Network Technology and Management: System Requirements and Network Layout for CAC

This proposal highlights the requirements required by CAC to assist the organization in planning the emerging communications and networking requirements. It includes system requirements, printer requirements, network layout, and alternative ISPs.

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Executive Summary
CAC is a small firm which specializes in marketing and advertising. The firm currently has
80 employees and it operates at level 10 and 11. Recently, the firm purchased a 4-storey
building to cater for its four departments.
This proposal will highlight some of the requirements required by CAC to assist the
organization in planning the emerging communications and networking requirements. This, in
turn, will help the organization in updating their current IT resources.

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Table of Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................2
Tables...............................................................................................................................................4
Introduction.....................................................................................................................................5
Part 1: System Requirements..........................................................................................................5
Activity 1: Computer System Planning form................................................................................5
Activity 2: Printer Requirements................................................................................................10
Activity 3: Network Layout for CAC requirements.....................................................................11
Activity 4: Alternative ISPs.........................................................................................................11
Activity 5: Internal services........................................................................................................12
Activity 6: Network planning form.............................................................................................12
Part 2: Installation..........................................................................................................................12
Activity 7: Sub-netting................................................................................................................12
Security measures..................................................................................................................13
Activity 8: Public and Private IP Address....................................................................................13
References.....................................................................................................................................14

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Tables
Table 1: Computer System Design department planning form.......................................................3
Table 2: Computer System HR/Accounting department planning form.........................................4
Table 3: Computer System marketing department planning form.................................................5
Table 4: Computer System Advertising department planning form...............................................6
Table 5: Computer System Sydney office planning form................................................................7
Table 6: Printers needed..................................................................................................................8
Table 7: ISP comparison.................................................................................................................10
Table 8: Network Planning Form...................................................................................................11
Table 9: Subnetting........................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
This proposal will have two major parts. Part one is gathering the system requirements
where six activities will be presented. Part two will be planning for installation. This part will
include planning for the physical and logical layout. The two fundamentals principles when
designing any network is to focus on the organization requirements and Security
Part 1: System Requirements
To start with, CAC is connected via fourteen switches of ten ports each. The users’
computers are towers with 2GB memory. All their user computers are running on Windows
seven. In this part, this proposal will highlight the computer requirements which will in a form
as shown in table one.
Activity 1: Computer System Planning form
Table 1: Computer System Design department planning form
Department Design
Location Brisbane
Component Recommendation
Processor AMD Sempron Processor
Speed: 2.0 GHz
Manufacturer: Sempron based in India
Memory Type: DDR2 RAM
Size: 2 GB
Hard drive Type: SATA hard drive
Size: 160GB
Manufacturer: Seagate Technology
(Gardner, 2016)
CD-ROM Type: SATA CD-ROM
Drive speed of 1* CD-ROM
Maximum rate of Data transfer of 150KB/sec.
RPMs need to be 200-530 minutes (Claise &
Wolter, 2014)
USB Ports 2 USB ports in front of the system unit and 4
at the back
Video Card Manufactured by PowerColor
Model: Radeon R7 240
Video RAM: 2GB
Sound Card Manufacturer: ASUS, Aztec Lab, Intel
Frequency: 192kHz
Model:
Modem External DSL modem
Speed: 10 megabits per second
Model: DSL

