Mid-Term Exam (Take-Home) Fall - 2020

Subject: Routing and Switching Submission Day: Saturday

Instructor: Ali Ahmad Siddiqui Submission Date: November 28th 2020
Program: BS(CS) Max. Marks: 25

Department of Faculty of Engineering and Computer Sciences

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 Question #1 [05 Marks]
Create a spanning tree for the given topology. Label all ports with their status i.e. Root,
designated or block.
Note: Switch port numbers are labelled and STP link costs are shown in brackets

Switch MAC Addresses

SW1: a1b1
SW2: 23cd
SW3: 0012
SW4: 0a0b
SW5: 5a5b
SW6: 00ab
SW7: 11ab

Question #2 [05 Marks]

In the topology given in Question #1, perform the following tasks. Write down the commands to
configure each step
a) Assuming SW1 is a 24 port switch. Connect PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4 and PC5 on port
numbers 6, 8, 13, 17 and 21 respectively.
b) Configure VLANs on SW1 in such a way that PC1 should ping PC2 only and PC3 should
ping PC5 only. PC4 should not be able to communicate with any other PC.
(Note: All ports on SW1 connecting to other switches will be kept in default VLAN)

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 Question #3 [05 Marks]
a) How OSI layers play their role in the communication between two computers. Illustrate
the role of each layer with example
b) Explain how the collisions occur in hubs and what can be done to make a collision free
environment.

Question #4 [05 Marks]

a) In the below topology explain the situation when
i. Computer A sends a frame to computer B assuming Switch 1 has not learned the
MAC address of computer B yet. How switch 1 and switch 2 will react.
ii. Switch 1 has learned both MAC addresses. Now if computer A sends a message
to computer B, what will the switch 2 do with the frame?
iii. If we are using UTP cables to connect devices in the below network topology,
label the diagram with the correct cable type (straight or cross over)

Question #5 [05 Marks]

In the network topology shown in Question #4, how a network administrator can provide
redundancy between switches? What would be the sudden impact on the network right after the
redundancy is provided. Discuss all possible issues in detail and also the solution to each problem.

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