Scenario
Net-Solutions an IT infrastructure company based in the Barking and Dagenham area and
specialises
in networking solutions has employed you as a Network Engineer. Your company has won the bid to design, implement and support the installation of a network for the local
education
institution. You will need to
analyse
the specification from the institution below for completion of this project within a given timeframe:
People:
200 students, 15 teachers, 12 marketing and administration staff, 5 higher managers including the head of academics and the programme manager, 3 computer network administrators.
Resources:
50 student lab computers, 35 staff computers, 3 printers.
Building:
3 floors, all computers
and
printers are on the ground floor apart from the IT labs – one lab located on the first floor and another located on the second floor.
TASK 2
Design efficient networked systems
1. Prepare a written step-by-step plan of how you are going to design a Local Area Network including a blueprint of your LAN.
2. Justify your choice of devices for your network design.
3. Produce a test plan to evaluate this design for the requirements of bandwidth and cost constraints as per user specifications.
4. Justify the security requirements and quality of services needed for selection of accessories.
5. Suggest a maintenance schedule to support the networked system.
TASK 3
Implement test and diagnose networked systems
1. Implement a networked system based on your prepared design.
2. Conduct verification with e.g. Ping, extended ping, trace route, telnet, SSH, etc.
3. Record the test results and
analyse
these against expected results.
4. Investigate what functionalities would allow the system to support device growth and the addition of communication devices.
5. Discuss the significance of upgrades and security requirements in your recommendations.