Analyzing the Limitations of Peer-to-Peer Networks in Campus Environments

This document explores the challenges of implementing peer-to-peer (P2P) networks in campus-sized environments. It highlights the limitations of P2P networks in terms of access, performance, and security, particularly as the number of computers in the network increases. The document also emphasizes the need for a clear distinction between client-server and server-based networking in campus settings, where centralized administration and controlled user access are crucial. The document further delves into the structure of data link frames in TCP/IP connections, providing a detailed breakdown of the frame components, including the preamble, start of frame delimiter, and destination MAC address. Finally, the document demonstrates how to determine the size of a ping request frame using Wireshark, analyzing the contributions of the Ethernet header, IP header, ICMP header, and ICMP payload to the overall frame size.

Q 4.
Peer to peer networks is less ideal for campus-sized networks because as the computer system increase
in the network they affect the access, performance and security for sharing of data. Also, the strong
distinction is needed between client and server networking and in the campus-sized server. There is a
network administration which has the power of access the complete network and the applications on
the network and the user on the network has only limited access to complete their role on the daily
basis (Rouse, 2014).
Q 7.
Structure of Data Link Frame in TCP/IP connection (Juniper, 2017).
Q 8.
In the above frame, first 7 bytes are for preamble, then 1 byte is for start of frame delimiter and next 4
bytes stores the destination MAC address.
Q 10.
In the case, size of ping request frame is to be determined. So using Wireshark, a ping request is sent to
the IP address of the router.
It can be given by,
Ping 192.168.0.105
So here length of the frame is 74 bytes.
Ethernet header – 14 bytes
IP header – 20 bytes
ICMP header – 8 bytes
ICMP payload size – 32 bytes

MTU – 14+20+8+32 = 74 bytes
References
 Juniper. (2017). Understanding the Data Link Layer. Retrieved 10 May 2018, from
https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/topics/concept/interface-security-data-link-
layer-understanding.html
 Rouse, M. (2014). What is peer-to-peer (P2P)?. SearchNetworking. Retrieved 10 May 2018, from
https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/peer-to-peer