Answer all the questions of the assignment having 80 marks in total. 20 marks are for viva voce. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance the explanations. Please go through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the Programme Guide for the format of presentation.

Q1. Explain the initialization process of overall Linux system in detail.

Q2 (a) Explain the important features of proprietary and open source remote desktop administration tools.

(b) Why remote administration is needed ?

Q3 (a) What are the Linux commands pertaining to user and group administration ? Write the syntax and explain the meaning of these commands.

(b) What are Ethernet configuration tools and their objectives ?

Q4 (a) How does DHCP work ? Explain.

(b) What are the different types of DNS servers ? What are the configuration tasks which need to be performed for proper maintenance of the server ? Elaborate.

Q5 Explain the following NFS key concepts.

- Caching

- NFS background mounting

- Hard & Soft mounts

Q6 What is the significance of the following utilities? Discuss.

(i) ping

(ii) ipconfig / ifconfig

(iii) Nmap

Q7 What are the various security services parameters? Elaborate.

Q8 Describe IP header fields.

Q9 Network can also be enlarged through the use of a technique known as subnetting. Explain the concept with the help of an example ?

Q10 How does TCP handle out of order segments, lost segmentsandduplicate segments ? Explain with the help of diagrams ?

Q11 Write algorithms for design of the followings software:

1. Connection oriented and concurrent client

2. Iterative connection oriented server

3. Connections and concurrent server