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Technology
Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija
Academy
Bugarin, Jolina T.
Calibuso, Aldrin I.
Fernandez, Aileen M.
Flores, Crisjohn S.
Sagnip, Heidy T.
BSIT 3-1
This project entitled “Establishing PC’s connection and Cabling arrangement in Gracious
Fernandez, Crisjohn S. Flores, and Heidy T. Sagnip submitted to the Department of Information
Technology, College of Engineering, Central Luzon State University has been examined and
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Title page 1
Approval Sheet 2
Table of Contents 3
I. INTRODUCTION 5
B. Objectives 6
General Objectives 6
Specific Objectives 7
Scope 7
Significance 8
Limitation 8
III. METHODOLOGY 9
Prepare 10
Technical Feasibility 10
Economic Feasibility 11
Plan 11
Design 12
Implementation 12
Operate 13
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Optimize 13
Prepare 13
Summary 14
Feasibility Study 14
Technical Feasibility 14
Economic Feasibility 17
Cost-Benefit Analysis 17
Operational Feasibility 20
Plan 20
Design 23
Implementation 26
Operate 32
Optimize 36
V. CONCLUSION 36
VI. RECOMMENDATION 37
VII. APPENDICES 37
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I. INTRODUCTION
Technology plays an important major role in today’s generation. As years go by the need for the
functionality of technologies make computers on demand, in fact it even require to add the new model
of integrating technology into the curriculum on every school. Technology teachers and administrators
face the task of developing a technology plan that makes the most effective and efficient use of the
computer hardware available to them. Whether using desktops, the computer lab remains the center for
The Good Shepherd Christian Academy who was later named as Gracious Shepherd Christian
Academy is a private school located at San Roque Extension, Abar 1st, San Jose City, Nueva Ecija. The
computer laboratory of the said school is a single-storey building with a total of fifteen (15) computers,
having said that it doesn’t seem to fit the whole class to use the computers all at once.
To help both the students and the teacher to share files they need a stable network and clear
connection that will be connected to the administrator. Also, the cables connected to each computer and
the switch were not organize that it can be easily detached or may have a hard time configuring were
the certain cable belongs. The cable of the hardware may cause a problem with any physical interaction
means, it may cause the data lost when accidentally detached or may cause someone to physically hurt
The students of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology study the different outlines and
design to keep each cables organize, sets a computer that will be used as the administrator and
configuring the communication of all the computers in the Computer Laboratory and test if the network
is working properly.
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II. PROBLEM DOMAIN
The main problem that the teachers in Computer Laboratory in Gracious Shepherd Christian
Academy wanted to fix is the connection of each computer. They wanted to have a connection between
all the computers in laboratory and a single computer that will be used as the administrator that will
The teachers also noted that their cables were not organized and with a single physical
interaction it may cause the computers to shut down. The UTP cables that is connected to the switch
were also disordered that it is hard to recognize the direction of a single cable.
There are fifteen (15) computers in Gracious Shepherd Christian Academy’s Computer
Laboratory. There is no computer yet that set as the administrator. The fifteen (15) computers IP
address were not yet configured. For this reason it cannot be connected to any of the computers yet.
B. OBJECTIVES
General Objective
The project’s main purpose is to organize of each computers and the UTP cables of the
switch.
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Specific Objectives:
To organize the cables of each computers and the UTP cables of the switch.
Establish a connection between the administrator and all of the computers in the Computer Laboratory.
Test if the file sharing is successful between the and all of the computers in the Computer Laboratory.
Scope
This study is concerned in establishing a proper connection between the administrator and
all of the computers. The Gracious Shepherd Academy’s Computer Laboratory has a total of fifteen
(15) working computers and fourteen (14) of this will be serve as the student’s computer while the
remaining one (1) will be set as the administrator that the teacher will be able to use. This project
will also focus on organizing the cables of the computers and its UTP cables that is connected to
the switch.
