TCP/IP Networking Protocol | Assignment

Running head: TCP/IP NETWORKING
TCP / IP Networking
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
Task 1...................................................................................................................................2
a. Design of the Network using Simple Addressing Solution.........................................2
b. Explanation..................................................................................................................6
Task 2...................................................................................................................................8
a. Protocols in the communication Network and role of network analyzer tool.............8
b. Currently available network analyzer tool...................................................................9
i. Benefits, associated costs, ease of usability.............................................................9
ii. Recommendation and preferences of using the tool..............................................10
Bibliography......................................................................................................................12

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Task 1
a. Design of the Network using Simple Addressing Solution
The design of the network is created is proposed for the M2M solution and the
requirement of the organization is studied for the preparation of the network diagram. There is a
need of connecting 1200 nodes and workstation in the network and the private address 10.1.1.1 is
used for the whole network. The number of workstation required to be installed in each of the
office is given in the requirement and the network solution is created according to it. A central
router is installed for communicating with the branches and the offices of the organization. Each
of the workstation in the office are assigned with a router and switch is used for connecting the
hosts. The subnet is calculated for the allocation of the hosts and the range of the IP address is
required to be calculated for the accommodation of the IP address. VLSM technique is applied
for the calculation and some extra IP address are allocated such that the future growth of the
organization can be easily handled.

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Figure 1: Proposed network solution for the M2M solution
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There are several risk related with the development of the network solution and it is
required to be resolved for increasing proficiency of the proposed network solution. A proper
cabling plan is required to be followed for increasing the transmission speed and minimizing the
congestion in the network. The unused ports in the switches is required to be disabled such that
the intruders cannot use it for accessing the network resources. A firewall is installed in the entry
and the exit point of the network such that the traffic can be monitored and controlled
(Vasilakos, Zhang & Spyropoulos, 2016). Each of the routers are configured with a different
subnet and the routers are configured with border gateway protocol for communicating with each
other. Access control list is required to be configured on the router for permitting or denying
access of the network resources. The nodes and the workstations connected in the network are