Wireless Proposal

This proposal aims to set up a high-quality, secure, and reliable Wi-Fi network for an education institute. It includes details about the project, proposed solution, client organization, and project background.

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Education Institute Wi-Fi Improvement Project
Unit Name: Advanced Wireless Networking
Unit Code: NIT6110
Submitted
To
Co-Ordinator: Dr Khandakar Ahmed
Group Members
Name: Reyad Hossain
ID: 4587347
Name: Amandeep Kaur Gill
ID: 4581652
Name: Shravya Kankanala
ID: 4580503
Name:
ID:
DATE:

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Executive summary
The University of Footscray commonly known as UF is one of the leading universities in
higher education in Australia. The university has more than twenty thousand students in its four
campus which are spread across Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney. The major aim of this project is
to set-up a wireless network which allows one to manage all the operations within the university
such as storage, communications, and data transfer. This will enable the university to full its
business needs as the students can be able to access the internet from their phones, tabs or even
computer anywhere within the university. In addition to this, the Wi-Fi network will enable the
organization employees in sharing of files and folders. This project is aimed at setting up a Wi-
Fi network which is of high quality, secure, and reliable not only for the university staff but also
for all the students. To accomplish the three requirements, this project will set new access points
in the 12 main buildings and two access points in the student activity centers such as a
playground, food counts, gym, and in the entertainment rooms. In addition to this to the new
buildings which were opened in 2016, this paper will highlight how to provide Wi-Fi
connections to the buildings by setting up both outdoor and indoor Wi-Fi networks. This will
facilitate access to university online services and access to the internet.
Keywords: AP, Wi-Fi, Routers, Switches

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Table of Contents
Executive summary.....................................................................................................................................2
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................4
Purpose of this project plan.....................................................................................................................6
More Details about the project & ways to solve problems.......................................................................6
More Details Proposed solution...............................................................................................................7
Client organization and Project background................................................................................................9
Overview of the University.....................................................................................................................9
Staff and management use network facilities and services:...............................................................10
Configuring ACE1200 Dual Band WiFi Range Extender......................................................................11
Current Network and its capabilities..........................................................................................................11
Limitations with the current wireless network...........................................................................................14
Basic requirements for proposed solution implementation........................................................................14
Dlink Routers....................................................................................................................................17
Wireless client configuration.............................................................................................................18
Wireless network security requirements............................................................................................19
Proposed WLAN Design...................................................................................................................20
Specifications of the connectivity section..........................................................................................21
WLAN standard.................................................................................................................................21
Routers or Access controllers (AC) used...........................................................................................22
Access points used.............................................................................................................................22
WLAN Roaming...............................................................................................................................22
System features..................................................................................................................................23
Security Section.................................................................................................................................24
Management Section.........................................................................................................................24
Designing of new WLAN architecture..............................................................................................25
The Schedule of New WLAN Design Project...................................................................................30
Work Breakdown Structure...............................................................................................................31
Resource Management Plan......................................................................................................................33
Personal resource management..........................................................................................................33
Budget and cost plan..........................................................................................................................33

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Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................34
Benefits of new WLAN design..........................................................................................................35
Limitations in the proposed Design...................................................................................................35
Bibliography..............................................................................................................................................36
List of Figures
Figure 1: Proposed WLAN diagram................................................................................................3
Figure 2: WLAN Roaming..............................................................................................................5
Figure 3: Proposed Network............................................................................................................7
Figure 4: Switch Configuration.......................................................................................................8
Figure 5: Router configuration........................................................................................................9
Figure 6: Router and switch connectivity......................................................................................10
Figure 7: Adding a network interface to router configuration.......................................................11
Figure 8: Ping the router................................................................................................................11
Figure 9: Work Breakdown Structure............................................................................................13
Figure 10: Schedule of the network...............................................................................................14