In addition, providing each computer an IP address and testing if the network is working
properly. The students of the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology will conduct proper
research, and deliberate learning of the Gracious Shepherd Academy’s Computer Laboratory
designs and outlines to fully understand the scheme of the computer’s networks and its cables
Significance
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The significance of this study is to make the student and the teacher share files easily through their
computers. Specifically, configuring each IP addresses of each computer and giving them a unique
identification that will be used as their connection with each other. By doing this they can properly
communicate with each other, they can share files, and let the administrator easily check each activities
of the students than manually gathering the data one by one. Also, by organizing their cables it can be
easily identify the specific cable of the computer connected to the switch so that if there’s a certain
error regarding the cable it can easily be recognize. The other cables, specifically the cables of the
hardware, will also cause a big problem if not yet giving an attention to fix because if there’s unsaved
data on the computer and a physical interaction within the cables may cause the computer to
accidentally shutdown, resulting the loss of data. Also if a natural disasters occurs it may cause a
problem for the computers to permanently shut down or it may cause a hazardous events, like causing
fires.
Limitation
The project is focused only on fixing the main problem that the teachers have been
experiencing, which is the connection of each computer and organizing the cables. No other issues will
III. METHODOLOGY
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The students of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology used a PPDIOO which is under the
CISCO methodology. The PPDIOO defines as the continuous life-cycle of services required for a
network. It has six phases or steps which are Prepare, Plan, Design, Implement, Operate, and Optimize,
which will serve as the outline for the connection of the network of Gracious Shepherd Academy’s
The figure below shows the six phases of the network methodology. This contains as first
analysing the problems that the organization or company have been experiencing, conducting possible
ways to resolve the problem, creating an outlines that will be used as the new design to properly apply
the solutions, Applying the conducted solution, testing and verifying the operation of the project and
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Prepare
The students will conduct an interview with the owner of the School or the assigned teacher
responsible for the Computer lab to identify the problem and the equipment they use. The gathered
information will be the guidelines needed to accomplish the student’s goal in the project’s future
work.
-This is to identify how large is the network coverage of the Computer lab.
b.) What are the existing devices and/or hardware of the computer laboratory room?
-To analyze if there are missing equipment that may be needed for the network
There may be additional questions that maybe asked during the interview depending on the
situation. The students may have notice some situation during observation on the target place regarding
the problem.
Technical Feasibility
To know if there are proper equipment and required systems that the students will use on the
future of the project work analyzing the Technical Feasibility will be needed.
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Economic Feasibility
The students will conduct an Economic Feasibility that will help identify the cost and benefits,
in tangible or intangible means, of the system to determine whether the value of the investment exceed
Operational Feasibility
Operational Feasibility is needed to know if the faculty are willing to replace any equipment,
software, network or any possible operation that will be apply to solve the problem in the future project
works. It will also help determine if the assigned teacher or faculty will be able to operate the applied
solution.
Plan
Aware about the gathered information, the students will now make a plan and conduct different
ideas or ways to solve the issue of Gracious Shepherd Academy, Computer Laboratory. This way it will
be easier to carefully analyse the existing network topology and to identify the operation needed and fix
The students will plan the equipment, needed for the hardware cables to properly fix and
organize the cables of the computer, and the equipment needed to solve the problem that the faculty
have encounter on the Computer Lab. The students will also identify the possible software needed to
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Design
In the designing phase, using the application Edraw, the students created a floor plan layout
design for the current setup of the Academy’s computer room’s network, as they are used to do it first
more than the logical design. This is important to determine whether there will be changes on the
network. After examining the current floor plan and network, using the same application Edraw, the
students created new network topology and floor plan that will serve as their guidelines throughout the
Physical Design – This normally shows the actual physical floor plan of the facility.
Logical Design – This shows logical representation of the network connection of each
computer.
