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PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH 2
WEB20302
TECHNICAL REPORT
L04-T02
We would like to express our deepest appreciation to all those who provided me the possibility
to complete this report. A special gratitude I give to our Professional English 2 lecturer, Madam
Siti Rabiyah Binti Nasrudin, whose contribution in stimulating suggestions and encouragement
helped us to coordinate our project especially in writing this report. Furthermore, I would also
like to acknowledge with much appreciation the crucial role of the students in male hostel
section, who gave the opportunity to spend some of their time to complete the questionnaire
that has been made by us. Special thanks to my class mate, whom had help us to assemble the
parts and gave suggestion about the task.
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Abstract
Previously, wired network has proven its potential but nowadays wireless communication has
emerged as a robust and most intellect communication technique. Each of these types of
networking has their advantages and disadvantages according to its network characteristics.
Wired and wireless networking has different hardware requirements, ranges, mobility,
reliability and benefits. The aim of the paper is to compare the Wired and Wireless networks
on the basis of various parameters such as Reliability, Mobility, Speed, Security etc. Wired
and Wireless networks are very common in the workplace as well as in the home. The wired
Computer Networks provide a secure and faster means of connectivity but the need of
mobility. Wireless technology has high mobility. Technology has been created to store,
transmit and receive data through networks at very high rates of speed. Users can now store
detailed information at a very low cost. In the future, the speed of networks will increase as
they have in past years. The cost of networks will continue to decline and using a network
will be essential for every organization. As computing technology increases in power, and
decreases in size, the price of creating a high- powered full featured network will decrease
rapidly.
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Despite the growth of the internet, the characteristic of the Local Area Network
(LAN) cannot be ignore. It enables the computer to connect with internet with
extending the range of connection into few kilometres and also the computer
remains distinct. The most common type of LAN wired and wireless connection is
Wi-Fi or Ethernet connection.
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This research will focus on the usage of the Cat 5e Ethernet cable as it meets the
requirement of internet speed in the male hostel. The research will focus the third
floor of the male hostel in UniKl BMI. The floor itself
1.2 Objectives
The objectives of this research are:
⚫ Can the Ethernet connection provide a faster and stable internet speed?
⚫ Can the Ethernet connection have implemented inside the room easily?
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1.5 Significance of Research/Study
This research will give a strong impact towards the student lifestyle at the UniKL
BMI. For us, this research will give us more information about the
telecommunication technology and about the Ethernet connection which is one of
the networking mediums nowadays. As for the respondent, which are the students
at UniKL BMI, it will provide them will faster internet connection via Ethernet
and the exposure to the Ethernet connection itself.
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CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0 Introduction
The focus of this research is to implement new type of internet connection medium
inside each room in male hostel in UniKL BMI as it strongly related to our main topic
of this research, ‘Ethernet connection replacing the Wi-Fi connection inside male
hostel in UniKL BMI’. As the internet connection replaced to Ethernet connection
which is Cat 5E Ethernet cable in each room, the expected effects are each room will
receive a constant internet speed throughout the day and it will ease student to do their
assignment or work. However, there are also disadvantages that will come up with the
good effect which are student cannot connect the internet using their smartphone or
any device that not compatible with Ethernet cables hub and also the expected cost
replacing the Wi-Fi connection will be high as it includes the replacement of the Wi-
Fi routers and implementation work for Ethernet hub inside each room.
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products use a system called wi-fi protected access, created by the wi-fi alliance. It
not only provides a 128-bit encryption of data that is being transmitted but locks on to
individual computers and changes the access key every 10000 packets. It is more
complicated than wep, though it is more secure with improved authentication,
authorization and encryption capabilities.
Another journal was also about Wi-Fi conducted by Melanie Pinole in 2008
shows that wi-fi is a wireless networking protocol that allows devices to communicate
without internet cords. It's technically an industry term that represents a type of
wireless local area network (LAN) protocol based on the 802.11 IEEE network
standard. wi-fi is the most popular means of communicating data wirelessly, within a
fixed location. It's a trademark of the wi-fi alliance, an international association of
companies involved with wireless LAN technologies and products. wi-fi is commonly
mistaken as an acronym for "wireless fidelity." it's also sometimes spelled as Wi-Fi,
Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi, but none of these are officially approved by the wi-fi alliance.