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Introduction
The report is prepared for an education institution for improvement of wireless
connectivity across the campus and enable the student to connect their wireless device with the
university network. For the development of the network solution the number of wireless users is
needed to be identified and the location of the placement of the wireless access point is needed to
be identified. The building floor plan is needed to be analyzed for increasing the area of
coverage and overlapping the wireless signal for enabling migration of users from one access
point to another and improvement of the performance of the network. The Most organizations
are moving away from a wired network to a wireless type of network. It has also become very
popular in the current computing industry as well as in people’s daily life. As technology is
updating day by day. Now wireless technology took over the scenario from wired one. As
wireless technology enables users to freely move in the network area without any disruption of
internet connection. The wireless network exists into two modes which are infrastructure and ad-
hoc. In ad-hoc mode, each and every client communicate directly to the other clients. The only
consideration made here are the clients within a certain transmission range. 1The other mode is
the infrastructure mode which is a type of mode where there is a need for an access point. This
1 S. Anandamurugan and P. S. Nandhini, Wireless networks by S Anandamurugan, New
York: Nova Science Publishers, 2016.

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Wi-Fi network proposal is purely infrastructure mode and for the deployment of this wireless
network, planning is very important.
Terms and Definitions
The table below defines some the terms used in this plan
Table 1: Terms and definitions
Term Definition
SSID Service Set Identifier
VPN Virtual Private Network
AP Access Point
WAP Wireless Access Point
WEP Wireless Encryption Protocol
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
BYOD Bring Your Own Device
Purpose of this project plan
The major aim of this project is to set-up a wireless network for UF University. This will
proper management of the organization’s operations within the university such as storage, data
transfer, and communications. In addition to this, it will enable the students and the staff to have
access to the internet and at the same time enable the transfer of folders and files.
More Details about the project & ways to solve problems
This project is about upgrading the current wireless network. The three major issues
which will be solved are quality, security, and reliability of the network. In order to achieve this
project will go for infrastructure mode where each client computer or a phone sends its
information via an access point or a central station. In here the access point acts as an Ethernet

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ridge which is used to forward communications onto the appropriate network which is either
wireless or wired network.
One of the reasons as to why the University needs to go for this mode is that it offers the
advantage of scalability, an improved reach, and centralized security management. In addition to
a wireless network, one can connect to resources on the current wired network in the University.
Also, infrastructure mode is more long-lasting and more permanent as compared to an ad-hoc
method of connection.
To carry wireless network upgrade for the organization this project will kick off by
requirements gathering. In here the organization will discuss requirements with all the university
stakeholders so as to analyze the current wireless network. This will help in analyzing the
capabilities of the internal organization network. It will also help in figuring out a type of dual
band APs which will be needed. For this case, the university needs to go for 5 GHz which have
the capabilities to support 802.11b and 802.11ac standard.
Second, this project will go ahead to perform what I would refer to as Wi-Fi site design.
This will help in estimating the number of access points needed and where they need to be
placed. In addition to a site survey, it will help in finalizing Wi-Fi report design with all the
support equipment needed. Also, it will help the university in budget allocation and confirming
with network engineers of the timeline needed.
Third, this project will show how to go about installation and configuration of the various
equipment and documenting of a built network. Fourth, this project will highlight to training all
the stakeholders on how to operate the various Wi-Fi equipment; how to connect to the internet.
It is at this stage where whole documentation of the equipment configuration and network
settings is done and uses case testing before rolling out the project.

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More Details Proposed solution
To start with some of the following indicates some of the equipment which is needed to
accomplish this type of design. A manageable network switch. This is a type of equipment which
is used to supply internet to all the wireless devices. Another equipment which is needed is a
Wireless LAN controller. 2This is an access point manager which is mounted onto server rack. It
acts wireless network set-up brain. The controller usually informs all the Access Points the
settings that they need to have at a given time. This is done so as not to disrupt the overall
wireless infrastructure. Power of Ethernet (PoE) is another equipment which is needed; it allows
AP device to receive power and data while at the same time sending internet to the AP. A
firewall is another gadget needed here; this device helps in protecting organization networks
from unauthorized access from or from a network. In this case, it needs to be software based.
3Netgear type of Wireless router is also needed in this proposed solution. This type of
router will be installed within the corridors of the organization; this will help university staff in
accessing the internet and to the organization network resources. This wireless router needs to be
1.7GHz and must be of high performance. In addition, AC1750 Dual Band Gigabit Wi-Fi Router
which has an AiMesh. With this type of router, it will offer smooth streaming with a 2.4 GHz of
2 T. Wysocki, A. Dadej and B. J. Wysocki, Advanced wired and wireless networks by
Tadeusz Wysocki, New York: Springer, 2016.
3 P. Chandra, Wireless networking, New York: New York Press, 2013.

