEEE 802.3 standards. The existing ethernet can also interact with Gigabit
Solutions. The main difference between Gigabit and Fast Ethernet is the additional full
duplex operation of the MAC layer and data rate.

2.1.4. 10 Gigabit Ethernet
These are the fastest and most recent Ethernet technology these days. IEEE Standards
802.3ae generally defines Ethernet version 10Gbit 10 times per 10 times per second than
Gigabit Ethernet. Fiber optic cabling technology.
3. b. Quality of service (QoS) and bandwidth management
3.1.1. What is Quality of Service?
Data traffic management is a way to reduce the cost of service, jitter and packet loss based on
the service quality ratio. Manages a specific type of QoS network. Sensitive data, such as
temporary ringtones and video, uses QoS to manage the network's automotive requirements.
Reduction of quality destruction.[ CITATION Alh18 \l 1033 ]
Packet Loss – This happens when the network connection has deteriorated. Then the routers
and switches start packet dropping. In real-time, packets are packed, you can see the gates
and gaps.
Jitter – This event is due to the replacement of the signal clock in a digital signal. Two
variations of network variation on two-stream packet streaming. Instant communication, such
as mobile phone and video conferencing, leads to a fatal accident. Hosting also desktops and
virtual desktops infrastructure.
4. How a Hierarchical Network Design can improve on availability, security, scalability

and performance
4.1.1. Security
This is easy to upgrade and manage. Variable security options can be configured for
changeable switches. The administrator can also use the most powerful security features in
distribution switches.[ CITATION cis09 \l 1033 ]
4.1.2. Availability
For networks, getting is more important. It is possible to dramatically improve the user with
convenient redundancy with the hooking networks. Layer-layers need to be connected to a
variety of distribution layouts.[ CITATION cis09 \l 1033 ]

4.1.3. Scalability
Sources of networks are perfectly scalable. When the design module network grows, the
design elements will be reset. It's easy to design and run widgets every time.[ CITATION
cis09 \l 1033 ]
5. Be able to design LAN infrastructures
6. Design network infrastructure to fulfill the requirement of above scenario
Customer Care – 5 Computers Account/Finance – 40 Computers
Figure 2.1 – LAN design
7. Identify the LAN components
To fulfil the network architecture several devices and several technologies needed. To get
maximum performance from the network design important devices are needed. That are,
7.1.1. Switch
In the context of networking, a switch is a high-speed device that receives data from the
Internet. Redirects them to the local destination network (LAN) on their destination. LAN
switch data layer layer (Layer 2) or OSI model layer layer. Hence all packet packets can be
supported.[ CITATION tec186 \l 1033 ]
7.1.2. Router
A router is an analytics tool that analyzes the content of packets that are transmitted in a
network or other network. Whether the source and destination are the same on the same
network, or whether they should switch from a different type of another network type
determines a packet data with a routine header information for the new network type.
[ CITATION tec187 \l 1033 ]
7.1.3. Firewall
Firewall is a network security system designed to prevent unauthorized access to a private

network or private one. Firewalls can be run as hardware and software, or both combines
simultaneously. Piracy online users use private networks on the Internet, especially on-line.
All messages that enter the Internet go through the firewall, blocking each message checked,
and blocking the exact security criteria.[ CITATION web18 \l 1033 ]
8. Be able to implement LAN infrastructures

9. IP Assigning for the Kandy Metro College Network
9.1.1. LAN Design
Figure 3.1 – Complete Building
IP address Ranges
Departmen Devices Network IP Broadcast IP Range

t
LAB 1 101 Hosts 192.168.0.0/25 192.168.0.127/25 192.168.0.1 –
192.168.0.126
LAB 2 101 Hosts 192.168.0.128/2 192.168.0.255/25 192.168.1.129
5 -
192.168.1.254
Accounts 41 Hosts 192.168.1.0 /26 192.168.1.63/26 192.168.1.1 –
192.168.1.62
Servers 10 hosts 192.168.1.64 / 192.168.1.79 /28 192.168.1.65–
28 192.168.1.78
Customer 5 hosts 192.168.1.80 / 192.168.1.87 / 29 192.168.1.81 -
Care 29 192.168.1.86
9.1.2. Scripts of building network infrastructure
Creating DHCP Server

Figure 3.7 – creating DHCP SERVER
Creating Sub-interfaces in Router
Figure 3.8 – Creating Sub interfaces
Creating user name and password

