Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines

Unit Code BN321

Unit Title Advanced Network Design
Assessment Type Individual Assessment – T2 2021 (Assignment 1a and 1b)
Assessment Title Local Area Network Design and Implementation
Purpose of the This assignment is designed to assess students' knowledge and skills related to
assessment (with the following learning outcomes:
ULO Mapping) b. Analyse network design requirements
c. Develop appropriate frameworks and standards for network implementation
Weight 5 % Assignment 1a
10 % Assignment 1b
Total Marks 75
Word limit 1000 - 1500
Due Date Assignment 1a (due date 11:59 PM, 8 August 2021)
Assignment 1b (due date 11:59 PM, 12 September 2021)
Submission  All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a
Guidelines completed Assignment Cover Page.
 The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body)
font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section
headings.
 Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed
appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.
Extension  If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration
Application must be submitted directly to the School's Administration
Officer, in Melbourne on Level 6 or in Sydney on Level 7. You must submit
this application three working days prior to the due date of the assignment.
Further information is available at:
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procedures-and-guidelines/specialconsiderationdeferment
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Misconduct the case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to
exclusion from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make
themselves familiar with the full policy and procedure available at:
http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-
procedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-Academic-Misconduct-Policy-
Procedure For further information; please refer to the Academic Integrity
Section in your Unit Description.

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Assignment Description

You are a Graduate Network Engineer with a Company in Australia. COVID 19 has forced the company
to redesign a cost-effective network to address the new online requirements. As a part of the design
task force, you are required to come up with a network design proposal. Consider the company has
five departments: Front desk, finance, Sales, IT and manager. The company requires to have a
seamless communication with all the departments. Consider that there are not more than 20 host in
each of the department.

It is to note that this assignment consists of two parts a) Assignment 1a and b) Assignment 1b. Each
of the assignment has its own submission deadlines.

Assignment 1a

The report should include the following contents:

1. Project Scope

 The project scope and requirement should have an outline of the project.

2. Project Hardware and Software requirements

 Name of the network device with the manufacturer's name, series, model and ports
 Number and type of devices to be used
 Type of the media used e.g., types of cables
 Name of the server, PC with specification such as operating system, RAM, hard disk etc.

3. Approach for the design

 Discuss in clear terms the approach that you are taking for designing the network. You may
use bullet points whenever necessary.

Assignment 1b

4. Feedback for assignment 1b

 It is mandatory that students should demonstrate how they have incorporated the feedback
given in assignment 1a. You may use a tabular form whenever necessary.

5. Detailed Network Diagram

 Include a diagram of your designed network, and write justifications of your design including
the IP addressing solution

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6. Network device configurations

 Include most of the suitable features which you have studied from laboratories 1 to 6.
 Hint: Use of VLANs for different departments could be one of the preferences. You could have
your own approaches.

Marking criteria

Section to be included in Description of the section Marks

the report
Part A
Project Scope Outline of the report 5
Project Hardware and List all network devices, hardware and software
Software Requirements requirements for the network design 10
& their roles in
Establishing the Network
Approach for the Design Discuss in clear terms the approach that you are 10
taking for designing the network. You may use bullet
points whenever necessary.
Part B
Feedback for Assignment Students should incorporate feedback from 10
1b. Assignment 1a.
Detailed Network Include a diagram of your designed network, and
Diagram write justifications of your design including the IP 15
addressing solution
Network Device Configuration commands to configure the network to 10
Configurations access the internet, and to support inter VLAN
communication for different groups
Work progression checks on week 5 and 6, at the lab 10
in tutor's convenience.
Note: Tutor may ask at max four questions for viva
voce per student. Feedback will be provided.
Referencing Style Follow IEEE reference style 5
Total 75

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Marking Rubric

Grade HD =>80% DI = 70-79% CR = 60 – 69% P = 50 – 59 % Fail

Mark <50%

Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory

Project scope Concise and Topics are Generally Some This is not
/5 specific to the relevant and relevant and relevance and relevant to the
project soundly analysed. briefly assignment
analysed. presented. topic.
Project Demonstrated Demonstrated Demonstrate Demonstrated Did not
hardware and excellent ability excellent d ability to ability to think demonstrate
software to think critically ability to think think critically critically and the ability to
requirements and sourced critically but and sourced did not source think critically
/10 reference did not source reference reference and did not
material reference material material source
appropriately material appropriately appropriately reference
appropriately material
appropriately
Approach for An explanation is An explanation An An An explanation
the design clear, and the is clear, and explanation is explanation is is not clear, and
/10 logic is the logic is mostly clear, mostly clear, the logic is not
appropriate mostly and the logic and the logic is appropriate
appropriate is mostly not
appropriate appropriate
Feedback for Clear and concise Mostly clear Mostly clear Mostly clear Not clear and
Assignment 1b and concise and mostly and not not concise
/10 concise concise
Network Logic is clear and Consistency Mostly Adequate The argument is
Design easy to follow logical and consistent cohesion and confused and
/15 with strong convincing logical and conviction disjointed
arguments convincing
Network All elements are Components Components Most The proposal
device present and very present with present and components lacks structure.
configurations well integrated. good cohesive mostly well present
/10 integrated
IEEE Clear styles with Clear Generally Sometimes Lacks
Reference an excellent referencing good clear consistency
style source of style referencing referencing with many
/5 references. style style errors

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