Network Design and Analysis Report for M2M Solutions - Semester 1

This report presents a network design solution for M2M Solutions, a company expanding its operations across six buildings. The first part of the report details the design of an IP addressing scheme using 10.0.0.0 private IP addresses, including subnetting calculations, addressing the needs of each building's workstations while allowing for future growth and minimizing IP address wastage. It also discusses the implications of exceeding 1,024 hosts per building. The second part of the report proposes the use of network analyzers to the board of directors, explaining their role in communication networks, providing an example of their application in the context of the network design, and analyzing various network analyzer tools based on their benefits, costs, and usability. The report concludes with a recommendation for a specific tool, justifying its selection for the company's needs, and is structured using formal academic language with a focus on clarity for a non-technical audience.

ASSIGNMENT
In your role as a Solutions Architect at M2M Solutions, you are leading a team of several system
administrators. M2M solutions is a medium sized organisation and is currently expanding its operations.
The company has acquired six sites across Sydney to accommodate its various departments.You have
been asked to design a network by utilizing 10.0.0.0 private IP address. The network should span six
buildings with a router in each building to join the networks. It is assumed that each building will have its
own single subnet .Company expects approximately 1200 workstation across all the sites with
approximate numbers in each building as follows:
 Finance Office - 260 workstations
 Transport Office - 130 workstations
 Research Office - 120 workstations
 Sales Office - 40 workstations
 Information technology - 520 workstations
 Head Office - 60 workstations
TASK 1 - Write a 1200 words report explaining:
a.The detailed design of a simple addressing solution (with diagram(s) and step by step workout
of the calculations) that leaves room for growth, is easy to administer and has the minimum
wastage of available IP address space.
b.Explain what happens to your design if the number of hosts per network jumps to over 1,024
per building.
TASK 2 - Currently the company policy does not allow the use of network analysers on the
organisational network. You have recently had a team meeting where all the staff are of the view
that the use of network analysers can bring more efficiency in troubleshooting processes.
Write an 1000 words (+/- 10%) report for the board of directors proposing to allow the use of
network analysers for diagnostic purposes in new proposed network architecture. Your report
should include:
a. Brief explanation of protocol in the context of communication networks and the role of
network analysers. Explanation should include example of a situation where network analysers
can be used in the context of Task 1.
b. An analysis of currently available network analyser tools. The analysis should contain:
i. Benefits, associated costs, ease of usability
ii. Recommendation from you, as to what tool would you prefer to use and why.
(The reports should be targeted towards your audience i.e. the board of directors who may not be
technologically savvy. Therefore the report should be easy to read and contain step by step
overview of the design that includes calculations and assumptions. Additionally, the report
contencts should be logically, systematically and succinctly structured to create a cohesive and
coherent analytical piece of work, using formal academic language and should adhere to
grammatical conventions.)