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Project 1 Course Title Network+ Project Code NWPO v4-0 Project 3 Project Title Weather Research Pages 6 (plus cover sheet) Released December 21, 2011 Revised April 11, 2018 Copyright © 2018. All rights reserved. 1 NWPO v4-0 Project 3 2018-0411 Network+ Project 3: Weather Research INTRODUCTION This project will test your understanding of the infrastructure of a local area network and your ability to perform configuration and maintenance tasks on it. You will also need to demonstrate proficiency in searching and compiling information using the Internet. You will be using many of the skills that you have acquired throughout the course and performing procedures that you have learned to implement solutions in a typical business setting. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this project are to: Plan network cabling Make a patch cable Set up shared folders Plan network fault tolerance procedures Research and compile virus information MATERIALS REQUIRED To complete this project, you will require: An Internet-enabled PC running Windows 10 UTP cable 2 RJ-45 connectors A crimping tool A cable tester Copyright © 2018. All rights reserved. 2 NWPO v4-0 Project 3 2018-0411 PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS Instructions You have been hired as a network support professional at a company involved in conducting weather research in three cities across the world. You are stationed at the company's head office in Toronto. The two regional offices are located in South Africa and Japan. Your duties are focused mostly on the Head Office local area network, but you are occasionally required to perform some research for the other locations. Today, you have been given a number of important assignments. The instructions given below will guide you through the steps required to successfully complete the necessary tasks. Step 1. Planning network cabling for new workstations Three new workstations are being added to the office. To connect them to the LAN, they have been equipped with StarTech network interface cards, model ST1000BT32. Using the Internet and your research skills (Hint: StarTech’s website), determine the following information: 1.1 Assuming the ST1000BT32 cards are compatible with the office network, what data link layer standard does the LAN use? __________________________ 1.2 What is the name of the access method used on the LAN? __________________________ 1.3 What is the maximum transmission speed (transfer rate) supported by this network interface card? __________________________ 1.4 What is the name of the interface this network card uses to connect to the computer it is installed in? __________________________ 1.5 What type of cable connector does this network interface card support? __________________________ 1.6 What type of network cable would you recommend to be used with this connector? __________________________ 1.7 The three workstations must be connected to a network hub using patch cables that will connect to a wall outlet. There is already a built in 85-meter cable connecting the wall outlet to a patch panel and an 8-meter cable connecting the patch panel to the hub. What is the maximum length of the patch cables that can be used for each of the three workstations? __________________________ Copyright © 2018. All rights reserved. 3 NWPO v4-0 Project 3 2018-0411 Step 2. Making a patch cable Ask your instructor for the appropriate materials and tools necessary to make a patch cable for one of the three new workstations. Assemble the connectors to make the patch cable. (Note: this must be a straight-through cable, not a crossover cable). Test the cable. Step 3. Determining network configuration The office network uses dynamic addressing. Your next step is to verify that workstations are using this service. You are also requested to find some key information about your workstation's network configuration. 3.1 Ensure your Windows workstation is running TCP/IP protocol and is set up to obtain an IP address dynamically using DHCP. If not, perform the appropriate configuration and let it take effect. 3.2 Using the utilities of your choice, determine and record below the following network configuration information for your workstation: IP address _______________________ Subnet mask _______________________ MAC address _______________________ Default gateway _______________________ DNS server address _______________________ DHCP server address _______________________ Date and time of DHCP lease obtained ____________________ Date and time of DHCP lease expiry ______________________ Step 4. Setting up shared folders One of the new workstations will host some weather information that will need to be accessed and updated from other computers on the network. Two categories of information need to be available - current conditions, which need to be regularly updated by several meteorologists but should only be available to others for viewing, and archives, which will only be updated on the local machine and should only be accessible for viewing from other workstations. Using your Windows machine, set up shared folders for the required information and apply the appropriate access type. Use descriptive share names and groups. In the space below, write down the shares you created, the groups which you gave access to them and the permissions granted to each group. ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2018. All rights reserved. 4 NWPO v4-0 Project 3 2018-0411 ___________________________________________________________ Step 5. Planning network fault tolerance procedures The workstation hosting the shared folders with the meteorological information needs to be properly protected from all natural disasters ranging from hard-drive failures to floods and fires. 5.1 In order to protect the system from a hard-drive failure so that access to the data is available immediately after the hard drive fails (with no delay), what two most commonly used fault tolerance methods would you recommend? (Hint: suggest two different RAID levels). _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 5.2 Assuming the workstation currently has one hard drive installed, what additional hardware would be necessary to implement each of the two methods? ____________________________________________________________ 5.3 What additional fault tolerance method would you recommend in order to protect the workstation from the other natural disasters like floods and fires? Does this method protect against hard-drive failures as well? If so, why would you not use it instead of (as opposed to in addition to) the methods discussed above? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 5.4 Develop a backup strategy for the workstation assuming that the amount of time it takes to perform backups is not very important, but it is critical that restore procedures take as little time as possible. Assume the company operates 7 days a week and there should be a daily backup taking place. In the spaces below specify the type of backup that should occur each day. Friday _________________ Saturday _________________ Sunday _________________ Monday _________________ Tuesday _________________ Wednesday _________________ Thursday _________________ Copyright © 2018. All rights reserved. 5 NWPO v4-0 Project 3 2018-0411 Step 6. Researching and compiling virus information All three offices of the Weather Research company are connected to the Internet and therefore are at risk of being infected by viruses. Antivirus software has therefore been installed at all three locations, but new viruses emerge on an almost daily basis and have to be looked out for. One of your assignments is to monitor virus activity in the regions in which the three offices are located. Using the services of Kaspersky Lab (http://securelist.com/statistics/), find and compile the following information: 6.1 For each of the three company offices, write down the type of threat that was most prevalent in the country where the office is located within the last 30 days. Determine which office is statistically most vulnerable to which type of threat. For each of the 3 countries and each type of threat write down the largest number of threats detected per day in the last 30 days. (Hint: Clicking on a country in the world map displays statistics for that country) _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 6.2 For each type of threat, write down the names of the 2 most prevalent threats, infections and attacks. Are they the same or different in the 3 countries? Determine and write down information about each of the malware such as its class, platform and publication date. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ http://securelist.com/statistics/ Copyright © 2018. All rights reserved. 6 NWPO v4-0 Project 3 2018-0411 MARKING SCHEME You will be graded on: Project component Points Presentation Quality (presence of all required elements including title page, neatness) 10% Step 1: Planning network cabling for new workstations 15% Step 2: Making a patch cable 15% Step 3: Determining network configuration 10% Step 4: Setting up shared folders 15% Step 5: Planning network fault tolerance procedures 20% Step 6: Researching and compiling virus information 15% The total number of possible points is: 100% WHAT TO SUBMIT Your project must contain the following items: The project title page This document PENALTIES For each day that a project is late, 5% will be deducted Projects that are more than three days late will earn a maximum score of 60% Projects that contain a virus must be resubmitted and will earn a maximum of 60% Project 1 Course Title Network+ Project Code NWPO v4-0 Project 3 Project Title Weather Research Pages 6 (plus cover sheet) Released December 21, 2011 Revised April 11, 2018 Copyright © 2018. All rights reserved. 1 NWPO v4-0 Project 3 2018-0411 Network+ Project 3: Weather Research INTRODUCTION This project will test your understanding of the infrastructure of a local area network and your ability to perform configuration and maintenance tasks on it. You will also need to demonstrate proficiency in searching and compiling information using the Internet. You will be using many of the skills that you have acquired throughout the course and performing procedures that you have learned to implement solutions in a typical business setting. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this project are to: Plan network cabling Make a patch cable Set up shared folders