Wi-fi is also used synonymously with the word "wireless," but wireless is actually
much broader. The easiest way to understand wi-fi is to consider an average home or
business since most of them support wi-fi access. The main requirement for wi-fi is
that there's a device that can transmit the wireless signal, like a router, phone or
computer.in a typical home, a router transmits an internet connection coming from
outside the network, like an isp, and delivers that service to nearby devices that can
reach the wireless signal. Another way to use wi-fi is a wi-fi hotspot so that a phone
or computer can share its wireless or wired internet connection, similar to how a
router works.no matter how the wi-fi is being used or what its source of connection is,
the result is always the same: a wireless signal that lets other devices connect to the
main transmitter for communication, like to transfer files or carry voice messages.
Wi-Fi, from the user's perspective, is just internet access from a wireless capable
device like a phone, tablet or laptop. Most modern devices support wi-fi so that it can
access a network to get internet access and share network resources.
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Apart from the first two journal, there were another study by Yoshitaka
Nakayama in 2004 about the basic LAN model is composed of the mobile terminals
in which the middleware is installed, the setup boxes that are used to distribute the
setup data, authenticate the users and also function as the proxy authentication, the
setup distribution control server that manages the setup boxes, and the authentication
server for use in user authentication. The mobile terminals and setup boxes exchange
information by infrared communication (IrDA), while the setup boxes, authentication
server and setup NEC J. of Adv. Tech., Summer 2004 Special Issue 216 distribution
control server are connected via LAN. The model assumes that the application is
installed in a corporate office. A setup box is installed in each department, while the
setup distribution control server and authentication server are installed in the IT
management department. Each setup box stores the setup information of the wireless
LAN controlled by each department, that of a network service such as VoIP, etc.,
according to the network management policy. The setup box also generates the access
control information that is stored in each mobile terminal for use in checking the
authentication for the setup information downloading based on the rights information
from the authentication server (corporate staff ID, etc.). It communicates with the
terminals by means of infrared communication (IrDA). The setup distribution control
server maintains and administers the setup boxes in the various departments. Its
operations include the log management and initial setup of the setup boxes. The setup
information distributed from the setup box to the mobile phones is described in XML
as shown in Fig. 2 and has a data structure that can be classified into categories in
order to facilitate extension of the setup information. The setup information is
composed of a group of ESSIDs, the settings required for authentication (WEP key,
802.1x/WPA), DHCP server address required for network connection, subnet mask,
default gateway address and DNS server address setup.
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Other than that, a journal from Adel Ismail Al-Alawi , 2006 on Wi-Fi also
discusses the minimal cost of implementing Wireless LAN will ensure that far more
users will have wireless enabled laptops than previously envisaged. Intel has already
predicted that by the end of 2003 most of all new laptops will employ the new chip
and all new laptops will include wireless LAN. These figures may be high, but still
anticipate a rapid growth of Wi-Fi over the coming few months. The Wireless LAN
(WLAN) industry is also growing rapidly due to lower priced Wi-Fi stations and a
rapid standardization of the Wi-Fi technology. Dual band protocols (3G and Wi-Fi)
and development of the technology are expected to act as catalysts for growth in the
wireless market for the years to come. WLAN services are beginning to appear to
consumers in the form of WLAN services in coffee shops or other public premises
and are becoming commonplace in applications such as trading floors, supermarkets,
airports, hotels and are increasingly being used in office environments. Meanwhile the
number of vendors keeps increasing, the technology keeps getting better, is becoming
less of an issue. Moreover, convenient form factors such as PC Cards are becoming
common. It is easy to use and deploy WLANs and the cost is effective compared to
wire LANs, which have many indirect and hidden costs associated with installation
and reconfigurations. There are many factors to be considered when deploying a
wireless network. The proliferation of Access Point’s has reached the point of
requiring coordination and standardization to ensure full utilization of the technology.
