Advanced Network Design

Advanced network design
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Part 1: Information collection
The present project reflects on redesigning of the network system using layered approach for
the Barranquilla Plaza Hotel. It is very much important to determine the problems with the present
design of the network so that the further business needs of the organization can be met. Therefore, it is
necessary to collect important information related with the management, IT staff as well as users of the
hotel. They are mainly asked in order to properly provide the personal opinion about the issues as well
as challenges that are very much relevant to the network [3]. Some of the important questions are
mainly considered for the purpose that are generally dependent on the questionnaire that is created.
The created questionnaires are mainly distributed to the various management teams, IT staffs as well as
users in order to get proper information about the issues that the hotel is presently facing and for
implementing proper solutions that is mainly related with the issues. The various questionnaires are
generally reflected below:
Questionnaires for the users
 Does the router that is mainly used within the network system is helpful in providing proper
signal or the network system needs improvement?
 Does the Wi-Fi speed that is provided is acceptable for undertaking different types of services
which mainly needs good internet connection?
 Is the quality of the video as well as voice generally reduced and how frequent?
 Does downloading content from the online sites creates problem?
 Does network is reflected when the content from the online sources is downloaded?
 In how much speed the file transfer occurs wirelessly and what improvement is generally
required within the speed?
 Does the network-based equipment is based on the latest edition and how the software is
mainly needed for the entire management of the network?
 Does proper facility of file sharing is present with the help of the network and does the facility
that is present is reliable?
Questionnaires for the management
 What is the average number of users that are connected in the network and what is the average
number of users who wants server with the facility of network within a single time?

 What are different types of areas where proper speed of connection is generally needed and
which areas generally required proper facility of wireless connection?
 Does the network solution which is mainly considered for the entire organization is generally
upgraded and what is age of the entire network infrastructure?
 Does the various types of security issue that is generally determined within the network and
when security breaches like incident generally occurs?
 Does it is necessary to monitor the entire network that is generally preferred?
 Does the present network generally consider the specific place where the organizations
generally need to properly monitor the activities in order to make sure that proper control for
the network-based application?
Questionnaire for the IT staffs
 What is the internet plan that is utilized by the organization for proper internet facilities?
 Does the network plan generally have proper control on the security for the applications for the
different hotel’s department?
 Does the hotel departments are categorized in context to the required bandwidth?
 Is there any one of the hotel department that generally needs proper bandwidth in all the time
and is there is any change within the scope for providing proper facility to different departments
of the hotel?
Purpose of the questionnaires
When the entire network is effectively redesigned then it is generally considered as one of the
complex procedure where proper information is generally needed and it is found from different network
users as they generally assists in giving appropriate insights about the different types of challenges and
problems that generally pervades over the comprehensive overview in context to the modifications
which are generally needed for making the entire design of the network that will be helpful in achieving
the benefits of the organization quite successfully. Thus, it is analyzed that the questionnaires which are
generally designed generally aims to give proper description about the different aspects as well as issues
that are linked with the network [5]. It also provides information that needs proper improvement as well
as about the different features which are best for the present network design and how the changes
within the network system will be done for achieving the business needs as well as requirements.
Another significant requirement of the entire design of the network is to reduce the cost that is mainly