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up to a speed of 450Mpbs and up to 1300Mbps. It also has an optimized Wi-Fi range which has
high-power antennas that offer better coverage. It also offers parental controls which are able to
restrict and monitor internet activity for any given user. This gadget also offers an improved
safety with what network engineers refer to as triple-strength network security which is powered
by Trend Micro TM. In addition to this one has the capability of performing basic tasks such as
file downloading and web browsing with ease. In addition, the device enables multiple devices to
stream in HD to support heavy internet users.
4The last device which is needed in this case is a 5 GHz out TP-Link. The TP-link needs
to be 13dBi CPE510. This type of TP-Link supports up to 60-meter range. It also allows one to
reset the device remotely. In addition, the device has a centralized management application
which is ideal and flexible. The device also offers a point-to-point and point-to-multipoint and an
outdoor Wi-Fi coverage applications. This device is also coupled by a user-friendly design which
makes CPE510 type pf AP an ideal choice for both staff and students.
Client organization and Project background
Overview of the University
The University of the Footscary (UF) is a University which is based in Australia.
Currently, the university enrolls more than twenty thousand which is spread across four
4 J. Matthews, Computer Networking : Internet protocols in action, 1st ed., New York:
Springer, 2007.

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campuses located across three cities which are Sydney, Perth, and Melbourne. The institution is a
one-sector institution which provides courses in higher education only.
In 2016 the university opened two new buildings to accommodate five hundred students.
Each and new every building has six levels where each and every level has fifteen to twenty-five
rooms. All the university would wish to provide Wi-Fi for all its students at no fee.
Staff and management use network facilities and services:
The very first step the user is to enter the enable mode where one enters the password by
entering the commands below in command line windows
Router> enable
Password: pass
Router#
The second step is entering the global configuration mode using the commands
Router# configure terminal
Router (config)#
The third step is changing the name of the router to a meaningful name using the commands
Router (config)# hostname VG224
Router (config)#
The fourth step is entering the secret password using the command
Router (config)# enable secret123
The last part is entering the line configuration mode so as to configure the console port using the
commands shown below
Router (config) # line con 0
Router (config-line)# exec-timeout 00

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Router (config-line)# exit
Router (config)#
Nano station M2 configuration
Configuring nano station take the following steps
 First is making sure that the host machine is connected through the Ethernet to the Nano
station M2 device
 Second is configuring the host machine with a static IP address with 192.168.1.101
 Launching the nano station onto the browser by typing 912.168.1.20 on the browser
 Using ubnt as the username and password entry into the browser page
 Clicking the tab wireless as choosing Access point mode
Configuring ACE1200 Dual Band WiFi Range Extender
 Connecting the antennas
 Connect the client device using the LED device extender
 Log in to the device via the browser using username admin and password.
 Go to set-up, then wireless settings
 Enter SSID and password network key and click apply [1]
Current Network and its capabilities
To start with the current wireless access points are of type Cisco which is located in
Melbourne campus. This cannot accommodate the ever-growing student population. In addition,

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the organization plan to set-up twelve main buildings and two student activity centers which
have to include food counts, gym, entertainment rooms, and playground. In addition, the wireless
network need to support the new 802.11ac standard.
The current network is just a simple network described by the block diagram below
Figure 1: Wireless network block diagram
From the diagram, all the organization APs with 802.3 standards are connected to the
internet with no router nor a manageable switch. In addition, as shown in the diagram, there is no
firewall located between the organization network and the internet.
Some of the wireless Implementation issues with the current wireless network
To start with since the inception of the internet, we have experienced a lot of changes in
how technology is used. Today technology is being accessed from anywhere through wireless. In
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One of the implementations of wireless issues is the physical connectivity. First, some of
the university buildings are old. This, in turn, raises the limitation of wireless signal particularly
in those offices located on ground floors or in the basement areas. In addition, this wireless
implementation issue has not affected the adoption of the current wireless standard [2] .
Security is another concern with current wireless network infrastructure. The network is
prone to the two broad categories, which are passive and active attacks. Some of the passive
attacks are traffic analysis and Eavesdropping. Other active attacks prone to the current network
are; rely on, denial of service, and masquerade. Masquerade type of attacks usually occurs when
an organization or an entity pretends to be another entity or an individual. Rely type of attacks on
wireless network results to unwanted access. Modification attacks is another type of attack prone
to the current wireless network and it results in modification of any message sent within the
organization network. Spoofing or eavesdropping type of attacks resulted due to lack of firewall;
is when an attacker tries to access a certain transmission illegally on the organization network.
Traffic analysis attacks on the organization network is an attack, which results in the discovery
of identity and location of the communication hosts. All these security attacks have affected over
90 percent of the university wireless network as it has not implanted the required wireless
standard.
Third implementation issue with the current wireless network is a result of an old
university building. Unless the university builds an office with high tech walls, windows, and
spy-proof then the surrounding staff members and students will not be in a position to intercept
the organization wireless signal. If the university was to do this, it means wireless network
installation would be very high.

