Assignment on Network Design

Running head: NETWORK DESIGN
Network Design
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction........................................................................................................... 3
Detailed network diagram..................................................................................... 4
Mandurah Head Office (LAN)..............................................................................4
Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre (LAN)................................................5
Mandurah Library (LAN)...................................................................................... 6
Falcon Library (LAN)........................................................................................... 7
Mandurah Museum (LAN)................................................................................... 8
Mandurah Seniors and Community Centre (LAN)...............................................9
Mandurah Waste Management Centre (LAN)....................................................10
Overall Wide Area Network............................................................................... 11
Analysis of Network hardware and cabling required at a Local Area Network.....11
Network Interface Cards – 1GBPS Network Card, 802.11AC Wireless...............11
Cables – Cat 6................................................................................................... 12
Switch (48 Port, 1 GBPS Switch – Cisco) – VLAN Capable.................................13
Router – Routing Protocols (RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, ISIS, OSPF, BGP)........................13
Servers (Print Server, File Server, Backup Server, Domain Controller).............13
PC’s.................................................................................................................. 14
Justification....................................................................................................... 14
Printers and Scanners....................................................................................... 14
Analysis of Network hardware and cabling required at a Wide Area Network level
............................................................................................................................ 15
What WAN Solution.......................................................................................... 15
Compare different solutions.............................................................................15
Business WAN solutions....................................................................................15
Recommendation............................................................................................. 15
Detailed hardware and software..........................................................................15
Desktop OS....................................................................................................... 15
Mobile OS......................................................................................................... 16

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Switch OS......................................................................................................... 16
Router OS......................................................................................................... 16
Standard Operating Environment (Windows 10, MS Office, Adobe Creative
Cloud)............................................................................................................... 16
Security............................................................................................................ 16
VLAN................................................................................................................. 16
Firewall............................................................................................................. 16
Encryption to scramble readable text into unreadable text.............................16
Restrictions on user accounts...........................................................................16
Assumptions and Green IT considerations...........................................................17
Assumption 1: It is assumed that all PC’s in the Mandurah Head Office Use
Windows 10 only.............................................................................................. 17
Assumption 2: It is assumed that all the networking centres would be having
wireless router connected to their system.......................................................17
Solar Panels...................................................................................................... 17
Low Energy Compliant Devices........................................................................17
Policy1: All the employees should be switching off the machines when they are
not working on them........................................................................................ 17
Policy2: All Screens turn off after 5 minutes idle..............................................17
Bibliography......................................................................................................... 18

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Introduction
The focus point of the report is to take into consideration the aspect of the
network infrastructure relating to the city of Mandurah. The information
technology issue, which is faced in the city, is taken care of by the local
government of the Western Australia. I have been given the role of a consultant
who would be trying to address all the issues, which are majorly faced by the city
and take into consideration a solution to the network issue within the concept of
the city. Taking into consideration the city has different services and building
that need the support of the information technology and set up of the network.
Hence, it can be stated here that the analysis of the city and a set of fully
functional plan relating to network would be mainly discussed in the report.
The network design which is related to the individual site and the services
have been majorly stated in the report and a network design which is related to
the MAN for the whole design have been provided into the report. The analysis
and the description of the selection of the hardware has been included for the
aspect of giving a clear idea to the reader. Additional information, which is
related to the Green IT solutions and the development of the solution and
hardware, have been focused into the report.