LAN Network Design for IT College in Melbourne City

NETWORK DESIGN

Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2
Project scope...............................................................................................................................................2
Project hardware components......................................................................................................................2
Security...................................................................................................................................................5
Data backup.............................................................................................................................................5
Network diagram.........................................................................................................................................6
Network configuration.................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................8
References...................................................................................................................................................9

Introduction
This documentation is a proposal for LAN network design for an IT college that has recently
leased a building in the Melbourne city for offering IT courses. The IT College which contains
two buildings named building 1 and building 2. The distance between the buildings is 500
meters. The estimated number of users in the college is about 400, 300 users in the building one
while 100 users in building 2.Each building has a lobby where Wi-Fi access points are fixed to
provide wireless internet to the students. The IT College requires highly secured network to be
implemented and used in the school. Building one is divided into four computers labs while
building two is divided into three labs. Each computer lab is expected to a have a server for data
storage and IP phones for making calls [1].
Project scope
This project aims at designing a network for the IT a college that is located in Melbourne city.
The college is expecting a well-designed network that is highly secured and scalable that will be
used by students in their studies. The college that has two buildings and each building having a
lobby provided with secured wireless access point. 35 computers working stations will be set up
in each computers lab. All of the 35 computers will connected to the internet .Servers in each
computer will highly secured and backup to enhance high security of data [2]. The aim of the
project is to come up with scalable network design that will be implemented in the IT College.
Project hardware components
The type of component that are used in any given network depend on the organization
requirement and the type of topology to be used in any given network [3]. Type of data that will
be used in the network will also determine the network plan to be used. Datatype used in this
network will include reports, internet activities including websites. This makes the network to be
implemented in the college to have the following devices [4].
 Servers –This will be used for data storage.
 Computers-will be used as end devices in the network.
 Ethernet cables- for connection of network components together e,g switch and
computers.
 Fiber cables- used in connecting the server and switches.

Others include:-Other devices that were implemented in the network in network include:
 Switches
 Routers.
Devices such UPS will be used to control the shutting down process of electrical components
when there is power loss [5].
The following tables show the device that were used in the network.
Device name Description Supplier Number
of items
Amount per
item
T. price
Router
24 gigabit routers Ramo
sellers
1 $200 $700
Server  360 Power
edge Server
 10 tb
Aple sellers 7 $1000 $7000
RJ-45
connector
Connectors APP sellers 10pkt $10 $100
Printers
laser printers Dell Sellers 3 $900 $2700
48 & 24-
port switches
Cisco switches Cisco
Sellers
8 $200 $1600
Laptops
Hip Hp tech 3 $320 $960
Desktop
Computers
 Intel core I3
 8GB RAM
 320GB hard
Hp
computers
100 $200 $2000