Reference no: EM132109979

Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)

This assignment is designed to assess students' knowledge and skills related to the following learning outcomes:

d. Analyse and report on the current and future state of the internetworking infrastructure and its applications.
e. Implement a process to support the administration and management of internetworking.

Assignment Description

Project Scope: A typical network layout diagram of a firm is given below for illustrative purposes only. The service requirements are enclosed.

Figure. Network layout of a firm

Service requirements

1. 5 departments with 5 subnets. Only admin, HR and the finance department will have all the access to the services available. Engineering and sales have access to the print server and file server but not to the finance department.
2. IP network design
3. Hardware requirements with costs specification
4. Configuration details on the hardware (Routers and Switches)

Report requirements: The report should have a detail explanation of the planning and designing of the network. It is recommended that bullet points are only included whenever necessary.

1. Project Scope

2. Project requirements

3. Network design - Consider the human factor design concepts

4. IP addressing in a tabular form (include justification whenever necessary)

5. Network topology diagram (Netsim preferred)
- Switch configuration
- Router configuration
- DHCP configuration

- The access point and server configuration guidelines
- Security configuration