Lab-based Activities
Week Beginning (Napier/JWatt/Lauder): 13 Oct 2003
[Activities]
The activities for this week are:
Lab
Activity 3.1 |
 Host
emulator. Set the IP address to 192.168.0.3,
the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0, the gateway
address to 192.168.0.1, and the DNS server
to 168.10.11.12 [Link][PDF]
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Lab
Activity 3.2: IPCONFIG emulator |
IPConfig
emulator. [Link][PDF][Background]
From this determine the following settings
for your computer:
- IP Address.
- Subnet mask.
- MAC address.
- DNS server address.
- IP gateway address.
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Lab
Activity 3.3: UNIX emulator |
UNIX
emulator. [Link][PDF][Background]
The main activities are to:
- Determine the IP Address and subnet mask
using the ifconfig command.
- Show the ARP cache with the arp
-a command.
- Using the netstat command,
show the current network connections.
- Using the ping command,
ping the local port to see if it is responding.
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Lab
Activity 3.4: Windows network details |
On
your own PC, use Start->Run, and then enter
the command IPCONFIG /all.
From this determine the following settings
for your computer:
- IP Address.
- Subnet mask.
- MAC address.
- DNS server address.
- IP gateway address.
Using the ping command,
ping the local port to see if it is responding.
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Lab
Activity 3.5: UNIX network details |
Login
into the telnet.dcs.napier.ac.uk host (using
Start->Run, and then enter telnet
telnet.dcs.napier.ac.uk). using
your matriculation number and password. The
main activities are to:
- Determine the IP Address and subnet mask
using the ifconfig command.
- Show the ARP cache with the arp
-a command.
- Using the netstat command,
show the current network connections.
- Using the ping command,
ping the local port to see if it is responding.
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Lab
Activity 3.6: Complete details of activities |
Once
you have completed the activities, please
complete the following form, and submit it:
[Activities
form]
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Additional Activities
The additional activities for this week are:
Activity
3.1: FDDI faults |
FDDI
allows for the network to cope with a break
into both rings by creating a virtual ring
using the unaffected parts of the other two
rings. For the ring given in the activity,
determine the sequence of the nodes used in
the virtual ring. [Link] |
and:
Activity
3.2: ATM traffic |
Perform
an on-line test for the classification of
traffic types. For this drag the traffic type,
such as Real Audio, Nuclear Plant Control,
File Transfer, TELETEX, Word Processing, Real-Time
Control, onto the traffic characteristic.
[Link] |
and:
Activity
3.3: Test |
Please
conduct the following test which is based
on Unit 3. [Link] |
and:
Activity
3.4: Want to be a Network-aire |
As
a bit of fun, try the Want to be a Network-aire
test. [Link] |
Challenge
The challenge for this week is:
Challenge
2 |
The
Last Mile is one of the major challenges in
networking, and this paper discusses the usage
of ADSL and other techniques used to connect
home users to broadband communications. Based
on this paper you will be asked some questions,
which you should submit [Link] |
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