ICT and Networking | Report

Running head: ICT AND NETWORKING
ICT and Networking
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Executive Summary
Information Communications Technology or ICT plays an important role in enabling
communications within an organization. This report proposes a network design for a
company that has branches in three different cities in Australia. The proposed network
ensures that the hosts from different departments of a LAN network can communicate with
each other as also communicate with other branches and the Internet. After validating this the
report is to present the IP addressing scheme and then talk about network devices. Then the
report ends with concluding notes.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Requirements..............................................................................................................................3
Network Design.........................................................................................................................4
Logical Diagram.....................................................................................................................4
Justification............................................................................................................................4
Connectivity...........................................................................................................................6
IP Addressing.........................................................................................................................7
Subnet Table...........................................................................................................................7
IP Address Allocation............................................................................................................8
Networking Hardware................................................................................................................9
Routers...................................................................................................................................9
Layer 3 (L3) Switches..........................................................................................................10
Layer 2 (L2) Switches..........................................................................................................11
Wireless Access Points........................................................................................................11
Conclusion................................................................................................................................13
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................14

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Introduction
The following report tries to show the importance of Information Communications
Technology or ICT when it comes to communications within organizations (Habibullah,
Rondeau and Georges 2018). This report begins by listing the different network requirements
and then elaborates the proposed network with a logical network diagram drawn in Cisco
Packet Tracer. Then the report explains how the network ensures connectivity among the
hosts and with the Internet. After that the different subnets get listed along with their
respective network addresses, broadcasts, mask and IP ranges. Following that the IP
addressing scheme is explained. Next the different networking hardware devices are
discussed and the wireless connectivity is shown. After this the report ends with concluding
notes.
Requirements
The company XYZ needs to build a network interconnect between its branches in Sydney,
Melbourne and Adelaide.
The company must purchase appropriate major network and mask to be able to allocate
adequate range of IP addresses for the respective subnets.
The branch at Sydney is to use Subnet A and operate 63 hosts including 60 PCs and 2 servers
namely Windows and Fax servers.
The Melbourne branch needs to use Subnet B and provide connections to 53 hosts including
50 PCs and 2 servers namely DNS and Database servers.
The Adelaide is to provide IP address made available from Subnet C to 43 hosts including 40
PCs and 2 servers namely Linux and Applications servers.