Designing Future-Proof Networks: 10 Steps for Optimal Performance

This document outlines the 10 critical steps involved in designing a computer network infrastructure. Beginning with defining project requirements and extracting the existing network structure, the process moves through hardware and software documentation, IP address allocation, and thorough network testing. Emphasis is placed on implementing redundancy for security and data loss prevention, securing the network against malicious attacks, and planning for future upgrades to maintain optimal performance. By following these steps, network designers and IT administrators can create sustainable and future-proof network solutions. Desklib provides access to a wealth of study tools and resources, including solved assignments, to aid students in mastering network design and related concepts.

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10 steps of network designing
Network designing means the planning that helps in the implementation of a computer
network infrastructure. It is performed by the various network designers and the IT
administrators before the implementation of the network infrastructure.
A sustainable and future proof network design can be made with the use of the following
10 steps.
Step 1- Outlining the requirement
The designing of any network can be successful after being aware of the purpose of the
project. The purpose of the creation is required to be transmitted to the people working on the
development of the design.
Step 2- Extraction of the network structure
The information of the structure is required to be extracted as it provides the
administrator with brief of various components, segments and connections between the different
segments of the network (Radosavovic and et.al., 2020).
Step 3- Keeping information of hardware
The information of the hardware is required to be kept during the process of network
designing. Keeping record provides the information on the method or ways that the hardware is
connected and configured within the network. The backup of the information should be kept in
the remote devices so that in the case of any outage in the network the data remains safe and
protected.
Step-4 Label according to the role
The hardware that is used should be labelled according to the role and use of it. The
labelling should be done on the basis of configuration in the network so that it can differentiate
the works of different hardware used. The correct labelling of the hardware requires the
information to differentiate the identical hardware according to its configuration to the network.

Step-5 Keeping the information of software used
The information about the software that has been used should be kept by the designer for
understanding the usage of the information from the software. The versions of the software
should also be recorded and the proof of purchasing the software licence to prevent any future
issues that can relate to the copyright infringement (Hou, Zhou and Feng, 2021).
Step-6 Recording of IP address and subnets
The next step is to make the identification of the hardware and components by assisting
IP addresses to them. The components and the hardware used in the network designing is
required to be assessed with the different IP addresses and should be documented for future
processes. It helps the illustration of network to identify the components and hardware with the
hostnames and IP addresses.
Step-7 Testing the network
The network should be tested before any production. The prototype of the network in the
test environment helps in confirming the success rate for operating the network design. This
helps in ensuring that the intended performance or the results are achieved or not.
Step-8 Having redundancy
The redundancy in the network is required to be implemented as it can result in helping
the network in case of the security breach or the failure of the system that can result into data
lose. The redundancy can help the network to prevent any data lose that can concern the security
of the design.
Step-9 Securing the network
The next step is to secure the network. This can provide the assurance of effective and
hassle free process of the network as it can be protected from any malicious attacks that can
concern the data security. The network security is required to be kept as the important part of the
design so that it does not experience any failures in the future (Thonhofer and et.al., 2018).
Step-10 Planning for the future

The networks with time can slow down and can result into the lower performance of the
of the design. It is required to be planning for the future up gradations while designing it. This
can provide the better performance of the network in future and the design is not required to be
changed every time the network is slow in performance or fails in operating.

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Radosavovic, I. and et.al., 2020. Designing network design spaces. In Proceedings of the
IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (pp. 10428-
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Thonhofer, E. and et.al., 2018. Macroscopic traffic model for large scale urban traffic network
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