A Range of Approaches for Network Designing in Assessment 4

Running head: NETWORK DESIGN RESEARCH 1
A range of Approaches that can be used for Network Designing in Assessment 4
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NETWORK DESIGN RESEARCH 2
A range of Approaches that can be used for Network Designing in Assessment 4
This article sets out three possible approaches to network design in assessment 4.
Assessment four consist of a network design project which constitutes two PCs, two routers, and
servers among other network devices. The routers will have multiple interfaces such that PC
client has one router interface and PC server another router interface. The three approaches that
will be examined in this document include Netsim, Agent.gui, and Cisco packet tracer. Both of
the stated approaches allow for the modeling of the predefined network, however, one approach
will be selected for the project on basis of the network requirements.
Netsim
Netsim refers to a single event process discreet event simulator used for investigating
various aspects of a local area network LAN. The distinct feature of the approach that makes it
different from other approaches is that Netsim uses a technology known as a virtual packet that
helps in creating packets for routing within the simulated network (Siraj, Gupta, & Badgujar,
2012).
One significance of this approach is that its virtual packet feature allows for building a
virtual routing table for the network protocol thus enhancing flexibility to Cisco Certified
Network Association CCNA compared to the standard simulator fare. A limiting factor for this
approach, however, is that it is costly since the simulator falls a bit short of the real thing.
Cisco packet tracer
This is one of the powerful approach that can help in building a complex network
topology which can be experimented to learn about the abstract concept of DHCP, WEB server,
DNS and client CPs (Janitor, Jakab, & Kniewald, 2010). In this method, the Dynamic Host