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Limitations with the current wireless network
Users using the current wireless network are facing very slow internet connection due to
the limited number of APs and poor design. In addition, there is an incorrect Antenna
configuration. All the APs are positioned on the same plane thus offer very poor internet
coverage. Hardware issues are another main contributing factor due to poor wireless network
performance; example the university is having outdated firmware.
Basic requirements for proposed solution implementation
From this paper, it is evident that wireless networks lots of benefits. Nevertheless,
wireless networks have serious limitations. UF University ought to give serious considerations to
these limitations when implementing this proposed design. First, for implementation of this
proposal, the university cost is paramount. As highlighted in part one, lots of devices are needed
if the university is to achieve its goal. The estimated cost of implementation of the proposed
solution is about five hundred thousand dollars. In addition, any of 802.11 g wireless router is
estimated to go for $25 to around $125. Also, wireless networks require constant upgrade due to
dynamic wireless standards which are associated to cost. Second, by opening wireless networks
it reduces the university management control in two ways. First, it makes it easy for university
employees to connect to the internet with their own non-sanctioned devices such as phones,
ipads, and tablets thus able to perform non-work related activities.
Third, after the implementation of the current wireless network set-up, it allows the
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their staff when they need them; it becomes difficult to monitor the activities of the university
staff during casual management interactions and workday. Third, the fear of unauthorized users
is one of the major concern with the wireless network; this forces the university to secure the
university network using passwords as any unauthorized person can have access to the internet
besides students and staff. This, in turn, might lock out some of the students and staff from
accessing the Wi-Fi network.
When wireless network signals are transferred they are blocked by certain obstacles such
as gates, human beings, and walls. In addition, the strength of wireless signals depends upon the
location of the AP, if a student or a staff member is close to the AP then they are able to receive
the signal. When students and staff members are spread throughout the university to access the
wireless network at the same time, then they cannot access the signal as the signal strength varies
from location to location. This means it is impossible for the whole staff and the students to
access the wireless signal at the same time. Also, wireless signals can be hindered by other
electronic devices like electronic devices, the height from the ground, and the rate of frequency.
5Other requirements for wireless network implementation are throughput; where the
medium access control commonly known as MAC ought to be made possible for the university
wireless medium to maximize its capacity. In addition, the wireless nodes need to support lots of
nodes across multiple cells. Another requirement is that the university needs to have a wired
backbone LAN is required. For the organization wireless infrastructure, it is easily accomplished
5 A. Elahi and M. Elahi, "Data, network, and Internet communications technology,"
Virtual Networks, vol. III, no. 2, 2006.

