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IV3a
Higher Nationals
Assignment Brief – BTEC (RQF)
Higher National Diploma in Computing

Student Name /ID Number Sean Holland

Unit Number and Title 2:Networking

Academic Year 2019 - 2020

Unit Assessor John Darlington

Assignment Title LAN Design & Implementation

Issue Date 16th December 2019

Submission Date 20th January 2020

IV Name Graham Johnson

Date

Assessment P5 P6 P7 P8 M3 M4 D2
Criteria Targeted
Awarded r r r r ns ns ns

Submission Format:

The submission is in the form of an individual evidence portfolio. This assignment can be
completed as a group, but each student must produce their own portfolio, which will contain:
• A LAN design plan and blueprint and justification document.
• A fully completed test plan including an evaluation of results and recommendations for
improvements to LAN.
• A proposed and justified maintenance schedule.
• Evidence of an implemented network.

You are required to make use of headings, paragraphs, subsections and illustrations as
appropriate, and all work must be supported with research and referenced using the Harvard
referencing system.
Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO3 Design efficient networked systems.

LO4 Implement and diagnose networked systems.
Assignment Brief and Guidance:

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You are employed as a network engineer by a high-tech networking solution development

organisation and are working on a project for a local educational institution. You will need to analyse
the specification from the institution below for completion of this project within a given timeframe:

People: 200 students, 15 teachers, 12 marketing and administration staff, 5 higher managers including
the head of academics and the programme manager, 3 computer network administrators
Resources: 50 student lab computers, 35 staff computers, 3 printers
Building: 3 floors, all computers and printers are on the ground floor apart from the IT labs – one lab
located on the first floor and another located on the second floor

Part 1 Design efficient networked systems

1. Prepare a written step-by-step plan of how you are going to design a Local Area Network
including a blueprint of your LAN.
2. Justify your choice of devices for your network design.
3. Produce a test plan to evaluate this design for the requirements of bandwidth and cost
constraints as per user specifications.
4. Justify the security requirements and quality of services needed for selection of accessories.
5. Suggest a maintenance schedule to support the networked system.

Part 2 Implement test and diagnose networked systems

1. Implement a networked system based on your prepared design.

2. Conduct verification with e.g. Ping, extended ping, trace route, telnet, SSH, etc.
3. Record the test results and analyse these against expected results.
4. Investigate what functionalities would allow the system to support device growth and the
addition of communication devices.
5. Discuss the significance of upgrades and security requirements in your recommendations.

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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Learning Outcome Pass Merit Distinction

LO3 Design efficient P5 Design a networked M3 Install and configure D2 Design a maintenance
networked systems system to meet a given network services and schedule to support the
specification. applications on your networked system.
choice.

P6 Test and evaluate the

design to meet the
requirements and
analyse
user feedback with the
aim of improving
efficiency.
LO4 Implement and P7 Implement a M4 Recommend D3 Use critical reflection
diagnose networked networked system based potential enhancements to evaluate own work
systems on a prepared design. for the networked and justify valid
systems conclusions.

P8 Document and
analyse test results
against expected results.

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STUDENT ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION AND DECLARATION

When submitting evidence for assessment, each student must sign a declaration confirming that the work
is their own.
Student name: Assessor name:
John Darlington

Issue date: Submission date: Submitted on:

16th December 2019 20th January 2020

Programme:
Higher national Diploma in Computing

Unit:
2: Networking

Assignment number and title:

LAN Design & Implementation

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a particular form of cheating. Plagiarism must be avoided at all costs and students who break the
rules, however innocently, may be penalised. It is your responsibility to ensure that you understand correct
referencing practices. As a university level student, you are expected to use appropriate references throughout
and keep carefully detailed notes of all your sources of materials for material you have used in your work,
including any material downloaded from the Internet. Please consult the relevant unit lecturer or your course
tutor if you need any further advice.

Student Declaration
Student declaration

I certify that the assignment submission is entirely my own work and I fully understand the consequences of
plagiarism. I understand that making a false declaration is a form of malpractice.

Student signature: Date:

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Higher Nationals - Assignment Feedback Form

Student Name/ID

Unit Title Networking

Assignment Number 2 Assessor John Darlington

Formative 13th January 2020
Assessment Feedback
Date
Date Received
Submission Date
1st submission
Date Received 2nd
Re-submission Date
submission
Formative Assessment Feedback:

Student Date: Assessor Date:

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Summative Assessor Feedback:

This is a very basic and rushed piece of work, there is little to no evidence of your design ideas and why
you decided on the layouts and models you did, you need to consider expandability and load data rates
as part of the design. Also why did you choose to subnet? Class full is much easier to configure and meets
the neds of the client, subnetting is a very good way for solving the problems but your addresses wont
work.

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Resubmission Feedback:

Grade: Assessor Signature: Date:

Internal Verifier’s Comments:

Signature & Date:

* Please note that grade decisions are provisional. They are only confirmed once internal and external moderation
has taken place and grades decisions have been agreed at the assessment board.

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