CS458/558 - Network Management - Week 13 Assignment

In-class Dicussion (These questions are for discussion during this week's chat sessions and the bulletin board; you are expected to review all of the questions and be prepared to discuss the questions and answers.)

• You should be able to discuss and answer the following QUESTIONS from chapter 13: 1,2,3,7,8,9,20,21.

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Bulletin Board Discussion (These questions are for discussion in the WebCT Discussion)[post your answers to the discussion group for CS 458/558: Network Management by 11:00 a.m. MST Tuesday, Apr. 16th]
Answer these questions in your own words.

• What was the most surprising thing you learned in this week's readings?
• What was the most difficult part for you in this week's readings?

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Homework [Due before class on Tuesday, Apr. 23rd] (The following assignment is intended to provide an overview of network management applications). [e-mail your answers to summers_wayne@ColumbusState.edu before 11 a.m. MST, Tuesday, Apr. 23rd]

1. chapter 13: #4, 19
2. Use the Internet Traffic Report to answer the following questions:
   1. How many routers are being tested in North America?
   2. How many of these routers are currently functioning properly (green)?
   3. How many routers are not working much at all (red)?
   4. How do they measure the Internet traffic?
   5. What is "response time (ms)?"
   6. What is "packet loss (%)?"
3. Use the MRTG for Zialink to answer the following questions.
   1. How many modems is Zialink monitoring?
   2. What is the best time to do maintenance on Zialink's network?
   3. What day of the week is the busiest for Zialink's network?
4. Use md5sum to generate a message digest for /etc/passwd on rex.nmhu.edu What is the message digest?
5. Use my public key found on my homepage to send me an e-mail with your name and the date.

[e-mail your answers to summers_wayne@ColumbusState.edu by 11:00 a.m. MST Apr. 23rd]

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