IT Networking Designing

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ACTE PTY LTD: IT NETWORKING DESIGNING
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Table of Contents
Abstract............................................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Report objective...........................................................................................................................3
This project benefits.....................................................................................................................3
ACTE business goals...................................................................................................................4
Technical goals............................................................................................................................4
ACTE network design.....................................................................................................................4
Logical network design................................................................................................................4
Physical network design...............................................................................................................5
Network diagram......................................................................................................................6
Network diagram features................................................................................................................6
Configurations.................................................................................................................................7
Configuring DHCP on windows server 2012..............................................................................7
DNS server configuration..........................................................................................................14
Configuring IIS..........................................................................................................................16
Configuring group policy...........................................................................................................20
Creating OUS and groups..........................................................................................................22

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Creating folders for each department.........................................................................................23
Using Linode to create domain..................................................................................................24
Total Cost Ownership....................................................................................................................26
Table 1: TCO.............................................................................................................................26
References......................................................................................................................................27

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Abstract
ACTE Pty Ltd is an organization which is based in Sydney. It is a new start company
which specializes in manufacturing and designing widgets. Currently the organization has over
60 employees at the company head office. The organization has decided to set-up LAN
infrastructure with a centralized authentication and resource management. The current
organization departments are HR, operation, Finance, sales, and marketing.
Introduction
Information and computers are very critical to the success of an organization. They
connect organizational users and support services and applications. They also provide access to
resources thus able to keep an organization running. This report proposes a significant change for
ACTE Pty Ltd Company, currently the organization do not have a laid LAN.
This report comprises of three parts, the first will highlight the proposed ACTE pty
network diagram that will cater for 60 users. Second the paper will show how to go about
configuration of the organizational servers. The total estimated project cost is below 900,000 US
dollars
Report objective
 Designing ACTE LAN which comprises of 60 users
 Provide a good network capacity for ACTE users
This project benefits
 Provide network reliability and fault tolerance
 ACTE will have a well laid LAN that provides maximum speed.

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ACTE business goals
 Increased employee productivity
 Reduced operation cost which will be measured in terms of Total Cost Ownership
Technical goals
 A well laid LAN with great network capacity and speed.
 An improved network security [1].
ACTE network design
Logical network design
In order to meet ACTE business objectives and goals, this report will go for a Cisco
SAFE type of logical design. This is a type of architecture that uses Cisco security framework
commonly known as SCF. This type of logical design maximizes on control and visibility which
is very a very important aspect of network security. Cisco SAFE type of architecture is also
aimed in ensuring service, network availability, and business continuity. Figure one below shows
the Cisco SAFE blueprint. The WAN edge will be used to connect the remote offices. Some of
the features of WAN module is to ensure user segmentation, data integrity, confidentiality, and
integrity [2].

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Figure 1: SAFE design blueprint
The main components which will be used for internet connectivity
 Edge routers
 DMZ
 SMTP mail servers [3].
Physical network design
For this organization, this paper will go for a hierarchical physical network design. This
means that the physical network design will be divided into three layers which are the access
layer, core layer, and distribution layer. The access layer will be used to provide the organization
with access to the wide area network and to provide access to the organizational resources. The