You are to provide an essay (two pages maximum) for the following mini case question from the textbook.  The essay is to be a 1.5 line spacing.

Computer Dynamics                                                  (textbook edition 12 page 182)

Computer Dynamics is a microcomputer software development company that has a 300 + computer network. The company is located in three adjacent five-story buildings in an office park, with about 100 computers in each building. The LANs in each building are similar, but one building has the data canter on the second floor. There are no other office locations. The current network is poorly designed for its current needs and must be completely replaced. Develop a logical design for this enterprise campus that considers the seven network architecture components. There are no other campuses, so you can omit WAN access. You will need to make some assumptions, so be sure to document your assumptions and explain why you have designed the network in this way.

(15 marks)

The essays do not require in text references or a list of references.

Part B Hands on

You are to go through the Hands on exercise (5A on page 187 of the textbook edition 11) (5A on page 151 of the textbook edition 12).  You will need access to a networked computer with access to the PING, ARP and TRACEROUTE tool.  For some of the activity if you have a restrictive firewall you will need to search for a looking glass type services and modify your report accordingly (search Google for looking glass tools).  The exercise has a number of activities for you to perform, but for the assignment we only need the output and discussion for the following activities.  If you are using non Windows machines the commands may be slightly different.  You will have to research to what is an appropriate command for your environment.

IPCONFIG: Finding your computer settings (ifconfig on *nix system may require sudo access)

ARP: Displaying Physical Address

TRACERT: Finding Routes through the Internet

Each of the activities listed include a number of deliverables that you will need to attach as part of your assignment submission.  Make sure you provide a description of the activity and the meaning of the result or how the result could be interpreted for full marks.   For the output of the commands use the screen capture capabilities.  Under Windows use Cmd Alt Print Screen keys combinations to capture the current active window and then paste into word document.  For Mac OS use Command-Shift-4, then space, and then click a window you want to capture

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