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You are a consultant, and your client is a "start-up" that is developing products for use in
the agricultural sector. They presently have an sales office in the Parramatta Central
Business District (CBD), a small site office located in the regional city of Bathurst, and a
Data Center and Call Centre located in Ultimo. They plan to shortly open three more
offices located in the other regional cities of Armidale, Cooma, and Dubbo. Each of these
offices will have an identical structure to the Bathurst office.
A diagram showing the network topology of your client's network is shown in Appendix
A, with MAC addresses for each device provided in the table that follows in Appendix B
Question 1 (20 marks) — Subnetting
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a. [5 marks— 1/2 page] How can you tell from the diagram below how many
subnets you'd need to create?
b. [10 marks 1 to 2 pages] Your service provider has given you the
192.168.221.0/24 network. Devise a Fixed Length Subnetting (FLSM) scheme to
accommodate all the networks in the diagram (and only those in the diagram).
Remember each network needs it's own IP address range (subnet) and Routers
are the devices that connect different networks, and hence have a different
address, one for each network that Router is connected to. Please ensure that you
document each step of this process. Each subnet should include
the network address,
the maximum number of hosts supported by the network, and
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the broadcast address,
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c. [5 marks
the netmask in dottted-decimal notation.
to 1 page] Will your subnetting scheme be able to accommodate
the planned new offices in Armidale, Cooma, and Dubbo?
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If yes, also include these offices in your subnetting scheme
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If no, provide a brief explanation of what changes could be made to deal
with these planned extra networks.
Question 2 (20 marks) — Encapsulation and network traversal
a. [10 marks 1 to 2 pages] A user logged into PC1 in the Bathurst office
on PC1 opens a command prompt and uses the ping command to test
connectivity to Printer2 located at the Paramatta CBD site. You should assume
that the options given to the ping command ensure that only a single packet is
sent.
Explain what traffic this command will create, both directly and indirectly, and
how this traffic will affect the ARP caches and/or MAC tables within each device.
In your answer, you should assume that the ARP caches and MAC tables in each
device are empty before the ping command is run.
For example, if you had a HTTP request originating from HostA with MAC address
46:2D:C0:93:42:AD, and IP address 172.16.3.2, and destined to HostB with MAC
address 97:22:51:67:B5:88 and IP address 172.16.3.5, then you could notate the
packet as it leaves HostA as follows (note that we don't know enough detail about
Layer 5 to say anything other than "HTTP request"):
[Ethernet SRC: 46:2D:C0:93:42:AD, DST: 97:22:51:67:B5:88 [IP SRC: 172.16.3.2, DST:
172.16.3.5 [TCP SRC: 49238, DST: 80 [HTTP request]]]
b. [10 marks 12 to 1 page] There are two possible paths that this traffic could
take, via WAN1 or via WAN2. Provide a brief explanation of which path will be
taken and why.
Question 3 (20 marks) — Data-Link Layer
a. [2 marks ~1/2 page] Some of the switches are marked as "managed", whereas
some are marked as "unmanaged". Briefly describe the difference between these
two kinds of switches.
b. [3 marks ~ page] What impact does the use of managed or unmanaged
switches have on addressing within the network?
c. [2 marks ~1/2 page] Who is the manufacturer of Switch 12 in the Call Center
network? How can you tell?
d. [3 marks ~1/2 page] The uplink interface of switch 12 (the link from Switch12 to
Router8) seems to be made by a different company, why might this be?
e. [5 marks ~1/2 page] List the broadcast domains and describe which devices are
in each broadcast domain - create a table one row per broadcast domain with
each row listing all the devices in that broadcast domain.
f. [5 marks ~1/2 page] List the collision domains and describe which devices are in
each collision domain - create a table one row per collision domain with each row
listing all the devices in that collision domain.
Appendix A -
Network Topology
Note: The Call Center switch is "Switch 12". Call Center PC's are attached to their
associated port number (eg. Call07 is connected to Port Fa0/7, Call04 is connected to
Port Fa0/4, etc.)
