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Introduction

The project that you will submit towards the end of TM257 takes the place of an examination and so is referred to as the ‘examinable component’ or the ‘end-of-module assessment’ (or ‘EMA’). You must submit your EMA work via the eTMA system.

Although you will be using the eTMA system, this is not a TMA; it is equivalent to an exam, hence your marks will not be returned to you via the eTMA system. Your EMA will be marked in the same way as an exam and you will be informed of your results as outlined in the Assessment Handbook.

Aims

The aim of the EMA is for you to demonstrate what you have learned about Cisco Networking and present your practical experience and understanding of the broad domain of subjects covered. It is an academic exercise in that you are expected to justify your choices and, where appropriate, to contrast them with alternatives.

Question 1

During the virtual day school, you will build a complex network infrastructure using Packet Tracer. Linked to this resource is a base network, created by the module team for all students to work from.

The virtual day school is a separate activity – you must read more here, where you must:

  • Complete the activity by 29th April 2023 at 23:59– you must submit this to your tutor, who will have up to 14 days to mark this. You can submit this earlier, at any time before this date. You must send to your tutor the mark sheet and the Packet Tracer file.
  • Include the completed Packet Tracer file in your final EMA submission – the filename must be in the form of -TM257-22J-Q2.pkt (e.g X1234567-TM257-22J-Q2).
  • Please include a copy of your returned and marked mark sheet – from your tutor in the EMA, as well as your original Packet Tracer submission … you can either copy/paste or include as part of a zipped folder submission. If you do not do this, you will not attract these marks for the EMA.

Your tutor cannot help you with this activity; it is not guided and must be completed independently. Please ensure that you use the latest version of Packet Tracer and make a note of the version used in your submission. Also, ensure that you retain saved versions for your benefit.

Question 2

This links to concepts explored in the Switching, Routing and Wireless Essentials content.

The course explores redundancy, specifically via first hop redundancy protocols (FHRP). Explore how Cisco’s implementation of HSRP (hot standby routing protocol) compares to one other, non-Cisco FHRP implementation.

You will be required to do additional research for this question beyond some of the Cisco content and you must cite any sources using ‘Cite Them Right’ referencing. The maximum word count for this question is 500 words, excluding any diagrams. You will be penalised if you exceed the word count by 10% or more.

Question 3

You are working on a free-form Packet Tracer activity. As seen in Figure 1, you have been given the ‘Somerset Levels’ network.

The purpose of this EMA question is to fix the network.

Please consider the following requirements for the Somerset Levels network:

  • It should have static routes running on all segments.
  • The mask for the VLAN 10 and VLAN 20 segments is 255.255.255.224, where every other subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0.
  • All devices in all local networks should be able to ping and browse everywhere.

The Glastonbury Tor webserver does not require configuration; do not add or remove anything on this device. Its role is to act as a destination for interesting traffic when you are testing and troubleshooting this system.

There are four issues with the current network that you are required to resolve. Do not add/remove any of the routers, switches, workstations or cables. To complete this activity, you must:

  1. Briefly, in no more than 150 words, explain how you approached the challenge.

  2. Identify each issue, giving succinct evidence of how you discovered the issue and the resolution. 

  3. Present evidence that you can browse to the website hosted on the Glastonbury Tor server from all PCs.

  4. A text-based (not image) copy of the routing table on Street. 

  5. A text-based (not image) copy of the ‘show ip interfaces brief’ command output on Wells. 

  6. Evidence that you can ping from PC0 to PC1. 

A copy of the ‘broken network’ is available via this Packet Tracer file. It is saved in a PKA format by the module team for authentication purposes – there is no self-marking mechanism.

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