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through the use of control modules which connect to the university LAN. The MAC protocol
which will be used ought to enable the movement of mobile stations; i.e the mobile stations
ought to move from one cell to another. Lastly, the wireless network ought to be self-healing that
is it ought to be continuously available and on, self-defending; it should protect all the users
within the university, self-aware that is driving change via insight into network activity, and self-
optimizing that is adapting to the changing university needs. Also, the wireless network must be
ready to scale over time so as to meet the changing demands of the organization. In addition, the
wireless network platform which is to be deployed ought to offer the very best longevity in
future; it also ought to reduce operational complexity where during design one can use a
centralized controller with open APIs this allowing very fast and lower-risk deployment of the
wireless network services and devices.
Additional Capabilities Required by Client
Wireless network adapters
6This device is also known as Wireless NICs or what network engineer refer to as
wireless network cards. This is a device which is required for each user computer on the
education wireless network. All organization desktops, laptops, smartphones, and tablets must
have a built-in capability of accessing the organization wireless network. For the order desktops
and laptops in the education institution, add-on adapters ought to be purchased and they are
available for online purchase in Amazon or PCMCIA using credit cards .
6 J. F. Kurose and K. W. Ross, Computer networking: a top-down approach, 3rd ed.,
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Dlink Routers
7Dlink routers (DIR-882) are the heart of a wireless network. According to network
engineers, they function just like wired routers but they wireless capabilities. Dlink wireless
routers have the current 802.11ac standard which is able to deliver responsive online gaming and
video streaming. With DIR-882, the device is able to deliver speeds up to 2,533 Mbps. In
addition, the device very high-speed antennas which are able to deliver a maximum range around
the office. To monitor the organization network, the institution needs to go for DIR-605L which
ought to be installed between the organization firewall and switch. The router also offers N300
technology; this is a technology which has reliable coverage for everyday web activities .
7 J. M. Kizza, Computer Network Security by Joseph Migga Kizza, MA Springer
Science+Business Media, Inc., 2005.

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Wireless client configuration
8When planning to set-up the wireless network it is important to consider client
configuration. In here one must first install all the wireless adapters for those user computers that
do not have. Second, the network support engineer must determine whether all the wireless
computers are using the same version of windows or not or the organization is using a mixture of
operating systems. Third, the network engineer ought to determine whether all the user computer
supports WPA2 and AES. Forth, the network engineer ought to find ought if all the wireless
users in the institution will use the same level of access for the wireless network. In here the
network engineer ought not to put students and staff on the same level of wireless access. In
addition, the network engineer needs to define certain days and hours where certain groups are
permitted to access the wireless network. Lastly, the network engineer needs to determine the
methods that they want users’ computer to join the organization domain using two methods.
First, connecting the user computer on to a segment of the organization wired network which is
not protected by 802.1X and then joining onto the domain. Lastly, is providing the wireless users
with settings and steps which they will require to join into the domain and assigning the
institution.
8 B. A. Forouzan and F. Mosharraf, Computer networks: a top-down approach, 2012.