It’s in the best interest of the enterprise to adopt a single IEEE 802.11 standard to
ensure ubiquitous access for registered and authenticated wireless users. The single
standard will also minimize overhead and expenditures that are normally associated
with enterprises without technology standardization.
2.1 Conclusion
The literature on wireless internet and wired internet reveals that wireless internet is
the one which have huge potential. It also shows how important the wireless internet.
Despite the many advantages of wireless internet, there were some disadvantages of
wireless internet such as high cost and slow network speed time which economically
not suitable for developing countries. Thus, wired internet connection is a more
reliable and consistent method to be used right now.
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CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY
3.0 Introduction
This chapter will explain all the methods used in completing the research.
Questionnaires were distributed to the respondents. Also, interview session was
conducted at the first place to ensure a better understanding of our research.
The respondent of study for this research are the students at the third floor of UniKL
BMI male hostel. A total of 20 questionnaires were distributed to students inside
the male hostel, third floor. A total of 19 questionnaires were returned to us as
feedback.
3.2.1 Questionnaire
A total of 20 questionnaires were distributed to the students at the third floor of
the male hostel. A set of questionnaires contain 9 questions divided into 5
sections which are open ended, closed ended, Likert scale, rating question and
opinion question.
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3.3 Research Procedures
Before the research conducted, the study about the Ethernet cable, LAN connection
and internet connection medium were first conducted to get full understanding
about the research. Next, the research questions were generated based on the
problem that the respondent faced in real life situation, questionnaire created to
know more details about the problem. Meanwhile, a simple experiment was
conducted to justify and check the Wi-Fi connection inside the hostel. Figures and
data were collected and presented in the findings section and in presentation slide.
3.4 Conclusions
For conclusion, the problems regarding the Wi-Fi connection inside the male
hostel can be obtained by using questionnaire and interview session. The
experiment also conducted to test the Cat 5E Ethernet cable.
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CHAPTER 4: FINDING AND DISCUSSIONS
4.0 Introduction
This chapter will discuss on the findings and other information gathered as
conducted in Chapter 3.
The collected data will be presented in the form of graphs and charts (Pie charts
and Bar charts).
When Needed
(21%)
Everyday
(79%)
Figure 4.2.1 How frequent the Wi-Fi connection used in male hostel.
Figure 4.2.1 shows the percentages on how frequent the Wi-Fi connection used in male
hostel. 79% of the respondent use the Wi-Fi connection every day and 21% of the
respondent use the Wi-Fi connection only when needed.
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Laptop (43%)
Smartphone
(57%)
Figure 4.2.2 shows the percentages on type of devices used to connect the Wi-Fi
connection. 57% of the respondent using smartphone to connect the Wi-Fi and 43% of
the respondent using laptop to connect the Wi-Fi connection.
Randomly
while using
(37%)
Frequently (47%)
Hourly (16%)
Figure 4.2.3 How frequent the Wi-Fi connection lost while using.
Figure 4.2.3 shows the percentages on how frequent the Wi-Fi connection lost while
using. 47% of the respondent lost connection frequently, 16% of respondent lost
connection hourly and 37% lost connection randomly while using.
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100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Yes No
Figure 4.2.4 Satisfaction with the Wi-Fi connection inside the male hostel.
Figure 4.2.4 shows the percentages of satisfaction with the Wi-Fi connection inside the
male hostel. 11% of the respondent satisfy with the Wi-Fi connection and 89 % of
respondent did not satisfy with the Wi-Fi connection.
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Like Dislike
Figure 4.2.5 Log in system for the Wi-Fi connection (Like or Dislike).
Figure 4.3.5 shows the percentages on log in system for the Wi-Fi connection (Like or
Dislike). 42% of the respondent like the log in system and 58% dislike the log in system.
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100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Agree Disagree
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree
Figure 4.2.7 shows the percentages on the statement ‘The Wi-Fi connection easy to
connect’. 16% of the respondent strongly agree, 63% agree and 21% disagree.
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60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree
Figure 4.2.8 ‘Not all the students inside the room can connect the Wi-Fi connection’.
