Arba Minch Institute of Technology

University-industry linkage coordination office

Daily Activity Form
Name: Samuel alemu company Amu-ICT
Week No: 01 date: 4 Nov 2019 to 8 Nov 2019
weekday Activity
Monday In this day we have seen the over all of the ICT staff and their working styles. In
Arba Minch University information & communication technology center have
four main parts depends on the jobs & others supportive careers. These main
careers are operational system and services, network and network security,
customer support manager and project support training.

Tuesday In this day we have seen how we maintain the printer at chamo campus.

Wednesday In this day we have seen the types of Ethernet cable preparation and
introduction to the material used in the preparation process theoretically.
The materials are crimper, puncher, tester, cutter, Rj45, cable (cat5, cat5e,
cat6, cat 6e).
 In this day we have seen how we prepare Ethernet cable practically. It
includes colour arrangement, crimping, punching .mainly the preparation of
Thursday
UTP cable namely straight through, rollover and cross over. For straight
through the colour arrangement becomes white orange, orange, white green,
blue, white blue, green, white brown, brown.

In this day we have seen how we can test the prepared Ethernet cable using
Friday Ethernet cable tester. The tester can have a led indicator it shows if the light runs
sequentially from 1 to 8 the cable becomes functional otherwise if it jump one of
the number from those numbers there is some problem on the jumped arranged
wire so we see the arrangement again.
Week No: 02 date: 11 Nov 2019 to 15 Nov 2019
weekday Activity

 In this week we have seen the types of cable and their functionality. -
UTP is network cable that consists of up to 4 pairs of wires. Each pair
Monday is twisted around each other at a different rate and the entire cable is
encased in a protective plastic covering UTP cables there are typically
8 wires, and 4 pairs. Each pair is twisted around each other at a different
Tuesday rate, which reduces EMI (Electro-Magnetic Interference) between the
pairs and other electrical signals. Each pair is color-coded, according
to standards, and the entire cable is inside a protective plastic insulation
sheath.
Wednesday
 Fiber optics cable is sending signals from one location to another in
the form of modulated light guided through like hair-thin fibers of
glass or plastic. These signals can be analog or digital and voice, data
or video information. Optical fiber has the following parts:
 Core - Thin glass center of the fiber where the light travels

Thursday  Cladding - Outer optical material surrounding the core that

reflects the light back into the core
 Buffer coating - Plastic coating that protects the fiber from
damage and moisture.
 Coaxial cable is an older technology that is usually implemented with
Friday a bus topology. It is not suitable for ring or star topologies because the
ends of the cable must be terminated. It is composed of two
conductors, which share a common axis, within a single cable.
Week No: 03 date: 18 Nov 2019 to 22 Nov 2019
weekday Activity
Monday In this day we have seen some theories about the network installation and
introduction to the material used during installation like conduit and trunk.
It helped me to get useful information because it is face to face and get
feedback. I have interviewed some employees in the organization by
preparing some interview like how cabled network installed and what makes
it different from wireless network

Tuesday In this day we have seen network installation: I observed some of the cables
are old and tried to change and I installed network technically and physically.

Wednesday In this day we have seen the testing process of the installed network. Test the
cable to ensure that it will function in the field. Wrongly-wired and
incomplete network cables could lead to headaches down the road. In
addition, with power-over-Ethernet making its way into the market place,
crossed wire pairs could lead to physical damage of computers or phone
system equipment, making it even more crucial that the pairs are in the
correct order.
Thursday
In this day we are in the lab in order to read more about what we have done.

Friday In this day we have seen how we maintain the faulted Ethernet nodes.by
testing the Ethernet nodes we can take some action it may be punching again
or changing the nodes.
Week No: 04 date: 25 Nov 2019 to 29 Nov 2019
weekday Activity

Monday In this week we have seen about network protocols and layers.

A protocol is a set of rules that governs the communications between computers on a

network. In order for two computers to talk to each other, they must be speaking the same
language.
Tuesday
Many different types of network protocols and standards are required to ensure that your
computer can communicate with another computer located on the next desk or half-way
around the world. From the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) Reference Model defines
some of networking protocols.

