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The last group of simulations to be performed in this exercise are intended to illustrate the performance of 4 different types of Ethernet LANs, each with 15 workstations and 1 server, in the case of real types of traffic; file transfers and web browsing. The considered networks are: 10 Mbit/s hub based 10 Mbit/s switch based 10 Mbit/s switch based, but with 100 Mbit/s connection to a server 100 Mbit/s switch based Open the project IntroLans2. No networks have been created yet in this project, but there will be two objects, an ApplicationConfig and a ProfileConfig object. These are standard OPNET objects that are used to define traditional applications and user profiles. In this project, the ApplicationConfig object defines that the network will carry FTP and HTTP traffic, and the ProfileConfig object defines a user profile that uses both of these applications. To quickly construct a network, use the Topology=>Rapid Configuration menu. In the dialog box, create a star network with an ethernet16_hub as the center node, 16 ethernet_wkstn as periphery nodes and 10Base-T as the link model.
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Appendix A Introduction to OPNET

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