Bathurst
Parramatta CBD
Gig1
Fao Co
Server
Server2
Gig0/2
Fa0
Fa0/1
Fa0/3
Fa0/7
Fa0
Printer20
Fa0/1 Fa0/3
Switch3
Gigo/2
Door Card Reader
Fa0/6
Fa1/0
Switch1
Fa4/0
Roter6
Fa6/0
Gig7/0
WAN 1
Fa4/0
Fa2/0
Router2
Router4
Fa0
PC2
Fa0/2
Fa5/0
Fa20 WAN 2
Gig6/0
Gig0/1
Gig5/0
Gig3/0
Routers Gig7/0
Gig3/0
Gig5/0
Fa0/1 witch5
Router1
-6g10
Gig5/0
Gig8/0
Fa5
PC3 Fa0
Fa Fa
IP Phone3
Fat
Fa P
Fab Hub1
IP Phone
Fa0
Ultimo DC
Fa0
PC1
Server11
Router3
Router7
Fa0
Fa0
Fa0
Gig5/0
Fa0/11 Fa0/8
Gig6/0
Router
Fa7/0
Fa0 Fa0/10
Fa0/1
Fa0/12 wh
Fa0/23
Server 10
Fa0/7
Fa0/13
FanR
Fa0
Fa0
Sw Fa09
Fa0/10
Fab
Fa0
Server12
Call Center
Call10
Server13
Appendix B - Device MAC addresses
Location
Bathurst
Device
Interface
MAC Address
PC3
Fa0
00:00:A4:C9:0A:CF
IP Phone3
E0:26:36:71:58:05
PC
E8:05:6D: 6F:E3:94
Sw
E8:05:6D: 92:09:CD
PC1
Fa0
00:80:10:5B:48:26
IP Phonel
10:CD: AE:F6:82:61
PC
24:D9:21:A9:F9:36
Sw
24:D9:21: D1: D2:D5
Hubl
Fa0
Fa5
PC2
Fa0
Switch5
(unmanaged)
00:00:36:45:A6:7A
74:44:01:09:08:1C
Fa0/1
Fa0/2
84: 1B:5E: 3B:BA: 0A
84 1B:5E:42:36:8E
Gig0/1
9C: D3:6D: D3:6D: 0D
Router1
Fa2/0
00:04:5A: 07:5B:C0
Gig3/0
00:06:25:1F:4B:79
Gig5/0
00:06:25:60:A4:F3
Parramatta Router6
Fa1/0
20 AA:4B:36:0D:33
CBD
Switch1
(managed)
Fa4/0
Gig7/0
20: AA: 4B:6D:B9:5C
98 FC: 11:23:D2:79
00:25:61:17:FE:7F
Fa0/1
B4:39:D6:D6:EB:AB
Fa0/3
B4:39:D6:86:31:B1
Fa0/6
B4:39:D6:AA:80:A4
Gig0/2
C0:91:34:19:49:93
Switch3
(managed)
00:25:61:F9:98:3C
Fa0/1
B4:39 D6:4A:08:FF
Gig0/2
CO:91:34:3B:9B:E9
Server1
Server2
Printer2
Fa0
Gig1
Ethernet0
F8 DB: 88:56:22:F4
00:01 FE:ED:CC:B8
00:00:0F: 03:2B:42
PCO
IoT7
Fa0
F8: 0D:60:F7:AE:39
Fa0
FC D4 F2:5D:C4:30
WAN 1
Router2
Fa4/0
00: E0:8F:E5:71:8E
Fa5/0
00: E0:8F:01:80:C6
Router4
Fa2/0
FO: 9E: 63:28:FB:6A
Fa6/0
FO:9E:63: EF: 0C: FE
WAN 2
Router3
|Gig1/0
64 E9:50 FF:E7:2C
Gig5/0
64 E9:50:67:B9:40
Router5
Gig3/0
CC: E1:7F:E5:DD:80
Gig8/0
CC: E1:7F:E5:DD:80
Gig7/0
CC: E1:7F:E5:DD:80
Router7
Gig5/0
3C:00:00:0D:03:D4
Gig6/0
3C:00:00:33:AF:24
Ultimo DC
Router8
Fa7/0
EC:C8:82:18:D9:A0
Gig5/0
F0 B2 E5:79:EF:B5
Gig6/0
F0 B2 E5:78:D6:DB
Switch6
48:6E:73:37:9C:9A
(managed)
Fa0/8
48:6E:73:99:76:8F
Fa0/10
48:6E:73:71:95:4F
Fa0/11
48:6E:73:83:40:50
Fa0/12
48:6E:73:40:E3:9A
Fa0/13
48:6E:73:25:59:3E
Fa0/14
48:6E:73:73:04:64
Fa0/15
48:6E:73:0B:6A:6C
Server10
Fa0
D4:81: D7:52:28:06
Server11
Fa0
D4:81: D7:CA:4A:E5
Server12
Fa0
D4:81: D7 CA: 4A:E5
Server13
Fa0
D4:81: D7:98:79:48
Switch12
(unmanaged)
5C:16:C7:54:4A:2B
Fa0/1
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:01
Fa0/2
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:02
Fa0/3
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:03
Fa0/4
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:04
Fa0/5
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:05
Fa0/6
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:06
Fa0/7
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:07
Fa0/8
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:08
Call09
Jall07
Fa0
Салов
Fa0/9
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:09
Fa0/10
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:0a
Fa0/11
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:0b
Fa0/12
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:0c
Fa0/13
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:0d
Fa0/14
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:0e
Fa0/15
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:0f
Fa0/16
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:10
Fa0/17
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:11
Fa0/18
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:12
Fa0/19
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:13
Fa0/20
5C:16:C7:B4:5C:14
Fa0/23
00:90:65:B4:5C:15
Call01
Fa0
A8: FA:D8:30:F2: DE
Call02
Fa0
A8: FA:D8:50:D9:A9
Call03
Fa0
A8: FA:D8:E9:73:1E
Call04
Fa0
A8: FA:D8:FE:33:8B
Call05
Fa0
A8: FA:D8:C1:1F:0A
Call06
Fa0
A8: FA:D8:65:BE:C1
Call07
Fa0
Call08
Fa0
Call09
Fa0
Call10
Fa0
A8 FA:D8:5A:B2:BE
A8: FA:D8:97:B6:12
A8: FA: D8:1F:3C:52
A8: FA:D8:EF:B4:7B
Edit: updated Q2 to make clear that the caches and tables being referred to where layer-
2, ie. arp caches and mac tables.
Edit2: updated the table in Appendix B to have the correct locations. ie. swapped
Parramatta and Bathurst.