Figure 3.9 – user name and password
Creating VLANs
Figure 3.10 – Creating VLANs
Figure 3.11 – VLAN port assigning
Configuring ACL
Figure 3.12 – Configure ACL

Figure 3.13 – ACL assigning
10. Justify Your technology
To overcome the requirements of the network there should be several technologies. There are
several technologies that can use for basic network management.
That are,
ACL – Access Control List
ACLs are a set of rules used most commonly to filter network traffic. They are used on
network devices with packet filtering compatibilities (e.g. routers or firewalls). ACLs are
applied on the interface basis to packets leaving or entering an interface.[ CITATION stu18 \l
1033 ]
VLAN – Virtual Local Area Network
VLAN has the same idea about Local Area Network but the connectivity is based on subnets.
Switches can provide multiple independent VLANs for configure subnets. VLANs are mainly
associated with Broadcast domain. It is usually composed of one or more Ethernet switches.
VLANs make administrators to partition a single switch network into several departments
with special features.[ CITATION Sla18 \l 1033 ]
Port Security
Ethernet LANs are vulnerable to attacks such as address spoofing and Layer 2 rejection of
service on network devices. This feature help to protect the data transferring port on device
against loss of information and productivity that such attack can cause. Basic Port security
features is enabled in device default configuration. Administrator can do further modification
with a minimal configuration steps.[ CITATION Jun18 \l 1033 ]
11. Review and test the LAN
11.1.1. Testing Connection between two computers.
Test No 1 - Pinging between two computers same VLAN
Type “ping 192.168.1.83” and enter
Figure 3.14 – Pinging computers
Test No 2 - Pinging between two computers different VLANs
Figure 3.16 – Request Timeout

11.1.2. Testing SSH/telnet
Test No 1 - telnet with valid IP
Type “telnet 192.168.1.89” and enter
Figure 3.17 – Connected
Test No 2 - use valid password at the User Access Verification
Figure 3.18 – Valid password

11.1.3. Testing ACL
Test No 1 - Pinging from Customer care department to Accounts server
Figure 3.19 – invalid pinging
Test No 2 - Pinging from account department to Accounts server
Figure 3.20 – Valid Pinging

12.Be able to manage LAN infrastructures
13. Connecting new computer to the system
There are few steps to connect a new computer to the network. That are,
Step 1 - Connect computer with the cable to the switch.
Step 2 - Accessing the window that can assign the IP addresses on operating system.
Step 3 - Click “DHCP” button.
Figure 4.1 – IP configuration window
Figure 4.2 – DHCP completed

Testing the connectivity of newly connected computer and network
Type “ping 192.168.1.83” and press enter.
Figure 4.3 – Pinging computers
14. monitor the performance of a network
There are several tools and applications in the networking industry based on network
regulation. Network Monitoring means improving traffic congestion and monitoring traffic
flows. Of all these, wireshark can be a great tool with a number of bad experimenting
methods. These are only a few. But there are hundreds of filters to analyze a network
Figure 4.4 - Wi-Fi adapter analyzing
From here users can start capturing packets and this will take us to a filter selection

Figure 4.5 - capture filtering
These are the protocols available to capture different ongoing data traffic.
This is a general filtering of the network over wireless interface and the red details are TCP
packet flow with ACK tag. The three way hand shaking is all covered up here in the
monitoring
Figure 4.6 - this is the general filtering

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Annexes
Gantt chart
September October November December

W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Task 1
Task 2
Task 3
Task 4
Documen
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Practical Observation Sheet
No Activity LO Date Assessor

: covered Signature
1 Build the network design as per your (LO 3.1)
recommendation.
2 Implement VLANs according to the scenario (LO 3.1)
and show the inter-VLAN communication
3 Design Access Control Lists (ACL) and apply (LO 3.2)
where appropriate in the LAN structure
4 Evaluate the performance of a network with a (LO 4.3)

network monitoring tool of your choice
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Assessment Criteria
Outcomes/Criteria for PASS Possible Page Feedback

evidence
LO1 Understand the impact of LAN technologies
1.1 critically evaluate different LAN technologies Task 1 – a.
1.2 critically analyse traffic intensive services and Task 1 – b.

their
performance
1.3 discuss LAN concerns and make Task 1 – c.
recommendations to sustain network security,
reliability and performance
LO2 Be able to design LAN infrastructures
2.1 design a LAN infrastructure to meet a given Task 2 – a.

