assignment

Assignment:

Submissions are to be completed in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint with additional slides explaining the slides of your screenshots (50-100 words). Please provide screenshots along with your written explanation of your work as deliverables to receive credit. Make sure to label and number your answers appropriately. If you are skipping an answer, number as usual and note “No Answer” or “Question skipped”. Keep in mind that skipping a question may cost more than the allocated points. You will be graded on your submissions, neatness, and grammar. You may have to provide more than one screenshot. If I cannot read your work, you will not get credit. All sources should be cited and referenced properly in APA.

Building your Own Lab.

Explain in detail why either an intermediate device (switch/hub) or crossover cable is needed to connect two PCs (10 points).

Using your “lab” that you created in Weekly Assignment A, display your IP address and MAC address from the Windows 10 command line interface (CLI). Be sure to explain your deliverable. (10 points).

List and explain at least 2 factors that will cause a discrepancy between promised bandwidth and observed throughput (15 points).

Using your “lab” that you created in Weekly Assignment A, display your IP address and MAC address from the Linux (use openSuSe, Ubuntu, or Mint) command line interface. Be sure to explain your deliverable. (CLI) (10 points).

Using a table to display your work, please convert the following 3 binary numbers into decimal: Please note the correct answer can be obtained with a calculator, so you must show your work to receive credit (20 points).

1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 = Decimal

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 = Decimal

1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 = Decimal

Using a table to display your work, please convert the following 3 decimal numbers into binary: Please note the correct answer can be obtained with a calculator, so you must show your work to receive credit (20 points).

121 = Binary

207 = Binary

052 = Binary

Explain in detail why it is significant to note whether the bit corresponding to 20 is on or off and how this acts as a parity check for your conversion (15 points).