NETW420

ADVANCED NETWORK MANAGEMENT

Title of the Lab
Performance Management 100 Mbps Lab



School of Engineering and Information Sciences
Instructor Name
Viviane Ruiz




SUBMITTED BY: Brian Templin
SUBMITTED ON: 05/25/2014

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Table of Contents
Observations, Data, Findings, and Results .................................................................................................................3
Questions and Answers ..............................................................................................................................................3
Lessons Learned ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
Document Certification ........................................................................................................................................... 12



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Observations, Data, Findings, and Results
Include graphs and figures here.

This is where you discuss the findings in your report. Simply so far what Ive found are towards
step 9 towards the different state time settings is based on 1 second, which meant the user will
generate frames (or packets) depending on the protocol being used.
What did you observe? In this week lab I observed that the simulation-generated frames were
during first half and then again second half. If I were to have used the constant value, it would
have had an increase in frames for the first half and second half. The positive outcome from this
is the exponential settings that it simulated the nature of the real-world traffic. Simply since the
configuration of the traffic generated.
Perhaps you did not visually observe something. But you calculated a value for a certain
variable based on collected data from OpNet. What does the value mean? The value of this lab
is simply to putting it all together as stated in our first configuration, since will be used the
exponential setting versus the constant setting.
Questions and Answers
Answer all questions in the body of the lab instruction here.
How many total bits/sec for the network would you expect to be sent for 1.
the frame size of 256 bytes?
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When using a frame size of 256 bytes the network would be expected to
have a speed of 409,600 bps

How many total bits/sec for the network would you expect to be sent for 2.
the frame size of 512 bytes?
When using a frame size of 512 bytes the network would be expected to
have a speed 819200 bps

How many total bits/sec for the network would you expect to be sent for 3.
the frame size of 1024 bytes?
When using a frame size of 1024 bytes the network would be expected to
have a speed 1638400 bps

2) Use the Scenario > Switch To Scenario option and go to the
PK256_100Mbps run. Select View Results from the tool bar and select Global
Statistics > Traffic Source -> Traffic Sent (bits/sec). Leave the view setting to
AS IS and select the Show tab. Copy and label this graph to your lab report.
After you copy this graph to your lab report, repeat this process for the
PK512_100Mbps and the PK1024_100Mbps runs, so that you now have three
labeled graphs imported to your lab report which indicates how many packets were
sent for each of the three frame sizes used in this lab. Then use these graphs to
answer the following:
Compare the simulation results for the PK256_100Mbps run with your 4.
calculations from Question One part (a). Are they about the same?
Comparing the results to the calculation, the results are almost identical to
the calculations performed.

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Compare the simulation results for the PK512_100Mbps run with your 5.
calculations from Question One part (a). Are they about the same?
Comparing the results to the calculations performed earlier, the results
appear to be much lower than what the calculation was expected to be.

Compare the simulation results for the PK1024_100Mbps run with your 6.
calculations from Question One part (a). Are they about the same?
Comparing the results to the calculations performed earlier, the results
appear to be much lower than what the calculation was expected to be.

3) In the Results Browser, select Traffic Sink -> Traffic Received (bits/sec).
Leave the view setting to AS IS and select the Show tab. Copy and label this graph
to your lab report. Then select Traffic Source -> Traffic Sent (bits/sec). Leave
the view setting to AS IS and select the Show tab. Copy and label this graph to
your lab report. Then use these graphs to answer the following:
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For the PK256_100Mbps run compare the total traffic sent to the total 7.
traffic received. Are they the same? Would you expect them to be about the
same? Why or why not?
The traffic sent and received are the exact same or almost identical. This is
due to such a tiny packet size, reducing a chance of packets being lost during
transmission.

For the PK512_100Mbps run compare the total traffic sent to the total 8.
traffic received. Are they the same? Would you expect them to be about the
same? Why or why not?
The traffic sent and received are the exact same or almost identical. This is
due to such a tiny packet size, reducing a chance of packets being lost during
transmission.

For the PK1024_100Mbps run compare the total traffic sent to the total 9.
traffic received. Are they the same? Would you expect them to be about the
same? Why or why not?
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The traffic sent and received are the exact same or almost identical. This is
due to such a tiny packet size, reducing a chance of packets being lost during
transmission.

4) In the Results Browser, select Traffic Sink -> End-to-End Delay (seconds).
Change the view setting from AS IS to time_average and select the Show tab.
Copy and label this graph to your lab report.
After you copy this graph to your lab report, repeat this process for the
PK512_100Mbps and the PK1024_100Mbps runs. You should now have three
labeled graphs imported to your lab report which indicate the individual end-to-end
delay for the three frame sizes used in the lab. Then use these graphs to answer
the following (note in your estimations ignore the first 1/3 of the graph to allow for
start-up oscillation time to stabilize):
For the PK256_100Mbps run, estimate the average end-to-end delay 10.
time.

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The average speed appears to be .0000375

For the PK512_100Mbps run, estimate the average end-to-end delay 11.
time.

