BIT107 Group Assignment
Release Date: 30th May 2025
Due Date: 10th August 2025 (Week 15 Monday) 400pm
Value: 30% of total assessment
Marks: Marked out of 100
Assessment Mode: Individual Assessment
RATIONALE
This assignment has been designed to allow students to test and demonstrate their understanding
and ability to explain the usages of networking software, set up a simple virtual local area
network, and trace data packets sent. Upon completion of this coursework, students will be able
to:
CLO3: Demonstrate networking skills in a group
CASE STUDY
Students are required to use CISCO packet tracer to create a virtual network which
consist of five departments in a college. They are Student Department, Finance Department,
Marketing Department, HR Department, and IT Department. Students need to assign IP address,
create virtual LAN, and set some security rules to permit or block certain access into specific
network or services. The detailed requirements are as the following:
a. Every department has its own server to be served as a DHCP, FTP, and HTTP server for
its own department.
b. Every department has its own printer.
c. Every department has its own wireless access point for users to connect.
d. Every department has its own VLAN.
e. Student department DHCP service must be able to assign IP address for at least 30000
students.
f. This college only have 3 routers, and 6 switches to use.
g. Router 1 is reserved for student department use, router 2 is reserved for IT department
use, and router 3 is reserved for the other three departments use.
h. VTP concept are applied in router 3 subnet where there must be a VTP server to manage
another two VTP client. Only one switch is allowed to connect to the router 3. Every
department can add, or remove any devices easily through their own switch.
i. One of the router 2 ports is reserved for connecting to public internet. This port ONLY
can let public users to enter this college network for viewing web sites purpose.
j. Students are ONLY allowed to open web sites from IT department server. Students are
not allowed to enter any other subnet belongs to the rest of the departments.
k. All users in this college are ONLY allowed to open web sites from public internet, except
IT department users are allowed to connect to public internet for all purposes.
l. HR, Finance, and Marketing departments can do file transfer, and open web applications
from IT department server.
m. IT department server can perform any service with port number < 100 to all servers in the
college.
TASKS
1. Solve the case study in the previous page using CISCO packet tracer.
2. Refer to marking scheme on the marks allocation for individual marks and group marks.
3. Create a table to show all end devices’ IP address, subnet mask, default gateway.
4. Create a table to show all network devices’ interfaces IP address, and subnet mask.
5. Create a table to show first usable IP address, last usable IP address, and IP address range
for each subnet.
6. Solve this task separately from the existing project in another CISCO file. If you are
given an IP address of 192.168.240.0/16 to be reserved for the local area network
connecting to Router0 through Switch1, how many bits (MOST MINIMUM) would you
borrow from host bits and to perform subnetting to form four different smaller subnets in
the same physical LAN? How many users can be supported in each LAN? Justify your
answer with all detailed calculations and create a new CISCO packet tracer file for this
specific LAN.
SUBMISSION CHECK LIST
i. Softcopy submitted through the link in LMS MUST include the following items:
a. Report as described in TASKS
b. Turnitin Report
c. All Cisco packet tracer files which includes all your works. (2 files)
REMARKS
i. Assignment should be prepared using a word processing software with 12 points Times
New Roman font, 1.5 spacing, and page numbering.
ii. If you are not clear about the assignment requirements, please contact the module leader.
iii. You may refer materials from textbooks or any other references but you must
acknowledge the quotation, no matter how brief. Failure to do so will result in zero marks
being awarded for the assignment.
iv. All assignments should be accompanied by a completed assignment cover sheet and
submit to the IT Department administration office. You must sign the submission form
during your submission.
v. The IT department administrator will record the receipt of your assignment, date stamp,
and forward the assignment directly to the module leader.
vi. A penalty of 5 marks per working day (including Saturday) deduction from the marks
obtained for this assignment will be imposed for late submission.
vii. If students not able to submit any item in the checklist, students will be awarded 0 mark
for this assignment for all group members.