requirement
2.2 critically evaluate the suitability of LAN Task 2 – b.

components

LO3 Be able to implement LAN infrastructures
3.1 build and configure a LAN (including services) to Task 3 – a.

meet a given requirement
3.2 implement network security on a LAN Task 3 – b.
3.3 critically review and test a LAN Task 3 – c.
LO4 Be able to manage LAN infrastructures
4.1 monitor and troubleshoot a LAN Task 4 – a.
4.2 resolve LAN issues to improve security, reliability Task 3 – c.

and performance
4.3 critically evaluate the performance of a LAN. Task 4 – b.

Grade Descriptor for MERIT Possible evidence Feedback
M1 Identify and apply strategies to find
appropriate solutions
M1.3 an effective approach to study and research has Task 1 – c.
been applied
M2 Select /design appropriate

methods/techniques
M2.1 relevant theories and techniques have been applied Task 2 – a.
M3 Present and communicate appropriate

findings Documentation is well structured adhering to
the formatting guidelines with non-
M3.3 a range of methods of presentation have been used overlapping facts.
and technical language has been accurately used Data provided are accurate, reliable and
consistent

Grade Descriptor for DISTINCTION Possible evidence Feedback
D1 Use critical reflection to evaluate own
work and justify valid conclusions Provide realistic improvements that could
D1.1 realistic improvement have been proposed against make your design and solution effective.
defined characteristics for success
D2 Take responsibility for managing and

organizing activities
D2.3 Activities have been managed On time submission of assignment with Gantt
Chart
D3 Demonstrate
convergent/lateral/creative thinking
D3.4 problems have been solved Task 3 – a.

Strengths: Weaknesses:
Future Improvements & Assessor Comment:
Assessor: Signature: Date: ____/____/______
Internal Verifier’s Comments:
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Assignment Brief

BTEC Level 4-5 HNC/HND Diploma (QCF)

To be filled by the Student

Edexcel No : K954844 Registration No: 7058 Batch No: 43

Unit Assessment Information

Qualification : Higher National Diploma in Computing and Systems Development

Learning outcomes and grading opportunities:

Merit and Distinction Descriptor

Date Issued : 2018 – 06 -03 Date Due : 2018 – 10 - 12

Date of Submission: 2018-12-23

Assessor : mr. Geeth Date Assessed:

Internal Verifier (IV): Date of IV:

All rights reserved ©ESOFT Metro Campus, Sri Lanka

1. I know that plagiarism is a punishable offence because it constitutes theft.

Student’s Signature: …Malinda… Date:.2018/12/23…

All rights reserved ©ESOFT Metro Campus, Sri Lanka

Networking solution for their head office in Kandy.

The head office will comprise of the following departments:

access to only those working in finance department.

Access only Web Server and Internet from these machines.

Create, edit and delete student and staff details.

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Task 1: Understand the impact of LAN technologies

LAN technology in relation to the scenario above. (LO 1.1)

Management? (LO 1.2)

performance? Explain how a Hierarchical Network Design can improve on availability,

security, scalability and performance (LO 1.3, M1.3)

Task 2: Be able to design LAN infrastructures

(LO 2.1, M2.1)

chosen LAN components. (LO 2.2)

Task 3: Be able to implement LAN infrastructures

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Include the configuration scripts in the appendix.

(LO 3.1, Activity 1 and 2, D3.4)

Task 4: Be able to manage LAN infrastructures

(LO 4.3, Activity 4).

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1. Understand the impact of LAN technologiesa. Different LAN Technologies11

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Figure 2.1 – LAN design..........................................................................................................13

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2. Identify and explain different LAN Technologies

2.1.1. Different LAN technologies

2.1.2. Fast Ethernet

2.1.3. Gigabit Ethernet

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3. b. Quality of service (QoS) and bandwidth management

3.1.1. What is Quality of Service?

4. How a Hierarchical Network Design can improve on availability, security, scalability

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5. Be able to design LAN infrastructures

6. Design network infrastructure to fulfill the requirement of above scenario

Customer Care – 5 Computers Account/Finance – 40 Computers

Figure 2.1 – LAN design

7. Identify the LAN components

Firewall is a network security system designed to prevent unauthorized access to a private

8. Be able to implement LAN infrastructures

9.1.1. LAN Design