Network Assessments and Re-Designing

Network Assessments and Re-Designing
NETWORK ASSESSMENTS AND RE-DESIGNING
By (Student’s names)
[Class Name]
[Professors Name]
[University Name]
[City and town where the university is located]
[Date]

Network Assessments and Re-Designing
Table of Contents
PART 1 - Executive summary.....................................................................................................................3
PART 2 - Network diagram.........................................................................................................................4
PART 3 – Sub-netting the network and assigning IP addresses to devices..................................................4
Subnetting................................................................................................................................................5
Sydney branch.....................................................................................................................................5
Melbourne branch................................................................................................................................6
Brisbane branch...................................................................................................................................7
Canberra branch...................................................................................................................................8
Adelaide branch...................................................................................................................................9
Hobart branch......................................................................................................................................9
PART 4 - Researching and sourcing appropriate devices..........................................................................12
Executive summary...............................................................................................................................12
Weighted Decision Matrix - hardware resource requirements analysis.................................................12
Budget...................................................................................................................................................14
PART 5 - Cloud computing proposal........................................................................................................14
To use desktop Environment provided by the Cloud service provider (such as Amazon).....................15
To use desktop environment provided by the private cloud infrastructure based in Sydney..................15
To Continue using workstations............................................................................................................16
Recommendations.................................................................................................................................16
Reference...................................................................................................................................................17

Network Assessments and Re-Designing
PART 1 - Executive summary
This is a report about an Australian data analytic company that deals with scientific analysis in
Australia and it is currently having network but the management team had requested the network
to be done assessments for it to be re-designed to allow the new network to be designed and
installed in order to accommodate the new branches of the company that had been opened and
thus requiring to be fitted with new network equipments.
This project is done with a purpose of designing the new network, allocating the IP address to the
network subnets and computation of the estimated budgets for the new network installation and
implementation.
The project covers a wide scope where various activities are involved which includes sub-netting
then new networks branches where each branch is assigned a unique IP address, identifying the
network hardware devices to use in network installation, approximating the expected network’s
budget and also to analyze the various proposals for adopting the cloud computing and thus the
management will be able to prepare on the network installation process.
In this project there are various objectives that are aimed to be achieved which includes:
i. To provide the internet access to the company’s entire branches.
ii. To provide the wireless network access to the company’s branches local area
network.
iii. To provide the shared databases Facility.
iv. To provide the web-services to the network users and staffs.
v. To provide the back-up Fa cilities to the network users to backup data and
information.
vi. To provide the cloud computing services to the network users.

Network Assessments and Re-Designing
PART 2 - Network diagram
PART 3 – Sub-netting the network and assigning IP addresses to devices
The below table shows the number of the IP addresses that are required in the various network
subnets where each location is allocated the IP addresses depending on the number of work
stations.
Location Workstations WLAN addresses LAN ADDRESSES
Sydney 400x2 =30 =800
Melbourne 70 x2 =14 =140
Brisbane 150 x2 =14 =300
Canberra 50 x2 - =100
Adelaide 80 x2 - =160
Hobart 15 x2 - =30