Implementation
After the design has been approved by the Academy’s owner and teacher-that monitor the
laboratory, the implementation of the project begins. Any additional components are built according to
the new designs. The students will start by installing the required equipment; such as computers,
switch, router, and the network topology based on the new design of network. This may include
additional installation of LAN (wired) cables if needed, organizing cables, configuring IP address and
its subnet mask. The configured IP address of each PC were pinged to see if the connection were
already established. When the connection were successfully set up, the students created a homegroup to
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Operate
This phase will determine the performance of the project. Thus, the new implemented network
will be tested if it will meet the client’s needs, which results to the satisfaction of project objectives. It
will only claim successful if, and only if, the problem was solved and the client was satisfied with the
result.
Optimize
Analyzing the improvement of the new implemented network will be in this phase. The main
purpose of this phase is to determine if the project deployed is still in alignment with evolving business
needs. The students will compare the new network from the old one.
The gathered data at Gracious Shepherd Christian Academy is documented and analyzed to be
Prepare
In this phase, the students had conducted meetings to analyze and to determine the requirements
needed for gathering data. They gathered information from the questions they prepared. The gathered
data through interview, via Facebook messenger and personal, are articulated below:
Summary
The assigned teacher of the computer room told that their problem, aside from the connection of
each computer, the cables were not organized and with a single physical interaction it may cause the
computers to shut down, was that their allotted time serve for learning and doing new activities
consumed on checking the activity of the students manually. The teacher need to walk around the
computer laboratory and check each computer of the students one by one. This is also the problem they
Feasibility Study
Feasibility study is an analysis of how a project can be successfully completed. It enables the
student to determine if the project can be Operationally, Economically and Technically Feasible.
Technical Feasibility
This method will find out if the Gracious Shepherd Christian School’s computer room is
capable on having technical resources. This includes the hardware and software that will be using in
The table below shows the list of devices in the existing network.
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Table 1 List of hardware and devices.
1*100BaseTX (Auto
detachable antenna
Wireless-N data Dimensions 133mm x
networking (32ºC~104ºC)
Storage Temperature: -40~70ºC
devices.
(-40ºC~158ºC)
Operating Humidity: 10%~90%
non-condensing
Storage Humidity: 5%~95%
non-condensing
Standards IEEE 802.11n, IEEE
Switch 1
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PC 15
Unshielded Twisted
Cable TYPE: Category 3 15
Pair
(RJ) is a TIA/EIA-568C.2
standardized
physical network
RJ45 15
interface for
connecting
telecommunications
or data equipment.
The current devices and hardware the Gracious Shepherd Christian School’s computer room have
does not need to be replace, Category 3 seeing that only data are needed to share and RJ45 for the
connector, these accessories for the implementation of the project is available at the market. Therefore
it is considered technically feasible because all the hardware and devices are working properly and
compatible for configuring network. Also the additional supplies, the cable ties for organizing the
Economic Feasibility
This method will show if the project is economically feasible. This includes the tangible and
intangible benefits of the network and the user. Nonetheless, the data gathered determined that there is
no need for additional hardware to be used in the project because all of it are available at the computer
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room. In addition to the items, the team bought cable ties for backup.
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cost benefit analysis is used to define the strength and weakness of the proposed network design of
Gracious Shepherd Christian Academy’s computer room which will give an information if the cost of
The network being configure will not charge as all hardware are working, as to how they supposed
The benefits that the owner obtained were better management of network, and teacher and
students will have convenience in using PCs and shared files for the network was now configured.
PURCHASED
DEVICE SPECS QTY
WAN Port
Power Supply 9V/0.5A
Antenna 1*4dBi dBi detachable
antenna
Dimensions 133mm x 96.7
mm x 24.2mm (L x W x H)
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Button WPS & Reset two-in-
one button
LED 1*Power, 1*
CPU,1*Wireless,1*WAN, 4*LAN
Environment Operating
Temperature: 0ºC~40ºC
(32ºC~104ºC)
Storage Temperature: -40~70ºC (-
40ºC~158ºC)
Operating Humidity: 10%~90%
non-condensing
Storage Humidity: 5%~95% non-
condensing
Standards IEEE 802.11n, IEEE
Existing
PCs 15
Existing
Cable TYPE: Category 3 15
Table 2 shows the existing hardware at the computer room. All hardware are in good shape and can
still be use.
