NTC 362 - Week 3 - Individual & Team Assignments

Individual: Network Analysis Paper

Write a 3- to 4-page paper that includes the following based on your chosen organization:

• Explain the importance of communication protocols.
• Identify the protocols in your design and provide rationale for your decision.
• Define the overall network architecture.
• Explain the usefulness of a traffic analysis.
• Define the terms latency, response time, and jitter, and describe their effect on overall network performance and on the performance of your chosen organization's network.
• Explain the effect of data rates on each part of the network.
• Describe strategies to ensure the availability of network access in switched and routed networks.Learning Team: Diagram Current Local Campus Network in SIM Part II

Learning Team: Diagram Current Local Campus Network in SIM Part II

Create a 1-page summary of your findings and the team's solution based on the description above and your Week Two diagram. Your summary should include the following:

• Methods used to locate potential problems
• How choke points were determined
• The team's solution  
• A cost breakdown of the budget