Wednesday Model defines some of networking protocols.

OSI Layer Name Common protocol

7 Application HTTP / FTP /SMTP
/DNS
6 Presentation
5 Session

Thursday 4 Transport TCP | SPX

3 Network IP | IPX

2 Data link Ethernet

1 Physical

Friday
Week No: 05 date: 02 Dec 2019 to 06 Dec 2019

weekday Activity

Monday  In this week we have seen about fibre optic cable and the way how we
splice it.
 Fiber optics is sending signals from one location to another in the form
of modulated light guided through like hair-thin fibers of glass or plastic.
Tuesday
These signals can be analog or digital and voice, data or video
information. Fiber can transport more information longer distances in
less time than any copper wire or wireless method. Optical fiber is the
maximum bandwidth10 Gigabits per second currently. Splicing is used
Wednesday to permanently join two optical fibers where no additional changes are
expected to be made to those fibers at that juncture. Fusion splicing is a
junction of two or more optical fibers that have been permanently affixed
by welding them together by an electronic arc.
 Splice is important to connect optical fiber each other, without splice
optical fiber can’t be joint to one other because of it is a glass otherwise

Thursday broke. Splices have low loss, typically 0.00 to 0.3 dB good light signal
transmit. But greater than from these intervals transmission is invalid or
unsuccessful. There are two ways to splice optical fiber such as:
Mechanical Splice and Fusion Splice. During the splicing time we use
this material for different purpose
 Fiber Stripper for removing the buffer coat.
Alcohol: used for clean the scratched fiber, because OFC by nature lubricate.
Friday Scribe: A hard, sharp tool that scratches the fiber to allow cleaving
Clever cutter: for cutting the fiber optic cable 90º
Week No: 06 date: 09 Dec 2019 to 13 Dec 2019

weekday Activity

Monday In this week we have seen about the switch: A network switch is a small
hardware device that joins multiple computers together within one local area
network (LAN).

It is a piece of a physical circuitry component that governs signal flow. Having

Tuesday
a switch allows a connection to be opened or closed. When opened the switch
allows a signal or power to flow through the connection. When closed the switch
stops the flow and breaks the circuit connection.

A switch is a network device that selects a path or circuit for sending a unit of
Wednesday data to its next destination.
 It has two modules. These modules are Lc [single mode] and Acc [multi-
mode]. These are called Gibic modul. If we use a single mode [Lc] on a
switch, we connect at the single patch code of the patch panel part.
Otherwise we use multimode at Acc. Switch have 24 port. Cisco IOS
routers and switches support a similar operating system
Thursday  Introduced the initial settings of a Cisco IOS switch device

 setting a name

 limiting access to the device configuration

 configuring banner messages

 saving the configuration.

Friday
Week No: 07 date: 16 Dec 2019 to 20 Dec 2019
weekday Activity

Monday  In this week we have seen about the switch configuration. Like PC
operating systems (Windows 8 & OS X) perform technical functions that
enable Use of a mouse, View output and Enter text Switch or router IOS
provides options to Configure interfaces Enable routing and switching
Tuesday functions.

 Switch or router IOS provides options to Configure interfaces and Enable

routing and switching functions

 Most common methods to access the Command Line Interface

Wednesday
o Console: Method for remotely accessing the CLI over a network
o Telnet or SSH: Remote login similar to Telnet but utilizes more
security
o AUX port: Out-of-band connection.
 Software available for connecting to a networking device Teraterm ,
Putty ,SecureCRT
Thursday  In the configuration mode the primary mode is user EXEC mode and
privilege EXEC mode. In the user EXEC mode only limited number of
basics are allowed but in the privilege EXEC mod it allows all
monitoring commands including execution of configuration and
management of commands. The next mode is Global Configuration
Mode and Sub modes Global configuration mode and interface
configuration modes can only be reached from the privileged EXEC
Friday
mode. During the configuration times it includes hostname, securing
device access, securing privilege EXEC access and encrypting password
display, configuring switch virtual interface
Week No: 08 date: 23 Dec 2019 to 27 Dec 2019
weekday Activity

Monday In this week we have seen about the access point and their maintenance. The
procedures I followed here could be; Observations, interviews and reading
related sources.

