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Opnet Lab 1 Solutions: A Direct Link Network With Media Access Control

This document summarizes the results of an Opnet Lab simulation of an Ethernet network with 30 nodes connected via a coaxial cable. It examines the effect of packet load, interarrival time, number of nodes, and packet size on network performance metrics like throughput and collisions. Decreasing the interarrival time increased collisions. Removing half the nodes reduced collisions. Smaller 512 byte packets achieved higher throughput than 1024 byte packets over time.

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Opnet Lab 1 Solutions: A Direct Link Network With Media Access Control

This document summarizes the results of an Opnet Lab simulation of an Ethernet network with 30 nodes connected via a coaxial cable. It examines the effect of packet load, interarrival time, number of nodes, and packet size on network performance metrics like throughput and collisions. Decreasing the interarrival time increased collisions. Removing half the nodes reduced collisions. Smaller 512 byte packets achieved higher throughput than 1024 byte packets over time.

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Opnet Lab 1 Solutions

Ethernet

A Direct Link Network with Media Access


Control

KENIA IBRAHIM
1) Explain the graph we received in the simulation that shows the relationship between the
received (throughput) and sent (load) packets. Why does the throughput drop when the load is
either very low or very high?

The figure shows that the maximum throughput is reached at a load of about 500 packets/second.
When it's over than 500, the network is overloaded and a high collision amounts received can
decrease when the sent packets keep increasing.

2) Use three duplicates of the simulation scenario implemented in this lab named Coax_01,
Coax_005, and Coax_0025. Make sure that the Interarrival Time attribute of the Packet
Generation Arguments for all nodes in the scenarios are as follows:
- Coax_01 scenario: exponential(0.1)
- Coax_005 scenario: exponential(0.05)
- Coax_0025 scenario: exponential(0.025)

We show a high collision on the network when the smallest number of exponential measures. It
generates more collision along the shippers trying to send their packages
We see different affect for the three exponentials in the efficiency of the topology
3) To study the effect of the number of stations on Ethernet segment performance, create a
duplicate of the Coax_0025 scenario. Name the new scenario Coax_Q3. In the new scenario,
remove the odd- numbered nodes, a total of 15 nodes (node 1, node 3, …, and node 29). Run
the simulation for the new scenario. Create a graph that compares node 0’s collision counts in
scenarios Coax_0025 and Coax_Q3. Explain the graph and comment on the results.

Surely, a half-node Node number in Coax_Q3 will be reduced by collisions


compared the second case of coax_0025
4) In the simulation a packet size of 1024 bytes is used (Note: Each Ethernet packet can
contain up to 1500 bytes of data). To study the effect of the packet size on the throughput of
the created Ethernet network, create a duplicate of the Coax_0025 scenario. Name the new
scenario Coax_Q4. In the new scenario use a packet size of 512 bytes (for all nodes). For
both Coax_0025 and Coax_Q4 scenarios, choose the following global statistic:

A) graph that compares the throughput as bits/sec in coax_0025 and coax_q4 scenarios.

The image shows the speed of the received traffic. The network with smaller packets (standard
512bytes) is lower speed initially. However, the time wears, the speed retains a certain value greater
than the network (coax_Q025) with larger packets.
B) create a graph that compares the throughput as packets/sec in coax_0025 and
coax_q4 scenarios.

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