PURIHIN, DANN KERVIN M.

BSIT401A

Laboratory Exercise
Network Analysis
Objectives:

At the end of the exercise, the students should be able to:

 Distinguish the network topology applicable for a respective enterprise.

Procedure:

1. Study the scenario below and answer the questions given.

A. Design Scenario 1

You are a network consultant who has been asked to attend an initial meeting with the executive
management team of ElectroMyCycle manufactures motorcycles. Its new electric motorcycle was just
picked up by a large retail chain.

ElectroMyCycle is upgrading its manufacturing capacity and hiring new employees. Recently,
ElectroMyCycle employees have started saying, “The Internet is slow.” They are also experiencing
problems sending emails, accessing web-based applications, and printing.

In the past, when the company was small, it didn’t have these problems. The operations manager
outsourced computer services to a local business called Network Rogues and managed the switches,
routers, and firewalls. ElectroMyCycle is now considering bringing computer services in-house and is
wondering how its network should evolve as it increases the production of its electric motorcycle.

1. What research will you do before your initial meeting with the executive management team?

- The studies I'll conduct will determine if the internet is stable or not. I'll conduct a poll of
employees who are unsure whether their network is in good or bad shape, as well as their
external relationships, such as the market they work in, their customers, suppliers'
competitors, products, and financial sustainability. When they're through, we'll talk about the
network stability issues that employees are having.

2. What general problems does ElectroMyCycle seem to be experiencing? What network design
principles may have been ignored when Network Rogues designed and operated the existing
network?

- Employees reported problems with bad network connections, sending email, accessing web-
based applications, and printing. Analyzing EletroMyCycle starting requirements, stability,
and the network's ability to handle the amount of ability are examples of design principles.

3. List four (4) major stakeholders for a new network design for ElectroMyCycle. For each
stakeholder, list some design goals, constraints, and biases.

- End users the Goal use good performance, response time, Constraints number of stations,
Biases may only use applications certainly e-mail programs equipment
- Executives’ Goals increased employee productivity, Constraints budget, staffing, Biases
toward certain technologies
- Managers Goal Network security, Constraints scheduling politics, Biases familiarity of the
system
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- Customers Goal better customer support, Constraints data security Biases has easy to
access.

B. Design Scenario 2

ElectroMyCycle has chosen you to design a new network that will let the company scale to a larger
size. In Scenario 2, you learned that ElectroMyCycle’s network would support about 200 employees.
The network will include a data center and a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. Users in the
campus network will access the servers in the data center from their PCs. For online sales,
ElectroMyCycle plans to have a DMZ that connects a web server, a DNS server, and an email server.
ElectroMyCycle also plans to open a branch sales office in a city about 500 miles from
ElectroMyCycle’s headquarters.

1. Many basic networking books state three (3) network topologies, bus, ring, and star. Based
on the knowledge you gained on this topic, explain why these simple topologies may not
meet the needs of modern networks.

- Bus topology has a simple layout and is inexpensive, but it is prone to failure and is suited for
consumers. Although this is primarily utilized in workplaces, it can still be used to obtain some
consumer goods. Ring topology is low-risk and easy-to-manage, but it requires all nodes to be
built up to be reliable.

2. Compare and contrast full and partial mesh topologies. What advantages does a partial
mesh have compared to a full mesh? Vice versa.

- In a partial mesh, not all nodes are connected directly to one another. As a result, a
partial mesh has fewer paths for a message to travel down than a full mesh, but it is
simpler to set up. Partial network systems are more feasible than full mesh topologies.
All nodes in a network do not have to be connected to each other in a partially linked
mesh architecture.

2. Save the document file as “SURNAME, FIRSTNAME - 03LAB1“. Submit the output to your
instructor.

Grading Rubric

Criteria/Scoring Indicator Score

Design Scenario 1 Able to answer the case scenario with a plausible solution 25
Design Scenario 2 Able to answer the case scenario with a plausible solution 25
Total 50