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Wireless network security requirements
When considering to secure any wireless network BYOD ought to be the top
consideration when determining how best to secure an education institution network. By losing
control over the devices brought into an organization network requires a new layer of security
between the wireless network and a foreign end device. First, the network engineer is required to
separate the guest users and the internal users. The network engineer to make sure that they
completely sets-up the guest network by offering the best way to safely bring on board guest
users on the wireless network. Second is implementing the WPA2 security protocol. This
security standard is able to bring the necessary security requirements which are found in 802.11i
IEEE security specification.
Third, the network engineer to physically secure the organization Access Points and they must be
deployed in areas where they are inaccessible by people. This is done so as to prevent against
theft. In addition, the network engineer ought to use unique passwords to avoid hacking.
Third, is to limit the wireless network signal. The goal of the network engineer is to
provide sufficient WiFi signal strength. It is also important to install wireless intrusion
prevention systems which are able to monitor any wireless related attacks. In here the network
engineer needs to use techniques such as packet floods, malicious broadcasts, and AP spoofing.
Lastly, is employing the use of mobile device management so as to better manage BYOD
devices. With mobile management, the network engineer is able to quarantine devices which do
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Proposed WLAN Design
As technology can be accessed from anywhere through wireless links. So, high-speed
internet connectivity is in great demand. But in the campus area, there exists a simple network,
and all the wireless access points (AP) follow the outdated IEEE 802.11n wireless local area
network standards. There also exists an issue of interoperability of the equipment which is
already installed in the Footscray university campus. Hence in order to keep the momentum
going, the standards need to be updated to deliver high-speed network connectivity and the
interoperability between the different types of equipment used in the establishment of wireless
LAN (Lindsey, 2002). Hence designing a new wireless network, there is a need for updated
standards to be implemented. Also, the proposed WLAN system should be from a single vendor
for ease of operability between different types of equipment. The proposed system has the
following features:
 The whole system is from a single vendor that is Cisco.
 All the equipment has the ability to support 802.11ac 5GHz MIMO wireless
standard.
 Support older 802.11 series wireless standard.
 System has a centralized controller and management system.
 3x3:3 MIMO Access points are used.
 Response matrix setup of APs all over the campus.
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 Routers get connected to APs as well as switches also for providing wired support
(Ji, 2017).
Figure 1: Proposed WLAN diagram
Specifications of the connectivity section
WLAN standard
For faster Wi-Fi performance in the campus, here is a proposal of the WLAN design. The
IEEE standard 802.11ac should be implemented. As 802.11ac is a super operated version of
802.11 standards and deliver multiple times high speed starting from 430 Mbps to several
Gigabits per second speed (Mitchell, 2018).
As compared to 802.11ac standard, 802.11n technology only supports four spatial
streams and the channel width of 40MHz whereas eight special streams are utilized by 802.11ac
with a central channel width of 80MHz. As 802.11ac operates in 5GHz bandwidth as compared
to other standards which operate in 2.4GHz bandwidth only. Hence the proposed WLAN design
components like access points, routers, repeaters, and antennas should utilize 802.11ac standard
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Routers or Access controllers (AC) used
For the campus area, routers of D-link and Netgear which supports dual-band with
combined multiple in multiple out (MIMO) and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
(OFDM) technology with a rating of 802.11ac is used. This scalable version will provide all the
students as well as staff members better internet connectivity as compared to the previous
network. In these routers, the operability frequency of 5GHz provides 23 free channels. Hence
maximum gain from bandwidth can be achieved by these routers (Mehta, 2015).
Access points used
As the access points in the campus arena are connected to the router through a wired
medium. Hence the access points supporting high-speed Ethernet cable should be implemented
so to provide the wireless connectivity with great speed to staff members and students of the
university. Also, the AP’s of the campus and hostel arena should be rated of 802.11ac which is
defined in a proposed matrix throughout the Footscray university. Auto channel selection, an
omnidirectional antenna and distributed intelligence for channel distribution to the students are
mandatory requirements in APs (Chen, 2018).
WLAN Roaming
In the campus arena, for better connectivity, while moving from one point to another,
handoffs between different APs must be specified when the user’s mobile or laptop roam from
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Figure 2: WLAN Roaming
System features
 VLAN and policy support: The wireless routers and APs of the new system must provide
IEEE 802.1 q VLAN support. This can be done by changing the routing protocols of existing
routers or the user’s network configuration. The proposed WLAN is able to isolate the traffic
whether it is VLAN or other APs.
 Ethernet support: Access points and routers of this new system comply 802.3/10/100/1000
high-speed Ethernet support. As the access points are connected to the routers by wired
Ethernet, so special Ethernet has been used for ensuring high data rates.
 Scalability: The students are not to plug in the access points instead now they get the
automatic configuration for accessing network. This helps in better speed to them if any
technical issue will occur in their respective AP, then using another AP will not disrupt the
connection.
 IPv6 support: The router and AP of the university network also supports IP version 6 for
better operability as compared to the previous network.
 Traffic Management: Traffic tunnelling and a direct gateway to the specific AP can be done
by the Footscray university router. It supports a minimum of 30 students or staff’s devices to
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Security Section
 Encryption Security: The system routers exhibit WPA/WPA2 security encryption which
assures the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) and Advanced Encryption Standards
(AES).
 Authentication: The proposed WLAN system exhibits Medium access control MAC-based
authentication for protecting the campus system network from any unauthorized access by
any other person. RADIUS proxy functions are also available in the campus system network.
 Guest access control: The WLAN system of the university has the ability to filter out and
manage the guest users on the network using PSK technique of encryption (Hoffman, 2017).
Management Section
 The newly designed WLAN system provides a wireless management interface for overall
managing and maintaining the functions of the system. The overall network monitoring is
done by the monitoring control section.
 Visibility and management of access controllers and access points done from time to time.
 Web GUI is installed for the content management of the network in the campus arena.
 Visibility of WLAN users on the network is highly desirable like user name, IP address, mac
address, location, bandwidth usage etc.
 Visibility of radio frequency allocation to the devices through APs.
 Spectrum analyser
 Management of security reasons for Footscary University.