For the PK1024_100Mbps run, estimate the average end-to-end delay 12.
time.
The average speed appears to be .0000415



The average speed appears to be .00004825

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5) Select Object Statistics > Office Network > Hub1 <-> Switch (0) > point-
to-point > Throughput<- (this would be throughput in the direction from the
switch to Hub 1 for all three frame sizes). Change the view setting from AS IS to
time_average and select the Show tab. Copy and label this graph to your lab
report.
After you have copied this graph to your lab report, open Throughput -> (this
would be throughput in the direction from Hub1 to the switch for all three frame
sizes). Keep the view to time_average and select the Show tab. Copy and label
this graph to you lab report. You should now have two graphs that show throughput
in both directions on the link that connects Hub1 to the Switch.

Examine the graph that shows throughput in the direction of Hub1 to 13.
the Switch. Which frame size has the highest throughput? Explain why.

The frame size in which has the highest throughput appears to be the 256.
This is because the amount of data in which is being sent is much smaller
than the other two measurements, revolving in more bits being sent.

Examine the graph that shows throughput in the direction of the 14.
Switch to Hub1. Which frame size has the highest throughput? Explain why.

1024 appears to be the highest throughput. This network appears to have a
higher download speed than upload speed.
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Examine both graphs and compare the throughput on the link that 15.
attaches Hub1 to the Switch in both directions. In which direction is the
throughput higher? Why are they not the same?
The hub to switch measurement appears to be the higher of the two
measurements of the highest throughput. The 1024 measurement is the
much higher of the two measurements. They are not the same due to
possible network monitoring tools being put into place to monitor the
network that is being transferred. The data from the computer being sent to
a hub is not being filtered, but the data that is going from the switch to the
hub is monitored and filtered to keep the network secure.




Lab Summary Report (25%)
Write a one to two page Summary Report describing which of the three 16.
frame sizes (256 byte, 512 bytes and 1024 bytes) you would choose to
implement if you were the network administrator for the high-bandwidth LAN
network that was analyzed in this lab. To help support your analysis, you should
reference some of your answers from the required lab question section. In
addition, you must import a minimum of two graphs that you obtained during
this lab to help support your conclusions.
Based on the calculations and tests performed within this lab, the use of each of the frame sizes: 256,
512, and 1024, the results varied. In the case of needing to determine which frame size would be most
efficient to use as a network administrator there would be a few factors to accommodate. First would
be what kind of data is being transmitted within the network, next would be the priority of the data in
which is being sent, then the size of the network, and lastly would be the speed of the network.
Assuming that the network is large scale and the speeds are high near 1gbps, the most reliable frame
size would be 512. As seen in the following graph, the throughput of all frame sizes is measured going
from the switch to the hub. Overall all frame sizes have the same result.
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However, in the following graph, the frame size 512, has the highest throughput. The throughput
measured within this graph for the frame size of 512 averages near 1.238,500 opposed to the frame
sizes of 256 and 1024 in which are closer to 1,225,000. The frame sizes in the 100mbps network are
much closer in results opposed to the 10mbps network, but the frame size of 512 takes the crown in this
experiment.
Write a one- to two-page summary report describing which of the three frame sizes (256 byte, 16.
512 bytes, and 1,024 bytes) you would choose to implement if you were the network administrator for
the high-bandwidth LAN network that was analyzed in this lab. To help support your analysis, you should
reference some of your answers from the required lab question section. In addition, you must import a
minimum of two graphs that you obtained during this lab to help support your conclusions.
Based on the calculations and tests performed within this lab, the use of each of the frame sizes: 256,
512, and 1024, the results varied. In the case of needing to determine which frame size would be
most efficient to use as a network administrator there would be a few factors to accommodate. First
would be what kind of data is being transmitted within the network, next would be the priority of the
data in which is being sent, then the size of the network, and lastly would be the speed of the
network. Assuming that the network is large scale and the speeds are high near 1gbps, the most
reliable frame size would be 1024. As seen in the following graph, the throughput of all frame sizes
is measured going from the switch to the hub. The frame size 1024 has the highest throughput.
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The throughput measured within this graph for the frame size of 1024 averages near
8,000,500 opposed to the frame sizes of 256 and 512 are much lower. It is clear that speed, and
stability are most important to managing a network. As the results of the tests show above, the best
choice would be to sue the 1024 frame size within the network. The frame sizes in the 100mbps
network are much closer in results opposed to the 10mbps network, but the frame size of 1024 takes
the crown in this experiment.
Lessons Learned
In what way has this experiment enhanced your business skills? It shows us the difference of
more Mbps and how it changes our network in the different frame sizes.
In what way has this experiment enhanced your technical skills? Any real world experience help
us prepare for real world events in the field and how to handle them
In what way has this experiment improved your communication skills (improve vocabulary,
writing style, etc.)? By know the real way to test these type of problem out I will be able to help
my employer with any network problems of this type.
In what way has this experiment increased your passion for your field? I has shown me that
many things can be tested before putting them together to help build a better network.
Document Certification
I, __Brian Templin__ certify that the lab report content is original and the data collected are based on
the instructions written in the lab assignment.