IP Addressing Design Coursework

This coursework focuses on designing a public IP addressing scheme for We’re Nuts Ltd, a company with three geographically dispersed sites. Students must develop a fixed-length subnet mask IP addressing scheme, assigning addresses to subnets and router connections using the provided company specifications and network design. The task involves outlining the methodology, specifying subnet and supernet masks, and listing subnet and router IP addresses in dot notation. While a fixed-length subnet mask scheme is mandatory, extra credit is offered for including a variable-length subnet mask (VLSM) scheme. The assignment emphasizes a professional report format and encourages clear demonstration of all steps. The company has three sites: Kingston (head office with HR, Marketing, and Sales teams), Gatwick (packaging operation with Compliance and IT teams), and Shanghai (a small office). Each location has a different number of employees and devices requiring IP addresses. The network address assigned to the company is 150.200.48.0.

Aim of the Coursework
This IP addressing design coursework is intended to develop your understanding of
the structure of IP addresses, the role of subnet and supernet masks, how a suitable
public IP addressing scheme might be designed for an enterprise, and how this is
subsequently used to assign IP addresses to subnets as well as hosts.
Requirement
An enterprise wishes to develop a public IP addressing scheme to allow it to connect
to the Internet. Using the company specification and the physical network design
given below, develop a suitable fixed-length subnet mask IP addressing scheme and
assign addresses to all your subnets and router connections i.e. the routers’ points
of attachment. Your answer should contain (i) a clear description of the methodology
you have followed (ii) the subnet and supernet masks that arise from your design
(and expressed in the appropriate notation), and (iii) a list of the subnet and router IP
addresses you have created in dot notation. (Make sure you clearly identify to which
subnets and router points of attachment these addresses are assigned.) The
network address assigned to your company is 150.200.48.0.
Additional Points
 Note that there is not necessarily a single correct answer.
 This coursework requires a fixed-length subnet mask IP addressing scheme.
However you may wish to submit an additional variable-length subnet mask
(VLSM) addressing scheme. Additional marks can be gained in this way - see the
marking criteria. A fixed length subnet marking scheme, however, must be
submitted.
 If you feel any of the specification below is ambiguous or unclear, feel free to
make any sensible assumptions though remember to write down these
assumptions in your report.
 There are no specific length or word count requirements. However please note
the marking criteria listed overleaf.
 You are strongly advised to complete the workshop exercises before starting the
coursework.
 You are strongly advised to show all steps in your working.
 You are strongly advised to interpret the requirement “Your answer should
contain (i) a clear description of the methodology you have followed” as the need
to generate a professional report. Please pay attention to the relevant
assessment criterion.

Specification
We’re Nuts Ltd are a company specialising in bulk delivery of nuts, bolts, nails,
screws and brackets manufactured in China. The company has three geographically
distant sites.
The head office is located in Kingston upon Thames while the main packaging
operation is located in an industrial park near Gatwick airport. From the Shanghai
office, company reps place bulk orders with local manufacturers for components
which are then shipped to the UK. The Gatwick and Shanghai sites have been
connected to Kingston office by leased lines. All sales and inventory databases and
web and e-mail applications are run from a central server located in Kingston.
The Kingston building has three floors. The Human Resources (HR) suite, the
Marketing department and the “Inventory and Sales” team are each housed on a
separate floor. The HR team (on the top floor) are distributed across a dozen offices.
Marketing have fifty staff, while the large Inventory and Sales team is one hundred
and twenty strong. Each of these employees has a PC. All workgroups use switched-
Ethernet linked to a legacy ATM backbone.
The Gatwick site has a modern packaging operation run by forty robots working in a
secure building. Twenty more employees are spread between the similarly-sized
Compliance and IT Support teams.
The small Shanghai office is located on a single floor of a modern office tower in the
Pudong district. It employs twenty people each with their own PC.

Submission Requirements
Upload your document to the submission box within the Assignments page of the
Canvas module by midnight of the day of the deadline.
If you are ill or have problems which prevent you from meeting the deadline you may
be able to negotiate an extension in advance. The University Mitigating
Circumstances policy may apply. You will need to use the online Extensions and
Mitigation Circumstances system. Remember if you submit a piece of work or attend
an examination, you have judged yourself fit to undertake the assessment and
cannot claim mitigating circumstances retrospectively