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Designing of new WLAN architecture
1. Design of network model is done by connecting the wireless access point to the router
through Ethernet cable. The switch and router are also connected to Ethernet cable. The
clients connected to wireless access points wirelessly and to the switch by cable medium.
The router is then connected to the modem (modulation and demodulation) and modem to
internet server cloud.
Figure 3: Proposed Network
2. Configuration for the switch: Configuration of the switch is done by enabling the port of the
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Figure 4: Switch Configuration
3. Configuring the router: Configuration of the router is done by assigning a unique IP address
to the router. After adding the IP address to the port of the router, all ports are configured
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Figure 5: Router configuration
4. Connectivity of router to switch and APs: After configuring the routers, access points, and
switches, the IP address of switch and access points have to be entered in router’s routing
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Figure 6: Router and switch connectivity
5. Adding a network interface to router configuration: Adding network in router configuration
gives gateway address to the clients connected to access points and switches.

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Figure 7: Adding a network interface to router configuration
6. Ping the router to other devices: For ensuring the connectivity of the wireless access points
and switches to the routers, the ping command is fired with the IP address of the required
equipment.
Figure 8: Ping the router

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The Schedule of New WLAN Design Project
In scheduling the design of the new WLAN network in the Footscray University, the following
implementations have been done orderly:
 Firstly, the site of an existing network of the university has been visited. All the routers,
wireless access points, and their connectivity have been analysed.
 The main issue of slower internet connection has been analyzed so that the new design can be
made accordingly to meet the demands of internet connection in the arena.
 For the implementation of new design, one particular vendor has been decided to buy all the
equipment of the network.
 Proper selection of routers, wireless access points and switches for the WLAN system have
been chosen.
 The standard which meets the internet connection data rates should be taken.
 Deployment of these routers and wireless access points can be done and configured
accordingly all over the campus of Footscray University.
 Proper connectivity should be checked between the access points and routers.
 Before implementation, testing of each equipment and the overall system is done. If there is
any fault in equipment, then it should be replaced as soon as possible.
 After implementation, proper guidance and training would be provided to the students and
staff members for accessing the network and rules and regulations should be given to them.
 Security check and encryption would be done after implementing the network so to avoid any
unauthorized access.

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Work Breakdown Structure
Figure 9: Work Breakdown Structure

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ID Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
0 Network Design 35 days Mon 26-11-18Fri 11-01-19
1 1 Planning and
site visit
8 days Mon 26-11-18 Wed 05-12-18
2 1.1 Review of
older
installed
system
6 days Mon 26-11-18 Mon 03-12-18
3 1.1.1 Review the router configuration2 days Mon 26-11-18 Tue 27-11-18
4 1.1.2 Analyze connectivity & configuration of AP to router2 days Wed 28-11-18 Thu 29-11-18 3
5 1.1.3 Spectrum Analysis2 days Fri 30-11-18 Mon 03-12-18 4
6 1.2 Analyze the capacity and coverage2 days Fri 30-11-18 Mon 03-12-18 4
7 1.3 Physical barriers to the signals2 days Tue 04-12-18 Wed 05-12-18 6
8 1.4 Milestone 10 days Wed 05-12-18 Wed 05-12-18 7
9 2 Choose
vendor,
platform and
scope
4 days Thu 06-12-18 Tue 11-12-18
10 2.1 Best
vendor for
networking
equipment
4 days Thu 06-12-18 Tue 11-12-18
11 2.1.1 Compare specifications of routers for different vendors2 days Thu 06-12-18 Fri 07-12-18 8
12 2.1.2 Specification of access points2 days Mon 10-12-18 Tue 11-12-18 11
13 2.2 Mark location of access points2 days Mon 10-12-18 Tue 11-12-18 11
14 2.3 Milestone 20 days Tue 11-12-18 Tue 11-12-18 13
15 3 Deployment
of WLAN system
10 days Wed 12-12-18 Tue 25-12-18
16 3.1 Deployment of router2 days Wed 12-12-18 Thu 13-12-18 14
17 3.2 Deployment of Wireless Access points3 days Fri 14-12-18 Tue 18-12-18 16
18 3.3 Connectivity of all access points to routers3 days Wed 19-12-18 Fri 21-12-18 17
19 3.4 Configuration of all equipments2 days Mon 24-12-18 Tue 25-12-18 18
20 3.5 All laptop and system have wifi adapters2 days Mon 24-12-18 Tue 25-12-18 18
21 3.6 Milestone 30 days Tue 25-12-18 Tue 25-12-18 20
22 4 Demo of
system and
testing
9 days Wed 26-12-18 Mon 07-01-19
23 4.1 Testing of routers and connectivity2 days Wed 26-12-18 Thu 27-12-18 21
24 4.2 Testing of access points and ethernet cables2 days Fri 28-12-18 Mon 31-12-18 23
25 4.3 Checklist maintained for equipments3 days Tue 01-01-19 Thu 03-01-19 24
26 4.4 Checklist for internet speed through access points2 days Tue 01-01-19 Wed 02-01-19 24
27 4.5 If any fault in equipment, contact the vendor1 day Thu 03-01-19 Thu 03-01-19 26
28 4.6 Deployment of new equipment and testing again2 days Fri 04-01-19 Mon 07-01-19 27
29 4.7 Milestone 40 days Mon 07-01-19 Mon 07-01-19 28
30 5 Implement
the system in
campus
4 days Tue 08-01-19 Fri 11-01-19
31 5.1 WAP security and firewall appended1 day Tue 08-01-19 Tue 08-01-19 29
32 5.2 Network monitoring system2 days Wed 09-01-19 Thu 10-01-19 31
33 5.3 Rules and regulations for accessing internet1 day Fri 11-01-19 Fri 11-01-19 32
34 5.4 Training sessions for students1 day Fri 11-01-19 Fri 11-01-19 32
35 5.5 Milestone 50 days Fri 11-01-19 Fri 11-01-19 34
05-12
11-12
25-12
07-01
11-01
25 02 09 16 23 30 06 13 20
Nov '18 Dec '18 Jan '19
Figure 10: Schedule of the network

