ICT703: Network Infrastructure Design Proposal for CAC in Brisbane

This report provides a comprehensive network infrastructure design proposal for Color Ability Corporation (CAC), an advertising company relocating to a new four-story building in Brisbane. The proposal outlines hardware requirements, recommends suitable ISP providers, and details a secure and scalable network design utilizing dynamic IP addressing and both public and private IP addresses. Key activities include project planning, network design creation, network implementation, and testing. The report also includes specifications for computing devices for each department, printer recommendations, router and switch selections (Cisco series routers, Catalyst 9400 and 9300 switches), and wireless access points (Small Business 100 Series from Cisco). A three-tier hierarchical network model is proposed to enhance performance and security. The report concludes with future plans and recommendations for CAC's network infrastructure.

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Executive Summary
As result of high growth rate at Color Ability Corporate, an advertising company located in
Brisbane, the company has acquired a four storey building in which they intend to relocate to.
This project therefore provides a proposal for the design of the network infrastructure for the
new building. The report provides the requirements in terms of hardware as well as the ISP
providers that could server CAC well. The report also provide a quality network design that is
more secured and scalable for future extension if need be by implementing a dynamic IP address
technology as well as using both the public and private IP for the network. All these
requirements are given in form of activities as presented in the report.
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary...................................................................................................................................2
Introduction...............................................................................................................................................4
Problem Statement....................................................................................................................................5
Objectives...................................................................................................................................................5
Methodology..............................................................................................................................................5
Project Schedule........................................................................................................................................6
Estimated Project Budget.........................................................................................................................7
Activity 1....................................................................................................................................................7
Activity 2..................................................................................................................................................11
Activity 3..................................................................................................................................................12
Activity 4..................................................................................................................................................14
Activity 5..................................................................................................................................................15
Activity 6..................................................................................................................................................16
Activity 7..................................................................................................................................................17
Activity 8..................................................................................................................................................18
Future Plans.............................................................................................................................................19
Recommendations and Conclusion........................................................................................................19
References................................................................................................................................................20
Appendix: Subnet Calculations.................................................................................................................22
Table
Table 1: Project Schedule................................................................................................................4
Table 2: Budget Estimation.............................................................................................................5
Table 3: General Device Specifications..........................................................................................6
Table 4: Department of Graphics Production Device Specifications..............................................7
Table 5: Department of Film Production Device Specifications.....................................................8
6: Mail Server and FTP Server Specifications................................................................................8
Table 7: Brisbane ISP Providers....................................................................................................11
Table 8: Network Services.............................................................................................................12
Table 9: Requirement Table..........................................................................................................13
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Table 10: CAC Network Subnets..................................................................................................13
Table 11: IP Addresses..................................................................................................................14
Table of Figures
Figure 1: Proposed Printer...............................................................................................................9
Figure 2:cisco series router..............................................................................................................9
Figure 3:Catalyst 9400...................................................................................................................10
Figure 4:Small Business 100 Series from cisco............................................................................10
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Introduction
A proper and well-designed network greatly improves and support the business activities of any
organization that relies on network for its operations. A good network guarantees a reliable
channel for communication and sharing of Information across the organization network in a
more secure manner (Admin, 2015). This therefore means the decision on what topology should
be implemented when designing an organization network is very critical as this will determine
the efficiency of the intended network. Being an advertising network that is growing under high
rate, Color Ability Corporation popularly known as CAC current premises is not enough to
accommodate all of its employees. Therefore the company has acquired a four storey building in
Brisbane where it is intending to move its operations to. All the five departments of the CAC will
be located here and therefore there is need for a quality network design that will serve the
organization in a more effective manner.
The focus of this paper therefore is to provide a proposal on what network design should be used
keeping in mind networking and computing devices that will best suit each department. The
proposal also looks at some of the objectives that this network will meet as well as the security
issues as addressed by both public and private IP. The proposal also give out the sub networks
and their respective IP addresses.
Problem Statement
The new four storey building acquired by CAC at Brisbane currently does not have any
networking design on it. Therefore there is need for to have a proper network infrastructure that
will support CAC activities before the company moves in, in a couple of months.
Objectives
The main objective of the new network will include:
 Ensure that communication is made possible to all the organization’s employees at
different places.
 Determine the proper computing devices specifications to be used by the respective
departments.
 Provide a locally based ISP that will best serve CAC.
 Enhance resource sharing such as printers among others.
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 Ensure that the proposed network is well secured
Methodology
This project will be divided into modules or stages in which each stage will be carried out at
specific times. These stages or tasks are dependent and if carried out well, then it will guarantee
a successful implementation of the project. They include: Project Planning, Creation of design,
Network implementation and finally testing.
Project Schedule
The above named tasks will be carried with the schedule shown below.
