Network Infrastructure Design and Cost Analysis for M2M Organization

This report details the network infrastructure design for the M2M organization, which comprises six buildings: finance, transport, research, sales, IT, and head office. The proposed network architecture utilizes Cisco products, including routers, switches, firewalls, access points, and Ethernet cables, to ensure high performance, security, and scalability. The report covers the network design, IP addressing and subnetting schemes for each building, and a detailed analysis of the devices used. It also provides a cost analysis of the proposed infrastructure, including device costs and quantities. The report emphasizes the use of Cisco products to reduce operational and maintenance costs and enhance the overall efficiency of the network. The design considers factors like wireless connections, workstation counts, and the need for high-speed and secure data transmission between buildings. The report concludes with a list of references used in its creation.

WELCOME TO NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

Table of Contents
1. Introduction..............................................................................................................................3
2. Network Design........................................................................................................................3
3. IP address and Subnets.............................................................................................................4
4. Used Devices and cable types..................................................................................................5
5. Cost analysis.............................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................8
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1. Introduction
The M2M organization has the six building such as finance office, transport office,
research office, sales office, information technology office and head office and these are
connected with together. Each building has wireless connections and work stations. The finance
office contains the 260 workstations, head office contains the 60 work stations, research office
contains the 120 workstation, information technology office contains the 520 workstation and
sales office contains the 40 work stations. The network infrastructure is connecting with each
building by using the router. The Router provides the high efficiency and scalability of the
network. But, the organization has the network issues and to reduce the network issues by
creating the network infrastructure for M2M organization. The proposed network infrastructure
provides the high security and productivity where the network design is created by using the
Micro soft Visio professional’s. The network design using the Cisco product to reduce the
operational costs and maintenance costs and the network components will be analyzed. Each
building IP addresses will be identified. The Cost analysis will be analyzed.
2. Network Design
The M2M organization network design is shown below.
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The Proposed network design is used to provide the efficient and effective network for an
M2M organization. This organization has six building such as finance office contains the 260
workstations, head office contains the 60 work stations, research office contains the 120
workstation, information technology office contains the 520 workstation and sales office
contains the 40 work stations (Kurose & Ross, 2017). These building are connected with each
other by using the routers because routers are provides the high performance and security for an
organization. The M2M organization uses the Cisco devices to provide the scalability and
reliability of the network infrastructure. The proposed network infrastructure has the Cisco
routers, switches, core switches, firewall, personal computers, access point and printers.
3. IP address and Subnets
IP address and subnet mask for the each building is given below.
4. Used Devices and cable types
The proposed network infrastructure uses the Cisco products to reduce the operational and
maintenance costs for an organization.
Routers - Cisco 2901/K9 Routers
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Building IP address Subnet Mask
Finance Office 10.0.0.10 - 10.0.0.210 255.0.0.0
Transport Office 20.0.0.10 - 20.0.0.140 255.0.0.0
Research Office 30.0.0.10 – 30.0.0.130 255.0.0.0
Sales Office 40.0.0.10 – 40.0.0.50 255.0.0.0
Information Technology office 50.0.0.10 – 50.0.0.530 255.0.0.0
Head office 60.0.0.10 – 60.0.0.70 255.0.0.0

The Cisco routers are used to enhanced the high speed wireless interface card slots and it
has fully integrated power distribution to modules supporting for Cisco enhanced PoE and
802.3af Power over Ethernet ("Cisco 2800 Router | Integrated Services | Voice | CISCO2821-V-
K9", 2018). It identifies the management that uses the public key infrastructure, authorization,
accounting and authentication. It has high density packet voice DSP module and it optimized for
video and voice. It also has Cisco unified border element capabilities. It provides the high
security embedded hardware accelerated VPN encryption for VPN communications. It has
integrated threat control using the Cisco IoS content filtering, Cisco IoS firewall, Cisco IoS IPS
and Cisco IoS zone based firewall. It also enhance the investment protection through increased
the modularity and performance ("CISCO 2901 /K9 « Citra Daya Maxima", 2018).
Switches - Cisco Catalyst WS-C2960-48TT-L Switch
The Cisco catalyst switch is used to providing the improved sustainability, ease of use and
border network experience ("12 switch group test: 8 ports, PoE, LACP", 2018). It also provides
the highly secure business operations. It has the fixed configuration access for branch office
network to provide the lower total cost of ownership. It has high security features to provide high
security and scalability of the network. It has IPv4 and Ipv6 routing, advanced quality of services
and multicast routing. It uses Cisco stack wise plus technology for ease of use and optimize the
operational cost by measuring the actual power consumption of the device. It is reducing energy
consumption for the network.
Firewall - Cisco PIX 501 Bundle Firewall
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The Cisco firewall is the one of security appliance and it is sued to delivers the high
security the offices. It also delivers the reliable, scalable and plug and play purpose build
appliance ("Cisco ASA 5500-X Series with FirePOWER Services", 2018). It provides high speed
securing broad band environments. It also provides the powerful remote management capability,
robust integrated security capabilities and small office networking features. It also delivers the
multilayer defense for offices via security services like virtual private networking, stateful
inspection firewalling, protocol and application inspection in a single device. It also provides the
Dos attack prevention, IPv6 support, firewall and switching protection, 256 bit encryption,
Intrusion prevention system protection and DHCP support.
Access Point - Cisco Aironet 2700i Access Point
The Cisco access point is used for indoor environments. It has innovative chipset with a
best RF architecture to provide the high density experience for organization network and it
designed for high performance applications. It delivers a robust mobility experience based on
technologies ("Cisco Aironet 2700i Access Point – Data Centre Shop", 2018). It supports the
multiple inputs and multiple out technology to provide the three spatial streams for a network. It
improves the downlink performance and battery life on mobile devices. It also delivers the high
speed spectrum intelligence channel to provide the high wireless interferences.
Cables – RJ45 Connector and Ethernet Cable
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The Ethernet cables are used to connect the devices like switches, routers and PCs. It has
two types of Ethernet cables like crossover cable and straight able. These types of cables are
providing the high performance because that consists of twisted pair conductors and it used for
transmission of data ("Introduction of the RJ45 Interface", 2018). The Ethernet cables have the
Rj45 connectors. The RJ45 connector is a standard that used with CAT6 and CAT 5 cables. The
cables are transmitting the information along their length. It is standardized telecommunication
network interface for connecting data and voice equipment. It provides the reliability and
scalability of the network.
5. Cost analysis
The cost analysis for proposed network infrastructure is shown below.
Devices No. of devices Cost Total Cost
Cisco 2901/K9 Routers 1 $989.23 $989.23
Cisco Catalyst WS-C2960-48TT-L Switch 6 $124.99 $749.94
Cisco PIX 501 Bundle Firewall 1 $44.95 $44.95
Cisco Aironet 2700i Access Point 6 $19.99 $119.94
RJ45 cables and connector 30 $10.98 $329.4
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Kurose, J., & Ross, K. (2017). Computer networking. Harlow: Pearson Education.
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