Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Instructions
A guide to the APA style of referencing (the style now used by the Faculty of
Business) is available at:
http://www.csu.edu.au/division/studserv/learning/pdfs/apa2008.pdf
Answers MUST be written in your own words. If an answer contains more than
20% direct quote (referenced or unreferenced) 0 marks will be awarded for
this question.
One or two sentence answers will be too short and only receive low marks.
Answers longer than 1.5 pages (12 point font, single line spacing) may incur a
penalty if too much non-relevant information is stated.
Question 1
Discuss why packet switched networks are used for data communication
instead of circuit switched [3 marks].
Question 2
(Show your working and give a short explanation for each answer.)
Design the sub blocks and give the slash notation for each sub block. Find out
how many addresses are still available after these allocations.
Question 3
Consider the diagram below. Which of the two central routers (R1 and R2) is
more critical for network operations and why? [3 marks]
Question 4
b. Show the contents of the segments during the data transmission if the
initiator sends a segment containing the message " Hello dear customer" and
the other party answers with a segment containing " Hi there seller".
Question 5
Compare and contrast DCHP and the ICMP messages that were previously
used for startup configuration. What are the advantages of DHCP that caused
it to be the popular solution? [ 4 marks]
Rationale
This assignment relates to learning objectives of this subject.
Marking criteria
Marks will be awarded for