SPECS PRICE
DEVICE PURPOSE QUANTITY
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6inches A cable tie is
The Table 3 shows the expenses to be spend to organize the cluttered cables.
Operational Feasibility
The project was deployed at Gracious Shepherd Christian Academy’s computer room with
changes on the network. The configurations of all the PCs are necessary to be set. The assigned teacher
was computer literate and experienced at maintaining the PCs and is able in troubleshooting when
networks fail. This project is operational feasibility as it can easily operate by the assigned teacher.
Plan
The output of this phase is a set of requirements. List of equipment needed was prepared to meet
certain technical specifications. This phase also includes feasibility analysis to determine if the project
is feasible which includes the following: Technical Feasibility, Operational Feasibility and Economic
Feasibility.
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The computer laboratory of Gracious Shepherd Christian Academy is in bad situation because the
cabling is not arranged properly, and the computer is not configured. It needs new network topology for
In Figure 2 that shown above is the existing/current logical network design having a total of fifteen
(15) units, these units are the clients PCs. The network of the fifteen (15) PCs in the computer room are
The table below shows the IP addresses that Gracious Shepherd Christian Academy (GSCA)
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Table 5 Current Dynamic IP Addresses Used
COMPUTER ROOM
Computer # IP Address Subnet Mask
PC-1 Not available Not available
PC-2 Not available Not available
PC-3 Not available Not available
PC-4 Not available Not available
PC-5 Not available Not available
PC-6 Not available Not available
PC-7 Not available Not available
PC-8 Not available Not available
PC-9 Not available Not available
PC-10 Not available Not available
PC-11 Not available Not available
PC-12 Not available Not available
PC-13 Not available Not available
PC-14 Not available Not available
PC-15 Not available Not available
In the Table 5 that shown above are the current IP addresses use by the GSCA’s dynamic network
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Figure 3 Existing/Current Physical Network Design of GSCA’s Computer room
In figure 3 that shown above is the existing/current physical network design of GSCA’s Computer
room. Thus, arrangement of cable on each PCs are well organized. The computer room have a total of
Design
In this phase, the students set all the IP addresses that was in the dynamic network and modified it
as static network.
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Figure 4 Proposed Logical Network Design of GSCA’s Computer room
In figure 4 that shown above is the proposed Logical Network Design where IP addresses of each
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The table below shows the IP addresses of the new logical network design.
COMPUTER ROOM
Computer # IP Address Subnet Mask
PC-1 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
PC-2 192.168.1.3 255.255.255.0
PC-3 192.168.1.4 255.255.255.0
PC-4 192.168.1.5 255.255.255.0
PC-5 192.168.1.6 255.255.255.0
PC-6 192.168.1.7 255.255.255.0
PC-7 192.168.1.8 255.255.255.0
PC-8 192.168.1.9 255.255.255.0
PC-9 192.168.1.10 255.255.255.0
PC-10 192.168.1.11 255.255.255.0
PC-11 192.168.1.12 255.255.255.0
PC-12 192.168.1.13 255.255.255.0
PC-13 192.168.1.14 255.255.255.0
PC-14 192.168.1.15 255.255.255.0
PC-15 192.168.1.16 255.255.255.0
In table 6 that shown above are the newly set IP addresses on each PCs and it’s now properly
connected to the network. Thus, IP addresses of each PCs are unique and can now be easily identified.
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Figure 5 Proposed Physical Network Design of GSCA’s Computer room
In figure 5 that shown above is the proposed physical network design of GSCA’s Computer room.
