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.
- Lab 2.1.4.9: Establishing a Console Session with Tera Term
- Lab 2.3.3.4: Building a Simple Network
- Lab 2.3.3.5: Configuring a Switch Management Address
- Lab 3.3.3.4: Using Wireshark to View Network Traffic
- 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.
- NOTE: If you think you may be seeing an IPv6 address instead of an IPv4 address you can force ping to use IPv4 by using the "ping -4 www.icann.net" command
- 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/
- Lab 5.2.1.8: Using Wireshark to Observe the TCP 3-Way Handshake
- Lab 5.2.3.5: Using Wireshark to Examine a UDP DNS Capture
- Lab 5.2.4.3: Using Wireshark to Examine FTP and TFTP Captures
- Lab 6.2.2.8: Viewing Host Routing Tables
- Lab 6.3.1.9: Exploring Router Physical Characteristics
- NOTE: You will notice that your routers may be 1800 series routers instead of 1900 series routers and that the serial interface cards in our routers also look different. This will mean that you will need to modify some of your labs a little bit as you progress through the courses. If you suspect something in a lab might be different because of the router model you should ask your classmates or your instructor if you need assistance.
- Lab 6.4.3.5: Building a Switch and Router Network
- NOTE: These labs were developed with Cisco 1900 series routers which have Gigabit Ethernet LAN interfaces. If you are working on one of our 1800 series routers you will need to adjust the lab to use Fa0/0 and Fa0/1 as the Fast Ethernet interfaces instead of G0/0 and G0/1 which do not exist on the 1800 series.
- 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.
- Lab 7.3.2.7: Testing Network Connectivity with Ping and Traceroute
- NOTE: Inver Hills uses a different type of serial interface cards than these labs were designed with so the cabling and configuration of serial interfaces is going to be a bit different than in the lab. If you are unsure of how to do this please ask your instructor or classmates for help.
- Lab 9.4.4.6: Viewing Wired and Wireless NIC Information
- Lab 10.1.3.6: Viewing Network Device MAC Addresses
- Lab 10.1.4.3: Using Wireshark to Examine Ethernet Frames
- Lab 10.2.1.8: Observing ARP with the Windows CLI, IOS CLI, and Wireshark
- Lab 10.3.1.10: Using IOS CLI with Switch MAC Address Tables
- Lab 11.2.4.5: Accessing Network Devices with SSH
- Lab 11.2.4.6: Securing Network Devices
- Lab 11.3.2.3: Testing Network Latency with Ping and Traceroute
- Lab 11.3.4.6: Using the CLI to Gather Network Device Information
- Lab 11.4.2.6: Managing Router Configuration Files with Terminal Emulation Software
- 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.
- Lab 7.1.2.7: Using the Windows Calculator with Network Addresses (5 points)
- Lab 7.1.2.8: Converting IPv4 Addresses to Binary (5 points)
- Lab 7.1.4.8: Identifying IPv4 Addresses (5 points)
- Lab 7.2.5.4: Identifying IPv6 Addresses (5 points)
- Lab 8.1.3.10: Researching Subnet Calculators (5 points)
- Lab 8.1.3.8: Calculating IPv4 Subnets (10 points)
- Lab 8.1.3.9: Subnetting Network Topologies (10 points)
- Lab 8.2.1.3: Designing and Implementing a Subnetted IPv4 Addressing Scheme (10 points)
- Lab 8.2.1.4: Designing and Implementing a VLSM Addressing Scheme (10 points)
- 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)
Grading
Your grade will be comprised of three main areas, an instructor score, a peer score, and a score for completing quality peer evaluations of each presentation.
The instructor score is comprised of:
- Topic Content (30 Points)
- Presentation Skills (30 Points)
- Engagement (20 Points)
- Overall Quality (20 Points)
Peer evaluations will be based on the same areas as the instructor score but the instructor score will be worth 100 points and the peer score (the average of all scores from your peers) worth 10 points of your final grade in this area.
You must complete a peer evaluation for all of the other groups presenting as well. These are graded based on how well you justify (explain) the scores you give in each of the areas as well as if the information you write will be helpful in improving future presentations.
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.