Which monitoring tools would you use to ensure the optimal performance of the network? Provide at least two reasons for chosen this tool.

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Description and Instructions

Part 1 [4 marks]

Suppose you are in charge of a network’s functionality and performance.

Which monitoring tools would you use to ensure the optimal performance of the network? Provide at least two reasons for chosen this tool. [1 mark]

What would you look for to check the performance? [1 mark]

What are some statistics results you can get from the chosen monitoring tool? Support your results with screenshots [2 marks]

Part 2 [6 marks]

In this term, we learned that SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a network management protocol widely used among enterprises for collecting and organizing information about managed devices such as switches, routers, and firewalls. This protocol uses UDP as its transport protocol because it has no need for the overhead of TCP.

Unfortunately, SNMP implementations could have a variety of different problems and issues. Therefore, it’s important that you know how to troubleshoot SNMP network monitoring issues. For this question, explain in detail your methodology to troubleshoot the following issues. Make sure to justify your answer with an example.

SNMP packets failed to pass through the network due to firewall implementation. [2 marks]

Network management system (NMS) unable to receive traps from a switch exists in the network. [2 marks]

Duplicate SNMP Engine ID were found on different devices on the network. [2 marks]

Part 3 [4 marks]

Build a small network topology with a router and two switches. Then use the following table to configure the Router and Pcs.

Write the commands used to configure the router. [2 marks]

Support your results with screenshots that show the connectivity between hosts from different networks. [2 marks]