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Resource Management Plan
Personal resource management
It describes the objective of maintaining the workforce, where it is considered as the most
important part for employees’ management and establishing relationship among them. It helps in
handling functionality of employees as well as consultation concerns are also monitored. It
describes the actions that needs to be completed by particular tasks instead of planning working
methods with long schedules.
The functions that are carried in this plan is
 Handling manpower
 Recruitment of new employees
 Selection procedure
 Employee training
Budget and cost plan
items total
Labour $7,000
Network switch (network
management)
$8,500
Wireless Lan controller $6,000
Dual band APs $4,000
Power of Ethernet $2,000
firewall $5,500
Wireless routers (Netgear,
Dlink)
$23,000
TP – link $150
Wireless NICs $100
Add-on adapter $50
Software’s (Network
application)
$8,300
Total Budget $64,600

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Conclusion
For connecting the students and staff members of the campus of Footscray University to the
global world, a high-speed internet connection is very important. As internet connection is the
primary concern of today’s world to explore things and knowledge. Hence, for high-speed
wireless connection, latest standards have to be deployed. In this report, a new wireless local area
network for has been designed for the university arena. The outdated standards like 802.11 series
(n) of the already deployed network of the Footscray University provides slower internet access
protocols. Because of this slower internet connectivity, the students and staff members of the
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gather knowledge. The network equipment supporting 802.11ac wireless local area network
standard provides high-speed wireless internet connectivity and scalability to the university.
Hence the routers, access points, and devices which support 802.11ac standard are used in this
new design. This ensures the high-speed connectivity to the university.
Benefits of new WLAN design
 Updated standard protocols provide high-speed data rates.
 Easy mobility to the students to move freely in campus having an internet connection.
 Fast installation.
 Handoff between different wireless access points becomes easy without any disruption in the
network.
 Equal distribution of channels allotted to student’s devices because of updated wireless APs.
 Robust security network due to WPA/WPA2 encryption and authentication standards.
 Scalability will be there for multiple students to access.
 Multiple input multiple outputs (MIMO) means radio link capacity is increased for more and
more users to access.
Limitations in the proposed Design
 No automatic fault tolerance in wireless access points.
 In case of power outage, the connection will be disrupted.
 If router failure is there, then no backup of internet connection by either wired or wireless.
 Signal disruption by walls, ceilings, and furniture.
 Less secure network if proper authentication not done.
 Latest standard equipment used, so costs high.

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