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School of Computing and Information Technology Session: Spring 2024

University of Wollongong Lecturer: Tianbing Xia

Assignment 2
Published on 26 August 2024
Due: Saturday 14 September 2024, 11:30 pm
Total Marks: 10 marks

Objective:
1. Understand the concept of network management.
2. Demonstrate the ability to manage and maintain the network and network configuration.

Please read very carefully the information listed below.

A submission procedure is explained at the end of the specification.

It is recommended to solve the problems before attending the laboratory classes to efficiently use supervised
laboratory time.

A submission marked by Moodle as Late is treated as a late submission no matter how many seconds it is
late.

A policy regarding late submissions is included in the subject outline.

A submission of compressed files (zipped, gzipped, rared, tared, 7-zipped, lhzed, … etc) is not allowed. The
compressed files will not be evaluated.

It is expected that all tasks included in Assignment 1 will be solved individually without any cooperation
from the other students. If you have any doubts, questions, etc. please consult your lecturer or tutor during
lab classes or office hours. Plagiarism will result in a FAIL grade being recorded for the assessment task.
Task 1: DNS configuration (4 marks)
Create the DNS zone file for the new zone “myzone<your-student-id>.edu.au’ and its reverse
zone file. The new domain will occupy the IP ranges 10.3.4.0/24.

1. Setup the DNS on the host dns.myzone<your-student-id>.edu.au. (1 marks)

2. In their SOA records, serial numbers must be prefixed with the current date and have a two-digit update
number suffix: yyyymmddss, e.g. 2024090901 (1 mark)

3. Add a single MX record for each zone with priority 10 which will direct to smtp.myzone<your-
student-id>.edu.au. (0.5 marks)

4. Add appropriate A records and PTR records for the following physical hosts:

a. server1.myzone<your-student-id>.edu.au 10.3.4.10
b. server2.myzone<your-student-id>.edu.au 10.3.4.20
c. ubuntu1.myzone<your-student-id>.edu.au 10.3.4.11
d. ubuntu2.myzone<your-student-id>.edu.au 10.3.4.21
(1 mark)

5. Add “www” CNAMEs to “server2”; “dns” to “server1”; and “smtp” to “server1”. (0.5
marks)
(You can assume that the glue records will be handled by somebody else.)
Take a screenshot of all processes, give the explanation and observation in each step and put them to
the report Task1_<your-name>_<your-student-id>.pdf.

Deliverables

The report file Task1_<your-name>_< your-student-id>.pdf includes screenshots and


explanations of each question. Submit the report to Moodle before the deadline.
Task 2: Network planning (6 marks)
The company has headquarters located in Wollongong. It has two branches at other locations in other cities.
The default router to the Internet on the headquarters has an IP address of 10.20.10.1/24. The headquarters
network is connected to the Internet through a router called RouterA. The headquarters has no more than 6000
employees. The branch networks are connected to the headquarters network through a router called RouterB
and RouterC. Each branch has no more than 800 employees. All staff should be able to access to the Internet
and to the resources in both locations (headquarters and its branch). Assume that each employee can have a
maximum of three computing devices (such as desktop, laptop and mobile) connected to the company
networks.

Your task is to plan the company networks.

1. Propose appropriate subnet ranges for both locations from the 20-bit prefix block of IPv4 private
addresses. Answer the question with your calculation. (2 marks)

2. Draw a diagram to depict the networks with IP addresses notated with CIDR notation assigned to the all
interfaces of bother routers for two campuses. Label the interfaces of routers on the diagram using e0 or
e1. (2 marks)

3. Show the routing table of the RouterA and RouterB that meets the requirements of both networks. Show
the columns of Destination, Gateway, Genmask, Flags and Iface in the routing table as shown by the Linux
command route. (1 mark)

4. Testing the connection between two networks by open the Dokuwiki (assumed that the server VM located
at the headquarters network) from the remote branch’s computer. (1 mark)

Note that you may create or clone one more server VM to use it as the RouterB if your computer resource
is allowed. You may also create them on the cloud server.

Take a screenshot of all processes, give the explanation and observation in each step and put them on
the report.

Deliverables

Save your report (includes screenshots of the Bash shell script and the processing results, explanations, and
observations for each question) to a file Task2_<your-name>_<your-student-id>.pdf. Submit
the report to Moodle before the deadline.
Submission
Note that you have only one submission. So, make absolutely sure that you submit the correct files with the
correct contents and correct types. No other submission is possible!

Submit the files Task1_<your-name>_<your-student-id>.pdf and Task2_<your-


name>_<your-student-id>.pdf through Moodle in the following way:
(1) Access Moodle at http://moodle.uowplatform.edu.au/
(2) To login use a Login link located in the right upper corner of the Web page or in the middle of the
bottom of the Web page
(3) When logged select a site CSCI322 (S224) Systems Administration
(4) Scroll down to a section Assessments
(5) Click on a link Assignment 2 submission
(6) Click on the button Add Submission
(7) Upload a file Task1_<your-name>_<your-student-id>.pdf into an area You can drag
and drop files here to add them. You can also use a link Add…
(8) Repeat step (7) for the file task2_<your-name>_<your-student-id>.pdf.
(9) Click on the checkbox with a text attached: By checking this box, I confirm that
this submission is my own work, … in order to confirm the authorship of your submission
(10) Click on the button Save changes

End of specification

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