Comprehensive Network Design Report: Mandurah City Local Government

This report details the network infrastructure design for the city of Mandurah, addressing the local government's IT challenges. It outlines network designs for various buildings and services, including Mandurah Head Office, Aquatic Centre, Libraries, Museum, and Community Centres. The report covers Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) designs, analyzing required hardware such as network interface cards, cabling (Cat 6), Cisco switches, and routers with various routing protocols (RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, ISIS, OSPF, BGP). It also specifies servers (print, file, backup, domain controller), PCs, printers, and scanners. The report includes justifications for hardware choices, a discussion of WAN solutions, and recommendations for hardware and software, including operating systems (desktop, mobile, switch, router), and a standard operating environment. Security measures such as VLANs, firewalls, and encryption are discussed, along with green IT considerations and assumptions. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the network design, aiming for an efficient and secure IT infrastructure for Mandurah City.

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
Detailed network diagram.....................................................................................................................3
Mandurah Head Office (LAN).............................................................................................................3
Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre (LAN)..............................................................................4
Mandurah Library (LAN)....................................................................................................................5
Falcon Library (LAN)...........................................................................................................................6
Mandurah Museum (LAN).................................................................................................................7
Mandurah Seniors and Community Centre (LAN)..............................................................................8
Mandurah Waste Management Centre (LAN)...................................................................................9
Overall Wide Area Network.............................................................................................................10
Analysis of Network hardware and cabling required at a Local Area Network....................................10
Network Interface Cards – 1GBPS Network Card, 802.11AC Wireless.............................................10
Cables – Cat 6..................................................................................................................................11
Switch (48 Port, 1 GBPS Switch – Cisco) – VLAN Capable................................................................11
Router – Routing Protocols (RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, ISIS, OSPF, BGP)......................................................12
Servers (Print Server, File Server, Backup Server, Domain Controller)............................................12
PC’s..................................................................................................................................................12
Justification......................................................................................................................................13
Printers and Scanners......................................................................................................................13
Analysis of Network hardware and cabling required at a Wide Area Network level...........................13
What WAN Solution.........................................................................................................................13
Compare different solutions............................................................................................................14
Business WAN solutions..................................................................................................................14
Recommendation............................................................................................................................14
Detailed hardware and software.........................................................................................................15
Desktop OS......................................................................................................................................15

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Mobile OS........................................................................................................................................15
Switch OS.........................................................................................................................................15
Router OS........................................................................................................................................15
Standard Operating Environment (Windows 10, MS Office, Adobe Creative Cloud).......................15
Security............................................................................................................................................15
VLAN................................................................................................................................................15
Firewall............................................................................................................................................16
Encryption to scramble readable text into unreadable text............................................................16
Restrictions on user accounts..........................................................................................................16
Assumptions and Green IT considerations..........................................................................................16
Assumption 1: It is assumed that all PC’s in the Mandurah Head Office already have Windows 1016
Assumption 2: It is assumed that all the nodes on the network have an wireless connection
enabled in them..............................................................................................................................16
Solar Panels.....................................................................................................................................16
Low Energy Compliant Devices........................................................................................................17
Policy: That all employees turn off their machine at night..............................................................17
Policy: All Screens turn off after 5 minutes idle...............................................................................17
Bibliography.........................................................................................................................................18

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Introduction
The report is used for the description of the network infrastructure of the city of
Mandurah. The local government of Western Australian is looking to address the IT issues
currently faced in the city. I have been consulted for providing the city with the It solutions
that would solve the network issues within the city. The city has various buildings and
services that require that the IT support and network set up. Hence the analysis of the city
and the set of a fully functional network plan is to be discussed in this report.
The network designs for the individual sites and the services have been provided in this
report and a MAN network design for the whole of the design have been provided. The
descriptions and the analysis for the selection of the hardware is also has been added for
the benefit of the reader. Additional information about the Green IT solutions and the
developed hardware and solution have been addressed in the report.

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Detailed network diagram
Mandurah Head Office (LAN)

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Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre (LAN)

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Mandurah Library (LAN)

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Falcon Library (LAN)

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Mandurah Museum (LAN)

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Mandurah Seniors and Community Centre (LAN)

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Mandurah Waste Management Centre (LAN)

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Overall Wide Area Network
Analysis of Network hardware and cabling required at a
Local Area Network
Network Interface Cards – 1GBPS Network Card, 802.11AC
Wireless
A Network Interface Card (NIC) is and does what it says: it is an installable option card that
provides an interface onto a network (usually a LAN) for a computer system. A point-to-point
connections interface is usually called a serial card rather than a NIC, although in general terms it is
also a network interface. Although most current PC motherboards have built-in Ethernet, this was
not always the case. Early models of PC were created when LANs were in their infancy and not
widely used, so one had to install a NIC to get on the network. Even now if your built-in network
interface is not high enough spec, or you need multiple interfaces, you can install additional NICs in
the option slots. The TP link Gigabit PCl Express cards are used in the network so that they would be
very efficient in connecting the system with the network adapter. It is suitable for the network that
supports different type of broadband in the ranges varying from 10 Mbps and 1000 Mbps.