Figure 4.2.8 shows the percentages on the statement ‘Not all the students inside the
room can connect the Wi-Fi connection’. 53% of the respondent strongly agree, 42%
agree and 5% disagree.
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
1 Star 2 Star 3 Star
Figure 4.2.9 Efficiency rating of the Wi-Fi connection inside the male hostel.
Figure 4.2.9 shows the percentages on efficiency rating of the Wi-Fi connection inside
the male hostel. 32% of the respondent rated 1 star, 68% rated 2 star and 0% rating for
3 stars.
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4.3 Description of Findings (Test and Experiment)
An experiment was conducted to test the download speed using the Cat 5E Ethernet
cable versus Wi-Fi internet connection.
Figure 1: Download speed using Cat 5E Ethernet Cable (20 MB per sec)
Figure 2: Download speed using the Wi-Fi connection (1.3 MB per sec)
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4.4 Discussion of Findings
Based on the results from the question are, majority of the respondent did not
satisfy with the Wi-Fi connection inside the male hostel and having trouble with
the log in system. This answered our research questions.
Also, as the test conducted to compared the download speed of Ethernet connection
and Wi-Fi connection, it showed an obvious result as the Ethernet connection is
much faster than Wi-Fi connection. With this test, the research question also has
been answered.
4.5 Conclusions
For conclusion, the results from the questionnaire and the test conducted answered
our research questions. The Ethernet cable, Cat 5E is suitable replacing the Wi-Fi
connection inside the male hostel. The factor that contributes the statement are, the
download speed is way faster than Wi-Fi connection that already implemented and
the speed is constant throughout the time.
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Chapter 5: Conclusion and Recommendation
This research focus on the advantages of using the Ethernet connection replacing the
Wi-Fi connection inside the male hostel, UniKL BMI. Students inside the male hostel
at UniKL BMI are having difficulties with the slow internet connection via Wi-Fi,
difficulties to log in the Wi-Fi website before using it and the Wi-Fi coverage did not
reach certain rooms along the corridors. The methods that have been used when
conducting the experiments are interview session, questionnaire and through the test or
experiment to test the download speed. During this research, the main key point to this
research is to solve the problem regarding the slow internet connection inside the male
hostel, UniKL BMI.
5.3 Conclusion
To be concluded, the methods that have been used to investigate the Wi-Fi problem
inside the male hostel is successful in getting the result. We successfully obtained the
solution for the problem based on the questionnaire, test, and interview session during
this research period. It can be concluded that our research is successful.
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Reference
1) Gurveen K.Sandhu , Gurpreet Singh Mann , Rajdeep Kaur (2013) , Benefit and
security issues in wireless technologies: Wi-fi and WiMax Baba Farid college
of Engineering and Technology, Bathinda, India
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Appendix
QUESTIONNARE
Topic:
We, are the third semester students pursuing the Bachelor in Electrical Engineering
Technology at University Kuala Lumpur, British Malaysian Institute. We are
conducting a survey to complete the technical report for WEB20302 - Professional
English 2. The survey is to review the efficiency of the Wi-Fi connection in the male
hostel at UniKL British Malaysian Institute. The purpose of this survey is to determine
whether the Ethernet connection should be replacing the Wi-Fi connection inside the
male hostel. We can assure that all the answer provided will be kept in strict
confidentiality and used for academic purpose only. We do appreciate your effort in
giving us the feedback, and we value your contribution to this research.
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Please fill the answer in the space provided or check ( √ ) for the appropriate
response.
Part One
1. Age:
2. Level of Study:
Diploma Degree
3. Course:
Part Two
5. What type of device did you used to connect the Wi-Fi connection?
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4. Are you satisfy with the Wi-Fi connection inside the male hostel?
Yes No
If Yes or No:
Yes No
If Yes or No:
6. Would you agree if other internet connection medium implemented in each room?
Yes No
If Yes or No:
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Indicate your response by circling the best response for the statements based on
the Likert Scale given.
Please rate the efficiency of the Wi-Fi connection inside the male hostel.
9. What is the rating that you will give for the smoothness of this Wi-Fi connection?
1 Star
2 Star
3 Star
THANK YOU
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