Thus, arrangement of cable on each PCs are well organized. The computer room have a total of fifteen
Implementation
In this phase, cables or wirings on each system unit are organized by the students to avoid it being
in tangled form making it difficult to identified it when disarrange. Also, students configured the IP
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Figure 6 Arranged Cables Figure 7 Cleaned Laboratories
In figure 6,7 and 8, it shows the successfully arranged of cable, Cleaning the dusty
laboratory and arranged the slightly jumbled cables in the ceiling by the trainees. The student
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Figure 9 Arranging of cables
Figure 9, show the arranging of cable wires with the use of cable tie to organize and secure the
management of the network, so that the internet connection will not be easily disconnected because of
not proper wiring of the cable that connected to the switch of modem.
Gracious Shepherd Christian Academy to organized and secured the management of the network, so
that the internet connection will not easily disconnected because of the disordered wiring of the cable
Figure 11, shows the configuring of the IP addresses from dynamic IP addresses to static IP
address in the two sample computer and then later on in the entire computer. All computers are
configured from dynamic IP addresses to static IP addresses that connect in a network to have a
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Figure 12 Pinging of each PC’s
Figure 12, shows the 2 sample computer are pinging each other meaning that the PC’s are now
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Figure 13 All PC’s are connected
Figure 13, shows that the whole computer from the Gracious Shepherd Christian Academy
Computer Laboratory are connected and ready for the next procedure.
Figure 14, shows the creating of Home Group. The creator choose what to be shared within the
member of the group and also after created the group the Home Group will automatically produce a
code for the security of the group and this code can also use to join into the group.
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Figure 15 Showing the group members and showing the files
allowed to view by the member of the group
Figure 15, shows the list of name of the computer who joined into the group created. The other
one shows the file that allowed to share by the member of the group.
Operate
The project for the network of Gracious Shepherd Christian Academy is ready to
operate. The Operate Phase is the final test of the design’s appropriateness. The students used
network cable to test and verify that all of the fifteen (15) cables installed was properly terminated
and that there are no unintended connections in those cables. There’s no problem in the wire
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The following are the results from testing:
Project Name: Establishing PC’s connection and Cabling arrangement in Gracious Shepherd Christian
Academy
Expected Status(Pass/
Step Test Steps Test Data Actual Result
Result Fail)
1 Go to Command Ping Command Pass
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interface
Type PING + IP
2 IP Address Pinging Pass
Address
B. Testing if all PC’s can share file to each other using Home Group
Expected Status(Pass/
Step Test Steps Test Data Actual Result
Result Fail)
Control Panel/
Successful Successfully
Creating All Control
1 creating Home created Home Pass
Home Group Panel Items/
Group Group
HomeGroup
2 Joining Home Control Panel/ Successful Successfully Pass
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Panel Items/
Group group
HomeGroup
Open File
3 Pass
Explorer
Go to Home
4 Pass
Group
The member
delete file
The member
of the group
file
Optimize
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The implemented reconfiguration of Network are successful and the cables are
successfully rearranged since cabling and connecting PC’s to each other is the only scope of the
project.
V. CONCLUSION
The project is to implement the reconfiguration of Network to have connection between other
PC’s and rearrangement of cables for the Gracious Shepherd Christian Academy. The project’s main
focus is to reconfigure the Network of each PC’s and organize the cables of the school. After
implementing the project, the school will now have an organized network.
VI. RECOMMENDATION
The students recommend constant checking and monitoring of all the ports, cables and network
to check if it is in good condition. By doing this, this can prevent interruption or network failure.
VII. APPENDICES
Since our client is not here in the Nueva Ecija. We conducted the interview using facebook
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In
the pictures shown above the principal of the Gracious Shepherd Christian Academy they indicated that
there are fifteen (15) computers in the laboratory, two (2) computers in the office, and one (1) in the
library. In the end when the trainees where about to configure the computers in the office and library
the owner said that the main problem they want to resolve only occurs in the computer laboratory,
therefore the trainees only focused on resolving the problem in the laboratory room and left the office
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This picture shows that the two student’s checking the PC’s and the cables of the
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This is the proof that shows that the team accomplished the project. This picture shows
that the team had done the structured cabling with the guidance of Ms. Mylin M. Baxa, the assigned
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