ILT Department – FALL Semester 2014
(TECH3133) School Computer Networks
This is the description for the Assignment of TECH3133, School Computer Networks, for the semester
FALL2014. This assignment is worth 20% of the total mark for this course. The deadline for this project is 8th January, 2015 at 11:59pm. This is a group of two-student assignment. You will submit your assignment using the SQU-Moodle website ONLY! Please be reminded that you cannot send it through the email. Read this information well since afterwards no excuses will save you.
Objectives
In this project you are required to design a network for a typical educational company that requires its computers to communicate with each other and on the internet.
Company Requirements
A new education center has just opened up with the aim of offering IT related courses to its students. It aims to provide student labs, provide computers for its education and administrative staff and also set up a web server. The company has just purchased one internet connection providing 1.5Mbps for upload and download from its ISP (OmanTel).
It terms of PCs, the center has the following plans:
It wants to setup 1 web server to host the center’s website and also 1 file server on which its students can access course materials from home. Each of these will be allocated a different DNS name. The center wants to set up two computer labs, each containing 15 PCs with each having internet connectivity. Additionally it wants to allocate 7 PCs, each of which will be placed in different classrooms and are to be used by the course tutor. These PCs also require internet connectivity.
Also 7 PCs will be made available for administration, in one separated room, and another 3 for tutors, in another separated room. Please note that management has decided that these PCs should get internet connectivity.
And finally a wireless network should be made available to students which can allow students
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