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Network Card Manufactured by TP-Link, Atheros
Ethernet network card with both 10Base2
connector for twisted pair and coaxial cable
Operating System All the user computer need to run windows 7
professional service 2 with the 64-bit version
Monitor HP monitors
Size: 14-inch to 20.5-inch LCD displays
Resolution: 1024 by 768 @ 60 hertz (native
resolution)
Printer Epson WorkForce WF-7610
Speaker Manufactured by Cemex, Philips, Sony
Internet connection All the user computer need to be connected
to the internet via Ethernet RJ45 port
Table 2: Computer System HR/Accounting department planning form
Department HR/Accounting
Location Brisbane
Component Recommendation
Processor Intel I core X-Series
Speed: 2.0 GHz
Manufacturer: Intel Celeron
Memory Type: DDR2 RAM
Size: 2 GB
Hard drive Type: SATA hard drive
Size: 500GB
Manufacturer: Seagate Technology
CD-ROM Type: SATA CD-ROM
Drive speed of 2* CD-ROM
The maximum rate of Data transfer of
300KB/sec.
RPMs need to be 400-1060 minutes (Hussain
& Hussain, 2003)
USB Ports 2 USB ports in front of the system unit and 4
at the back
Video Card Manufactured by Zotac
Model: Radeon R7 240
Video RAM: 3GB
Sound Card Manufacturer: Aztec Lab, Intel
Frequency: 192kHz
Model: Aztec model
Modem Internal DSL modem
Speed: 20 megabits per second
Model: DSL

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Network Card Manufactured by Atheros
Ethernet network card with both 10Base2
connector for twisted pair
Operating System All the user computer need to run windows 7
professional service 2 with 64-bit version
(Microsoft, 2017) (SeagateTechnologyInc.,
2016)
Monitor HP monitors
Size: 14-inch to 20.5-inch LCD displays
Resolution: 1024 by 768 @ 60 hertz (native
resolution)
Printer HP LaserJet P4015N
Speaker Manufactured by Philips
Internet connection All the user computer need to be connected
to the internet via Ethernet RJ45 port
Table 3: Computer System marketing department planning form
Department Marketing
Location Brisbane
Component Recommendation
Processor Inter i Core 7
Speed: 3.0 GHz
Manufacturer: Intel
Memory Type: DDR4 RAM
Size: 4 GB
Hard drive Type: SATA hard drive
Size: 500GB
Manufacturer: Seagate Technology
CD-ROM Type: SATA CD-ROM
Drive speed of 4* CD-ROM
The maximum rate of Data transfer of
600KB/sec.
RPMs need to be 800-2120 minutes
USB Ports 2 USB ports in front of the system unit and 4
at the back
Video Card Manufactured by EVAGA corporation
Model: Radeon R7 240
Video RAM: 3GB (Kurose & Ross, 2016)
Sound Card Manufacturer: Intel
Frequency: 192kHz
Model: Intel model
Modem External DSL modem
Speed: 20 megabits per second

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Model: DSL (Rich, 2016)
Network Card Manufactured by TP-Link
Ethernet network card with both 10Base2
connector for twisted pair and coaxial cable
Operating System All the user computer need to run windows 7
professional service 2 with 64-bit version
Monitor HP monitors
Size: 14-inch to 20.5-inch LCD displays
Resolution: 1024 by 768 @ 60 hertz (native
resolution)
Printer HP Printer LaserJet 400 M401
Speaker Manufactured by Cemex, Philips, Sony
Internet connection All the user computer need to be connected
to the internet via Ethernet RJ45 port (Wang,
2004)
Table 4: Computer System Advertising department planning form
Department Advertising
Location Brisbane
Component Recommendation
Processor Intel Celeron Processor
Speed: 3.0 GHz
Manufacturer: Intel Ceron
Memory Type: DDR4 RAM
Size: 3 GB
Hard drive Type: SATA hard drive
Size: 1TB
Manufacturer: Seagate Technology
CD-ROM Type: SATA CD-ROM
Drive speed of 4* CD-ROM
The maximum rate of Data transfer of
6000KB/sec.
RPMs need to be 800-2120 minutes
USB Ports 2 USB ports in front of the system unit and 4
at the back
Video Card Manufactured by Zotac
Model: Radeon R7 240
Video RAM: 2GB
Sound Card Manufacturer: ASUS, Aztec Lab, Intel
Frequency: 192kHz
Model:
Modem External DSL modem
Speed: 10 megabits per second