Activity Duration (days) Start Stop
Requirements and
planning
15 5th October, 2018 19th October, 2018
Network Design 15 20th October, 2018 3rd November, 2018
Network
Implementation
30 4th November, 2018 3rd December, 2018
Network Testing 10 4th December, 2018 13th December, 2018
Network
Documentation
30 5th October, 2018 5th December, 2018
Table 1: Project Schedule
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Estimated Project Budget
Table 2: Budget Estimation
Activity 1
Department: Network Device General Specifications
Location: Brisbane
Component Recommendation
Processor Intel Core i7-7700 3.6 GHz
Memory RAM 8GB DDR4
Hard Drive 1 TB SATA
CD-ROM/DVD DVD R/W
USB Ports 4 Ports right:2 left:2
Video Card VisionTek Radeon 7750 SFF 1GB DDR3 5M VHDCI (4x DVI-D, miniDP)
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Sound Card Asus Essence STX II
Modem Internal modem 9600 bps
Operating System Windows 10 pro 64 and 32 bits
Monitor 27`` Resolution-4K, Refresh rate-120 Hz
Printer Konica Minolta Bizhub C558
Speakers HP 752794-001 Internal Speakers
Internet Connection 100 to 1000 BaseT Ethernet
Table 3: General Device Specifications
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Department: Department of Graphics Production Specifications
Location: Brisbane
Component Recommendation
Processor Intel Core i7-7700 3.6 GHz
Memory RAM-16 GB DDR4
Hard Drive 1TB HDD
CD-ROM/DVD DVD R/W
USB Ports Ports-4, right: 2, left: 2
Video Card VisionTek Radeon 7750 SFF 1GB DDR3 5M VHDCI (4x DVI-D, miniDP)
Sound Card Asus Essence STX II
Modem Internal modem 9600 bps
Operating System Windows 10 pro 64 and 32 bits
Monitor 27`` Resolution-4K, Refresh rate-120 Hz
Printer Konica Minolta Bizhub C558
Speakers HP 752794-001 Internal Speakers
Internet Connection 100 to1000 BaseT Ethernet
Table 4: Department of Graphics Production Device Specifications
Department: Department of Film Production Specifications
Location: Brisbane
Component Recommendation
Processor Intel Core i7-7700 3.6 GHz
Memory RAM-16GB DDR4
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Hard Drive 1TB HDD
CD-ROM/DVD DVD R/W
USB Ports Ports-4, right: 2, left: 2
Video Card VisionTek Radeon 7750 SFF 1GB DDR3 5M VHDCI (4x DVI-D, miniDP)
Sound Card Asus Essence STX II
Modem Internal modem 9600 bps
Operating System Windows 10 pro 64 and 32 bits
Monitor 27`` Resolution-4K, Refresh rate-120 Hz
Printer Konica Minolta Bizhub C558
Speakers HP 752794-001 Internal Speakers
Internet Connection 100 to1000 BaseT Ethernet
Table 5: Department of Film Production Device Specifications
Department: Email and FTP Server Specifications
Location: Brisbane
Component Recommendation
Processor Intel Core i7-7700 3.6 GHz
Memory RAM- 8 GB DDR 4
Hard Drive 1TB SATA
CD-ROM/DVD DVD R/W
USB Ports Ports-4, right: 2, left: 2
Video Card VisionTek Radeon 7750 SFF 1GB DDR3 5M VHDCI (4x DVI-D, miniDP)
Sound Card Asus Essence STX II
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Modem Internal Modem 9600 bps
Operating System Windows 10 pro 64 and 32 bits
Monitor 27`` Resolution-4K, Refresh rate-120 Hz
Printer Konica Minolta Bizhub C558
Speakers HP 752794-001 Internal Speakers
Internet Connection 100 to1000 BaseT Ethernet
6: Mail Server and FTP Server Specifications
Activity 2
Being an advertising company, CAC will require a quality printer that handle large number of
loads or tasks from both the employees and the manager. The printer should be able to provide
quality printouts as well as shared within the network for easy access by all the users (Chapman,
2018). With this in mind, it is therefore recommended that CAC buys a Konica Minolta Bizhub
C558 printer. This printer provides quality printouts and it can handle large printing tasks
appropriately hence making it more reliable. The printer has also the capability of being
connected and accessed by the network hence facilitating resource sharing. The printer also has a
dual scanning feature and it performs its task under very high speed hence making it the right
printer for CAC as it reduces the printing queues from the employees and the management
(Oppenheimer, 2011). The figure be low shows the proposed printer.
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Figure 1: Proposed Printer
Activity 3
There are a number of networking devices that are very essential in the successful
implementation of the CAC network at the new building. It is therefore recommended that CAC
gets the best devices which are reliable and long lasting in order to ensure that the proposed
network is stable at all times. The following devices therefore are recommended for this network.
Routers
A router is a very critical component of the computer networks as it handles all the
communications made within the network (Bird and Harwood, 2008). It is therefore
recommended that CAC uses Cisco routers of type cisco series. This type of router comes with a
number of functionalities that are very important such as virtualization, ability to block and filter
what goes out and comes into the network. The proposed router is as shown below.
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