Tuesday  When considering the use of wireless networks installation, it is extremely

difficult to predict the propagation of radio waves and detect the presence of
interfering signals without the use of specialized test equipment. Even if your
installation includes directional antennas, radio waves do not travel the same
distance in all directions. Walls, doors, elevator shafts, people, and other

Wednesday obstacles offer varying degrees of attenuation, which cause the radio frequency
(RF) radiation pattern to be irregular and unpredictable. As a result, one should
have an RF site survey performed to understand fully the behavior of radio
waves within a facility before installing any wireless devices. Some of the
activities that will take place during the installation: Mounting of access
points, Mounting of antennas, Connection of backbone LAN to access
points Maintenance wireless network means can be turn backup wireless
Thursday access point (WAP) by repairing backbone (UTP cables), it would be
hurt by weather or animals. As the result, replaced that UTP cable or
WAP power switch and WAP to start the braked/stopped connectio

Friday
Week No: 09 date: 30 Dec 2019 to 3 Jan 2019
weekday Activity

Monday In this week we have seen how we can maintaining the access point around the
white house and at the back of student’s dormitory namely mother block.
The abnormal functionality of the access point may be came due to the Couse
that can be made by water, Wind and other weather condition.
Tuesday During this time we have seen how we can maintain the Wi-Fi access point it
includes:
 Replacing the Rj-45 by removing the previous RJ-45 crimped
and insert in to the access point.
 Changing the access point.
Wednesday
 Replace the UTP cable if it’s damages.
 Replacing the switch connected to the related access point.
 Re-configuring the switch.

Thursday

Friday
Week No: 10 date: 6 Jan 2019 to 10 Jan 2019
weekday Activity

Monday In this week we have seen about trunking and installing the network. The
procedures. Trunking and installing network by using conduit.

Conduit: Copper and fiber-optic cables must be placed in flexible conduit or

duct to conform to regulatory safety codes, meet customer requirements or
Tuesday provide protection from environmental hazards.
Placing conduit and then pulling cables can be costly and time-consuming,
particularly in complex installations and here in AMU ICT I have worked with
trunking types of network installation which is easy to install than that of conduit
Wednesday can be described later.
Trunking: Trunking is mother of all cable ducts and it is a method for a system
to provide or covering network access (bundle of cables) to many clients by
sharing a set of lines
It is a tool used for the safety of UTP cable. That means to protect the cable from
damage. The UTP cable is damaged by many things if we are unable to use
trunk.

Thursday To configure trunk I used the following rules and tools. Some of those rules are:-
 Properly drill the wall using drill machine
 Be sure the trunk I configured could be 65 cm above the ground
 Attach the trunk with wall using Fisher (expedition pipe).
 Use screw driver to tin fisher and trunking bolt on the wall
 bolt
 Be sure Cabling Ethernet cable inside the trunking
Friday
Week No: 11 date: 13 Jan 2019 to 17 Jan 2019
weekday Activity

Monday In this week we have learn about installing the wireless network. The
procedures. The procedures I followed here could be; Observations, interviews
and reading related sources.
When considering the use of wireless networks installation, it is extremely
Tuesday difficult to predict the propagation of radio waves and detect the presence of
interfering signals without the use of specialized test equipment. Even if your
installation includes directional antennas, radio waves do not travel the same
distance in all directions. Walls, doors, elevator shafts, people, and other
obstacles offer varying degrees of attenuation, which cause the radio frequency
Wednesday
(RF) radiation pattern to be irregular and unpredictable. As a result, one should
have an RF site survey performed to understand fully the behavior of radio
waves within a facility before installing any wireless devices.
Some of the activities that will take place during the installation:
 Mounting of access points
 Mounting of antennas
Thursday
 Connection of antennas to access points
 Connection of backbone LAN to access points
 Connection of power to access points
 Installation and connection of remote power system
Maintenance wireless network means can be turn backup wireless access point
(WAP) by repairing backbone (UTP cables), it would be hurt by weather or
Friday
animals. As the result, replaced that UTP cable or WAP power switch and WAP
to start the braked/stopped connection