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Model: DSL
Network Card Manufactured by Atheros
Ethernet network card with both 10Base2
connector for twisted pair and coaxial cable
Operating System All the user computer need to run windows 7
professional service 2 with 64-bit version
Monitor HP monitors
Size: 14-inch to 20.5-inch LCD displays
Resolution: 1024 by 768 @ 60 hertz (native
resolution)
Printer Epson L485 Multifunction Inkjet
Speaker Manufactured by Cemex, Philips, Sony
Internet connection All the user computer need to be connected
to the internet via Ethernet RJ45 port
Table 5: Computer System Sydney office planning form
Department Sydney Office
Location Sydney Office
Component Recommendation
Processor AMD Sempron Processor
Speed: 2.0 GHz
Manufacturer: Sempron based in India
Memory Type: DDR2 RAM
Size: 2 GB
Hard drive Type: SATA hard drive
Size: 160GB
Manufacturer: Seagate Technology
CD-ROM Type: SATA CD-ROM
Drive speed of 2* CD-ROM
The maximum rate of Data transfer of
300KB/sec.
RPMs need to be 400-1060 minutes
USB Ports 2 USB ports in front of the system unit and 4
at the back
Video Card Manufactured by EVAGA corporation
Model: Radeon R7 240
Video RAM: 2GB
Sound Card Manufacturer: Intel
Frequency: 292kHz
Modem External DSL modem
Speed: 10 megabits per second
Model: DSL

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Network Card Manufactured by Atheros
Ethernet network card with both 10Base2
connector for twisted pair and coaxial cable
Operating System All the user computer need to running
windows 7 professional service 2 with 64-bit
version
Monitor HP monitors
Size: 14-inch to 20.5-inch LCD displays
Resolution: 1024 by 768 @ 60 hertz (native
resolution)
Printer HP LaserJet Pro M1213nf Multifunction
Printer
Speaker Manufactured by Cemex, Philips, Sony
Internet connection All the user computer need to be connected
to the internet via Ethernet RJ45 port (Young,
2013)
Activity 2: Printer Requirements
Before buying a printer in an organization it is important to first determine the
organization printing needs. For CAC organization needs both color and black and white printer.
The following table highlights the type of printer need in each department and the location
Table 6: Printers needed
Type of Printer Description Department Location
Epson L850 series Model: C11CE31501 Marketing Brisbane
Epson WorkForce WF-
7610
Model: C11CC98201
ISO Print Speed: Black 18
ISO ppm
Design and
photography
Brisbane
Epson L485 Multifunction
Inkjet
Print resolution: 5760 BY
1440 DPI
Print speed black 33 PPM
Printer Speed Color 15
PPM
Scanner Type: Flatbed
(Garrigues & Ramirez,
2010)
Advertising Brisbane
HP LaserJet P4015N Connectivity: RJ45 and USB
2.0
Black Print Speed: 52
Manufacturer: HP
HR an Finance Brisbane
HP LaserJet Pro M1213nf
Multifunction Printer
Scanner type printer (3 in
1: Scanner, printing, and
photocopying)
Printer type: Black and
Sydney Office Sydney

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White
Paper: Size: A4 (Tello,
2003)
Activity 3: Network Layout for CAC requirements
Network physical layout captures how network physical devices are laid. Each user
computer as shown by the diagram below is connected to the switch, where the switch is
connect to a server and a server is connected to a router then to the firewall and then to the
ISP. Figure one shows the physical network layout (Blanc & Cotton, 2013)
Figure 1: Physical Network Layout
Activity 4: Alternative ISPs
In Australia, there are over ten Internet Service providers. TPG is one of the best ISP
providers In Australia. The company has positioned itself for over ten years. The company is one
of internet powerhouse which is built on a large tract of internet infrastructure across Australia.
TPG currently have three-speed plans which are NBN 100, NBN 50, and NBN 12. All the TPG
plans have unlimited data. iiNET is another ISP in Australia which has what the company calls
iiNet Limitless data internet plan. The following table compares the two ISP and its associated
cost (AustralianCommunicationsAuthority, 2004)
Table 7: ISP comparison
Name of the ISP Internet plan offered Cost
TPG TPG NBN 50 plans (unlimited
data)
$69.99 per month
TPG ADSL plans (500 G Data) $49.99 per month

