Skill Enhancement Course - 1 • Hardware & Networking (2025-26)

Hands-On Hardware & Networking Lab Manual & Simulators

An interactive, hands-on teaching and learning platform designed for computer science instructors and students. Covers all 13 syllabus activities with step-by-step procedures, circuit/network diagrams, live interactive simulators, teacher delivery guides, and complete viva accordions.

13
Hands-On Practicals
4
Course Outcomes (CO1-CO4)
7+
Interactive Simulators
80+
Viva Q&A with Answers
Explore All 13 Practicals View Syllabus & CO Mapping
Dual-Pedagogy Architecture

Engineered for Both Instructors & Students

Whether you are a beginner lab instructor delivering your first session or an engineering student preparing for university viva, this portal simplifies complex hardware and networking concepts into intuitive steps.

For Instructors & Lab Faculty

  • 5-Minute Pre-Lab Briefings: Concise lecture pointers to introduce each experiment on the lab whiteboard.
  • Lab Hardware Setup Guides: Exact components, safety protocols, and pre-class equipment verification tips.
  • Common Student Pitfalls: Identification of frequent student mistakes (e.g. wrong crimp order, MBR vs GPT mismatch) and immediate solutions.
  • Ready-to-Use Viva Rubrics: 5-10 verified technical questions per practical with detailed conceptual answers for oral exams.

For Engineering Students

  • Step-by-Step Execution: Clear visual procedures, command line listings, and configuration screenshots.
  • Hands-On Virtual Simulators: Practice RJ45 crimping, IPv4 subnetting, and Linux commands directly in your browser.
  • Observation Tables & Lab Journal: Formatted observation records ready to replicate in your physical lab records.
  • Print-to-PDF Lab Manuals: Dedicated printer-friendly formatting to save or print clean lab journal reports.
Complete Course Curriculum

Laboratory Practicals Catalog

Click on any practical to view detailed requirements, procedures, simulations, and viva questions.

13 Practicals
Category:
Course Outcome:
3
CO3
Operating Systems

Installation of Operating Systems in Computers

To prepare a bootable USB installation media, configure motherboard UEFI/BIOS boot options (GPT vs MBR, Secure Boot), perform a clean instal...

Key Tools:
Target PC with 64-bit processor,... USB Flash Drive (minimum 8GB cap... Windows 11 64-bit ISO or Ubu...
Interactive Simulation 6 Viva Q&A 3 Hours
Open Practical Guide
4
CO3
Virtualization

Installation of Virtual Box and it's working

To install Oracle VM VirtualBox and its Extension Pack on the host operating system, create and configure a virtual machine (allocating vCPU...

Key Tools:
Host PC running Windows 10/11 or... Minimum 8GB Physical RAM (16GB r... Oracle VM VirtualBox install...
Interactive Simulation 6 Viva Q&A 2 Hours
Open Practical Guide
6
CO2
Networking

Make use of Crimping Tool to design LAN Cable and perform LAN connections to join a PC to Router to establish an Internet Connection and networking devices like Fiber cable, CAT6, Hub, Switch, Router, etc.

To design and crimp an unshielded twisted pair (UTP Cat6) Ethernet LAN cable using an RJ45 modular plug and ratcheting crimping tool accordi...

Key Tools:
Cat6 UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pai... RJ-45 Modular Connectors (8P8C p... Windows / Linux OS on studen...
Interactive Simulation 7 Viva Q&A 3 Hours
Open Practical Guide
8
CO2CO3
Security & Administration

Demonstrate the concept of RDP for remotely controlling another computer from our system, learn other remote desktop solutions and learn the data security and data sharing concepts

To demonstrate remote administration using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP / TCP port 3389) between two networked computers, configure Network ...

Key Tools:
Two desktop computers (PC-Host a... Display monitors, keyboards, and... Windows 10/11 Pro or Enterpr...
Interactive Simulation 6 Viva Q&A 2 Hours
Open Practical Guide
10
CO4
Linux / CLI

Build knowledge of the Linux File System, study and execute the following Linux and Windows Shell Commands such as mkdir, pwd, ls, cp, cd, mv, rm, rmdir, touch, free, and System Related Commands

To understand the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), contrast it with Windows drive letters, and study, execute, and master fundamen...

Key Tools:
PC running Ubuntu/Debian Linux (... Keyboard and Display Linux Bash Shell (`/bin/bash...
Interactive Simulation 6 Viva Q&A 3 Hours
Open Practical Guide
Academic Alignment

Course Outcomes (CO Mapping)

Mapped directly according to RTMNU Autonomous Curriculum Guidelines

CO1

Hardware & Architecture

Understand and assemble core computer hardware components, buses, and correlate with operating systems and networking environments.

Mapped Practicals: Pre-Lab 1, Practical 2
CO2

Networking & Infrastructure

Design, crimp, configure, and troubleshoot wired/wireless LANs, IPv4 addressing, VLANs, and remote desktop connections.

Mapped Practicals: Practical 6, 7, 8, 12, Post-Lab 13
CO3

OS, Virtualization & Admin

Install, configure, virtualize, manage drivers, backup data, implement system security, and administer user permissions.

Mapped Practicals: Practical 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12
CO4

Linux Filesystem & Commands

Navigate, manage, and execute standard Linux and Windows shell commands and system administration utilities effectively.

Mapped Practicals: Practical 10