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Computer Communication Networks Lab (R4ET3005P)

This document provides information about a Computer Communication Networks lab course including its objectives, outcomes, and content. The course aims to teach students computer network simulation software and examine performance of LANs, Ethernet, and TCP/IP networks. It also covers different network cable types, connectors, OSI layers, and common network devices like switches, routers, and gateways.

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Computer Communication Networks Lab (R4ET3005P)

This document provides information about a Computer Communication Networks lab course including its objectives, outcomes, and content. The course aims to teach students computer network simulation software and examine performance of LANs, Ethernet, and TCP/IP networks. It also covers different network cable types, connectors, OSI layers, and common network devices like switches, routers, and gateways.

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Computer Communication Networks Lab(R4ET3005P)

Scheme of Instruction and Evaluation

Computer Communication TA ESE


Networks Lab
(R4ET3005P) 60 40
COURSE OBJECTIVES
• To study Computer network simulation software and examine
performance of LANs
• To simulate Ethernet network
• To simulate Token ring network and implement routing algorithm
• To simulate, design and measure parameters of TCP/IP network.
COURSE OUTCOMES

• Expertise in computer network simulation software.


• Simulate and estimate parameters of Ethernet network.
• Simulate and estimate parameters in Token ring network and
Implement routing algorithm.
• Design and test TCP/IP networks
Network Management
Different types of Network cables
Coaxial Cable:
• Coaxial cables have a single copper conductor at the center, while a plastic layer
provides insulation between the center conductor and braided metal shield.
• The metal shield blocks outside interference from fluorescent lights, motors, and
other computers.
• Coaxial cabling is highly resistant to signal obstruction, although it can be complex to
install.
• It can handle greater cable lengths between network devices than twisted pair
cables.
• The two types of coaxial cables are thick coaxial and thin coaxial.
Cont’d
Fiber Optic Cable:
Fiber optic cables possess a center glass core surrounded by multiple layers of
protective materials.
They avoid electrical obstruction by transmitting light instead of electronic signals,
making them perfect for environments with large amounts of electrical
interference.
Fiber optic cables have become the standard for connecting networks across
buildings because of their resistance to moisture and lighting.
Cont’d
Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) Cable:
STP cables employ a special type of copper telephone wiring used for business
installations.
An external shield functioning as a ground is added to the standard twisted pair of
telephone wires.
Shielded twisted pair cables can be perfect if you want to set up cables in an area
with potential interference and risks to an unshielded twisted pair cable’s electrical
current.
Shielded twisted pair cables can also help to expand the distance between the
cables.
Cont’d
Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) Cable:
• Unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cables are broadly used in the telecommunications
and computer industries as ethernet cables and telephone wires.
• In a UTP cable, conductors forming a single circuit are twisted around one
another to cancel out electromagnetic interference (EMI) from external sources.
Ethernet Cable
An Ethernet cable carries the broadband signals between your modem,
router, computer and other wired internet-capable devices.
RJ-45 Connector
RJ45 CONNECTOR COLOR CODE:
RJ45 connector color code
Straight Cable Color Code:
Cont’d
Cross Cable Color Code:
Cont’d
Rollover Cable Color Code:
OSI Layer
Network Devices
Repeater
• A repeater operates at the physical layer. Its job is to regenerate the signal over
the same network before the signal becomes too weak or corrupted so as to
extend the length to which the signal can be transmitted over the same network.
• An important point to be noted about repeaters is that they do not amplify the
signal. When the signal becomes weak, they copy the signal bit by bit and
regenerate it at the original strength. It is a 2 port device.
Cont’d

Hub –
• A hub is basically a multiport repeater.
• A hub connects multiple wires coming from different branches, for example, the
connector in star topology which connects different stations.
• Hubs cannot filter data, so data packets are sent to all connected devices.
• In other words, the collision domain of all hosts connected through Hub remains
one. Also, they do not have the intelligence to find out the best path for data
packets which leads to inefficiencies and wastage.
Cont’d
Bridge –
• A bridge operates at the data link layer.
• A bridge is a repeater, with add on the functionality of filtering content by reading
the MAC addresses of source and destination.
• It is also used for interconnecting two LANs working on the same protocol.
• It has a single input and single output port, thus making it a 2 port device.
Cont’d
Switch –
• A switch is a multiport bridge with a buffer and a design that can boost its efficiency(a
large number of ports imply less traffic) and performance.
• A switch is a data link layer device.
• The switch can perform error checking before forwarding data, which makes it very
efficient as it does not forward packets that have errors and forward good packets
selectively to the correct port only.
• In other words, the switch divides the collision domain of hosts, but broadcast domain
remains the same.
Cont’d

Router :
• It is a device like a switch that routes data packets based on their IP addresses.
• The router is mainly a Network Layer device. Routers normally connect LANs and
WANs together and have a dynamically updating routing table based on which
they make decisions on routing the data packets.
• Router divide broadcast domains of hosts connected through it.
Cont’d
Gateway –
• A gateway, as the name suggests, is a passage to connect two networks together
that may work upon different networking models.
• They basically work as the messenger agents that take data from one system,
interpret it, and transfer it to another system.
• Gateways are also called protocol converters and can operate at any network
layer. Gateways are generally more complex than switches or routers. Gateway is
also called a protocol converter.
Cont’d
NIC –
• NIC or network interface card is a network adapter that is used to connect the
computer to the network.
• It is installed in the computer to establish a LAN.
• It has a unique id that is written on the chip, and it has a connector to connect the
cable to it. The cable acts as an interface between the computer and router or
modem.
• NIC card is a layer 2 device which means that it works on both physical and data link
layer of the network model.

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