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iiNet iiNet NBN 50 plans (unlimited
data)
$89.99 per month
iiNet ADSL plan (500 GB data) $79.99 per month
Activity 5: Internal services
CAC organization need to have both managed services which are provided by an
external organization and internal services which are managed by CAC personnel. Some of the
internal services that can be provided by the organization are proactive and monitoring
maintenance. This a service that CAC can implement to monitor its network 24/7 and the CAC
upper management is notified immediately in case potential problems comes up. The
organization need also to budget for upcoming technology and prepare a comprehensive
report. Other services that can be provided internally are computer repair, repair a range of
peripherals devices example scanners, mice, and keyboards. Restoring computer systems and
windows registry and clipping those worn-out cables (Kurose & Ross, 2016).
Activity 6: Network planning form
Table 8: Network Planning Form
Are Wired connections required Yes. RJ45 type of connection. Each floor
requires to have wired 100 wired outlets for
scalability purposes.
Are wireless connections required Yes. TP-Link type of access points
Wireless standard 802.11ac type of wireless standard: provides
the best signal range (Gandal, 2008).
Firewall Yes. To protect the organization LAN from
attacks, CISCO types of firewalls
ISP connectivity Yes iiNet ADSL plan
Internal or external modem required External wireless modems
Cables required Yes. Cat 5e type of cabling required
Battery back-up required Yes: 4 ports APC UPS
Part 2: Installation
After selecting all the physical devices required in Part one, this part shows the
installation of the devices. This will include things like subnetting, naming, data flow, and some
of the security measures. This part will also explain how CAC can use both public and private IP
address to provide security of its files and resources.
Activity 7: Sub-netting
Table 9: Subnetting
Network
address
Slash
Notation
First Usable
IP address
Last Usable IP
address
Broadcast
Address
Location

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192.168.0.0 /24 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.25
4
192.168.0.255 Marketing
192.168.0.0 /24 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.25
4
192.168.1.255 Advertising
192.168.0.0 /24 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.25
4
192.168.2.255 Design
192.168.0.0 /24 192.168.3.1 192.168.3.25
4
192.168.3.255 HR/Accounting
192.168.0.0 /24 192.168.4.1 192.168.4.25
4
192.168.4.255 Office at Sydney
Device IP address Subnet mask Default Gateway
Router at Brisbane 192.168.5.5 255.255.255.0 192.168.5.1
Manageable Switch 1 (1st
Floor)
192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.2
Manageable Switch 2 (2nd
Floor)
192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.2
Manageable Switch 1 (3rd
Floor)
192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.2
Manageable Switch 1 (4th
Floor)
192.168.3.1 255.255.255.0 192.168.3.3
Security measures
To boost the organization network security, the organization need to implement some
measures. First, the organization need to install Kaspersky’s anti-virus in all of their computer
systems. With this, the organization will be able to detect any form of malware attacks which
may intrude computer systems. The organization needs to have both network-based and Host-
based Intrusion detection systems (Orchier, 2000). The Host-based intrusion detection system
can be installed in the organization server. The organization needs also to install Vulnerabilities
scanners to always detect any form of organizational network weaknesses (Kurose & Ross,
2009).
Activity 8: Public and Private IP Address
Public Internet Protocol is a type of IP address which can be accessed over the wide area
network. It is a global IP address which is assigned to a certain device. Private IP address, on the
other hand, is used to assign devices within organization computing space. For this case, CAC
can use both public and private IP address to address the concern of file and resources security.
Example the organization can assign the router provided by the ISP with a public IP address; in
this case, the ISP router provided to CAC is assigned public IP address but for the other devices
within the organization are assigned private IP address through DHCP protocol. With this, the
organization will be able to protect its files and resources.

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