Franske ITC-2510 Assignments

Labs

You are responsible for completing ALL of these labs. You must submit a lab report for each chapter (you may combine multiple labs from the chapter into a single report). If you work with a partner on a lab you only need to submit a single lab report for the two of you but it must have both your names on it. Each lab report is worth up to 20 points. This falls into the Labs/Homework category of your course grade.

1. Lab 2.1.4.9: Establishing a Console Session with Tera Term
2. Lab 2.3.3.4: Building a Simple Network
3. Lab 2.3.3.5: Configuring a Switch Management Address
4. Lab 3.3.3.4: Using Wireshark to View Network Traffic
5. Lab 4.2.2.9: Observing DNS Resolution
   • NOTE: If you have problems loading the www.icann.net website by IP address try using www.exploreminnesota.com and it's IP address instead, note you may not get successful pings from www.exploreminnesota.com though.
6. Lab 4.2.3.3: Exploring FTP
   • NOTE: Instead of the WSFTP program you can use the free FileZilla FTP client from https://filezilla-project.org/
7. Lab 5.2.1.8: Using Wireshark to Observe the TCP 3-Way Handshake
8. Lab 5.2.3.5: Using Wireshark to Examine a UDP DNS Capture
9. Lab 5.2.4.3: Using Wireshark to Examine FTP and TFTP Captures
10. Lab 6.2.2.8: Viewing Host Routing Tables
11. Lab 6.3.1.9: Exploring Router Physical Characteristics
12. Lab 6.4.3.5: Building a Switch and Router Network
13. Lab 7.2.5.5: Configuring IPv6 Addresses on Network Devices
    • NOTE: If your switch has never been used for IPv6 before you may not be able to set an IPv6 address on it until you change the SDM template to allow for dual-stack configuration. See this page for instructions on how to do that.
14. Lab 7.3.2.7: Testing Network Connectivity with Ping and Traceroute
15. Lab 9.4.4.6: Viewing Wired and Wireless NIC Information
16. Lab 10.1.3.6: Viewing Network Device MAC Addresses
17. Lab 10.1.4.3: Using Wireshark to Examine Ethernet Frames
18. Lab 10.2.1.8: Observing ARP with the Windows CLI, IOS CLI, and Wireshark
19. Lab 10.3.1.10: Using IOS CLI with Switch MAC Address Tables
20. Lab 11.2.4.5: Accessing Network Devices with SSH
21. Lab 11.2.4.6: Securing Network Devices
22. Lab 11.3.2.3: Testing Network Latency with Ping and Traceroute
23. Lab 11.3.4.6: Using the CLI to Gather Network Device Information
24. Lab 11.4.2.6: Managing Router Configuration Files with Terminal Emulation Software
25. Lab 11.4.2.7: Managing Router Configuration Files Using TFTP, Flash, and USB

Homework

Any homework assigned in the course will go here. This falls into the Labs/Homework category of your course grade. Remember, for homework assignments turn in the actual pages from your lab book or printouts from the curriculum and not a lab report. Homework assignment are individual, you and your lab partner need to both turn them in separately even if you work on them together.

1. Lab 7.1.2.7: Using the Windows Calculator with Network Addresses (5 points)
2. Lab 7.1.2.8: Converting IPv4 Addresses to Binary (5 points)
3. Lab 7.1.4.8: Identifying IPv4 Addresses (5 points)
4. Lab 7.2.5.4: Identifying IPv6 Addresses (5 points)
5. Lab 8.1.3.10: Researching Subnet Calculators (5 points)
6. Lab 8.1.3.8: Calculating IPv4 Subnets (10 points)
7. Lab 8.1.3.9: Subnetting Network Topologies (10 points)
8. Lab 8.2.1.3: Designing and Implementing a Subnetted IPv4 Addressing Scheme (10 points)
9. Lab 8.2.1.4: Designing and Implementing a VLSM Addressing Scheme (10 points)
10. Lab 11.4.2.8: Researching Password Recovery Procedures (5 points)

• Complete a written chapter summary for each chapter (up to 10 points each based on quality)

Participation Activities

Any participation activities completed in the course will go here. This falls into the participation category of your course grade.

• Complete the online pretest exam (10 points for attempting)
• Complete the online course feedback form (5 points for completing)
• Complete the online practice final exam (10 points for attempting)
• Complete the online practice skills based exam in Packet Tracer (10 points for attempting)
• Complete the online Chapter 6 Packet Tracer Practice (10 points for attempting)
• Meet with the instructor once per week to discuss course progress and ask questions (up to 10 points each based on progress)

Unit Assessments

You are responsible for completing all of the online unit assessments listed below. These fall into the online assessments category of your course grade.

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11

Other

You are also responsible for completing these things, see the course syllabus for category and weighting information.

• Online Final Exam
• Skills Final Exam

Technical Presentation

In this class you and a partner will need to give a technical presentation on a topic of your choice related to the course. Your brief 10 minute presentation will be given towards the end of the course, see the course calendar for details. Additional details will be provided as the course progresses.

Example Topics Include:

• History of the Internet
• IP Addressing (Subnetting, VLSM, IPv6)

Skills Final Exam

The Skills Final Exam is designed to test your ability to apply the concepts learned in this class and practiced in labs to common, real-world scenarios.

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