Network Planning Assignment Overview The Main Objectives Of This Assignment Are

Network Planning Assignment

Overview

The main objectives of this assignment are:

·         To help students gain a good understanding of the IP (Internet Protocol), which is the major underlying technology of the Internet. 

·         To help students to understand the importance of subnet and routing of IP address.

·         To encourage students to conduct an independent investigation into IP related topics from books, the Internet and through practical investigation.

Engagement with this assignment should help students to understand the major underlying concepts of the Internet world.

Scenario

You have been appointed as a Network System Administrator by the Australian government to allocate public IP Version 4 (IPv4) addresses and build a routing table for edge routers to connect the Australian states as shown in Figure 1.

The IPv4 is an exhaustive list of IPv4 addresses for current Internet users in the world. However, in this scenario you have the liberty to use the entire available unreserved public IPv4 addresses for the Internet users in Australia.