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Objectives:1. Download and install Wireshark.2. While doing certain activities on the internet and local network, use Wireshark to monitor the packet traffic that occurs.3. After saving the packet traffic, examine them and look for data and information related to DNS, ICMP, and HTTP frames. Equipment list: Computer, router, internet, and Wireshark software. Notes and Observations:Continue reading “Lab 9 – Packet Sniffing with Wireshark”

Objectives:Design a network with a random network / base address that uses subnets with the following conditions:1. It needs four subnets.2. It has three routers.3. It has four switches.4. It has two computers. One at each end of the network. Equipment list: Assignment instructions, pencil and paper, computer, Photoshop. Notes and Observations: We’ve been studyingContinue reading “Lab 8 – Subnetting”

Objectives:1. Download and set up Apache Webserver on a device of your choice.2. Make a website. A simple and quick one will work.3. Use Apache Webserver to host the website you made for your local network.4. Use at least one other device that is using the same network as the device hosting the website toContinue reading “Lab 7 – Apache Webserver”

Objectives:1. Download the video “Hitchcock Loves Bikinis” from YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCAE0t6KwJY NOTE! Normally this would probably be a copyright violation issue but this is for a school project and is for educational purposes. 2. Use the website “ http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/ ” to find and download 2-3 images / pictures for the project. The images must have CreativeContinue reading “Lab 6 – Editing Video”

Objectives:1. Create a network with half of the class and make sure it works correctly.2. Connect that network to a router and then configure the router to connect the network to the other network in the classroom.3. Check to see if the connection to the computers on the other network is working correctly. Equipment list:Continue reading “Lab 5 – Exploring TCP/IP Networks”

Objectives:1. Do research on background information about the OSI model.2. Examine the various network devices in the classroom and find out what they are and what their function and purposes are.3. Do research on the Data Link Layer (Layer 2).4. Use the Command Prompt on a computer to find various details about the network thatContinue reading “Lab 4 – Network Devices and the OSI Model”

Objectives:1. Examine the components of a desktop computer and try to disassemble and reassemble the computer.2. Take a look at the historic computer items that Dr. Gx brought to class and do some research on other historical computers and devices. We must research at least 6 different historic computer and/or devices. Equipment List: Desktop computer,Continue reading “Lab 3 – Basic Computer Hardware”

Objectives:1. Make a Cat5 Patch Cable.2. Wire up a Patch Panel.3. Take a quick look and handle a Thicknet / Thick Ethernet cable, a Thinnet / Thin Ethernet cable, and a Fiber Optic cable and then do some research on each type of cable and determine the pros and cons of each type of cable.Continue reading “Lab 2 – Structured Cabling”

Objectives: To create a blog website and post a lab report. Equipment list: A desktop computer and the website WordPress.com. Notes and Observations: The process of creating the website was easy but I noticed how WordPress would try to trick you into paying for the website by placing the links for the free option forContinue reading “Lab 1 – Make a Website”

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