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MODEL HOME WORK: #1

INT506: Network Administration

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Part A

Q1. Enlighten the purpose of ARP, RARP, LPD, DHCP & SNMP. Quote a suitable example
for each illustrating a proper scenario.

Q2.OSI model is the most prominent amongst the Internetworking Models, Draw the
hierarchal structure, mention a protocol each for every layer. I send an email from PC1 which
goes to the user at PC2. What all changes does the information go through before reaching
the recipient?

Q3 Answer the following:

(a) On what subnet is the IP address 184.25.245.89/20 found?

(b) How many valid subnets exist on 155.200.0.0 255.255.255.128 network?

Part B

Q4. Your network has been assigned the network number 134.100.0.0, the network manager
requests that you come up with a subnet mask that allows for at least 500 subnets, but no
subnet must be able to hold more than 120 hosts. What is the best subnet mask to use? Justify
your reasoning

Q5. Perform the following activities on the simulator taking a suitable network, Logging on
to a router, saving a Router Configuration, Set Hostname as your own name. Save the .top,
.nwc, .rtr file and mention their contents as the answer.

Q6. Working on the already compiled configurations in Q5, create 3 interfaces and give them
IP addresses of different range, attach 1 switch and 2 computers to each one of them. Ping at
least 1 PC from a PC of the same and the other networks as well. Write down your
observations.