Network Technology & Management: Colour Ability Corporation Design

This report presents a network planning and design solution for Colour Ability Corporation, a marketing and advertising firm with offices in Brisbane and Sydney. The report addresses the company's need for a secure and reliable communication channel between departments and locations. It covers system planning requirements, including hardware recommendations (processors, memory, hard disks, etc.) and costs, and evaluates printer options. The proposed network architecture includes external routers, servers, and access points, with consideration of internet service providers (ISPs) and their bandwidth offerings. Internal services such as Wi-Fi, cable internet, and DSL are discussed, along with the necessity of wired connections, firewalls, and battery backups. Subnetting, IP addressing, and network security measures are also detailed, culminating in recommendations for a robust and scalable network infrastructure to support Colour Ability Corporation's business operations.

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Table of Contents
Executive Summary....................................................................................................................................2
Introduction................................................................................................................................................2
Activity 1:................................................................................................................................................2
Activity 2:................................................................................................................................................5
Activity 3.................................................................................................................................................5
Activity 4.................................................................................................................................................5
Activity 5.................................................................................................................................................6
Activity 6.................................................................................................................................................7
Activity 7.................................................................................................................................................8
Activity 8.................................................................................................................................................8
Recommendation and conclusion:.............................................................................................................9

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Executive Summary
The main agenda of the network is ideally to set up a transmission channel that is able to interact within
the specified channel. Resources such as printers and other network devices that are used for file
sharing will be implemented in the network. The aim of this network create an easy way of interaction
among the employees In the company.
Introduction
Being a film corporation, they deal with film shooting, editing rendering etc. the company consist of only
80 employees and is located in Brisbane CBD and are planning to lay up another office at Sydney in three
months’ time. On the Brisbane has rented 4 floors that consist of marketing, advertising, design and
photography, finally it has human resource and accounting 1.
Their machines are simple and are connected through a 14 /10-100 mb switches (with 10 port at each
end). Their machines consist of 2GB RAM, 250 GB HARD DISK storage hdd Win 7 with CD/DVD
Read/Write drives and 7 ports. To add on top there is a utilized pc’s with 4 GB memory with 500 GB hard
drive to run to run on a specific design editing team that consist of 10 employees that is shared among
the graphical and editing team1.
The core objective is simply to layout design and establish a secure and reliable communication channel
between all departments and also in the unassigned office in Sydney.
Activity 1:
In this step were going to determine the system planning requirement even though were given a limited
funds. Some basic resources are available are locally available and at its best price.
Department/ Team: ADVERTISING, MARKETING, AND PHOTOGRAPHY
Location : BRISBADE CBD
Components: Recommendation: Budget For
the Network
Processor (Manufacturer,
model and speed )
8th Gen Intel Core i5 and above is highly
recommendable which can multitask and be
A$ 330.00
1 Y ,Kao., and Moon Y. B.. "A unified group technology implementation using the backpropagation
learning rule of neural networks." Computers & Industrial Engineering 20, no. 4 (2010): 425-437

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able to support editing software with a clock
speed of2.8 GHZ and above for the results to
be accurate. Processor in the market is in the
range of A$250.00 to A$350.00 and above
available2.
Memory: (Type, Amount) The memory that is perfect in this project is
4 GB DDR3 and above. The cost of this is
A$100.00-A$230.00.
A$168.70
Hard Disk (Type , Capacity ) A big storage is required to change the for
storing video and editing software
equipment’s. A good type to be used is
Toshiba which I highly recommend to be
used. On the issue of space allocation, the
perfect for storage is 1 terabyte. For proper
storage for more than 10 years and more
A$250.00
CD-ROM/DVD (Read,
Read/Write, speed)
Basically the machine should be able to
support both readable and writable process.
On a 1X cd rom the speed should be at
around 150KB/s and 1X DVD ROM the speed
is 1.32MB/s. should be the speed is in both
the commands.
A$80.00
USB Port : (Number, Location) On a given machine it is good for it to have 4
ports two at the front and the other on the
back.
Comes with
the machine
Video card : (Manufacturer,
Model, Video, RAM)
PCI Express is one of the major one used in
majority of the machines. The acceleration
can be up to 16x on a single lane.
A$200.00
2 Lauria See, JM Eitel, and Duchess Peter J. European Journal of operational research 179, no. 1 (2009)

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Sound Card :
(Manufacturer,model)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy PCIe RX is
most suitable in its performance.
A$150.00
Modem (Internal, External,
Speed, Standard )
Modulation and demodulation of signal data
is the major activity being undertaken by the
modem. The difference between and
internal and external is that the internal is
mounted to the motherboard and the
external is connected through a specific
given port .The speed of each varies with the
network connectivity.
A$80.00
Network Card(s) : (External:
speed, Wireless, Standard)
TP links Archer among the network adapter
card in the business. it has the ability to tap
internet at a wide geographical range.
A$100.00
Operating system:
(Manufacturer, Version,
Compatibility )
Windows 10 that is locally available and
super-efficient in results than any other
operating system software. It is compatible
with all the software and is efficient in
performance and giving out adequate
results.
A$250.00
Monitor : (Size, Resolution,
Refresh rate)
17” is super convenient for editing since it
gives a wide area view to identify minor
errors and correct then. Resolution
A$100.00
Printer (Manufacturer, Model,
Type, Speed)
Sharp MXC300W is a network resource that
will be shared among the employees in the
network.
A$100.00

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It’s fast reliable and efficient.
Speaker(Manufacturer,
Model, Type)
For hearing and sound engineering. KRK
which are popular known for studio and can
be used.
A$180.00
Internet Connection : (USB,
Ethernet, Wireless)
CAT 6 is the best for wired and is used widely
of 10-100mbps
A$50.00
TOTAL A$1,885.00
There some shared devices that not every machine can should have. Such devices include;
Printer, scanners etc.
Activity 2:
The issue of printers one must consider given factors and criteria such the efficiency, reliability and
derivability of the printer. As an organization it is good for them to use Sharp MXC300W. This is because
it will sustain their requirements and meet their expectations. It is also build in with wireless
connectivity hence making more freeness and increase the productivity of the organization.
Activity 3
At Sydney their offices communicates to an external router that is connected to the internet
service provider, Brisbane is assigned an external router that is then connected to a server and
a backup server which only is accessible to the managerial team. More so it’s connected to the
four levels of the department that’s is the design and editing, marketing, advertising and
photography. There both interlinked with the ISP that gives out the internetwork infrastructure
for both to communicate. There also some access point that provide a Wi-Fi to some other
devices besides machine, this basically works as a single entity that is usually connected to the
router as a device.

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Activity 4
One of the major ISP’s work is to connect given electronic devices to the internet. It’s the safest
way for an organization to sign in and enroll to a ISP Service License Agreement and on this the
backbone commodity that is needed to give internet access all through for 24 hours for 7 days
in a week. In this region the3 major ISP, and their band width are.
OPTUS Broadband Plan TPG Broadband Plan
 A$2775 annually  A$3475 annually
 Unlimited dL 2+  UnlimitedADL2+
 A$100 monthly charges  A$70 Monthly Charges
Activity 5
Some of the internal Services that the company must offer for a complete ISP include:
Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) this has generally become one of the most widely speeded way to
access the internet. I say this because it is able to cover a given area or a dedicated location set
this is due to the ability of devices to access it3.
Internet Access Technologies given a protocol suite it is able the exchange information and
data.
Cable Internet which provides a high bandwidth cable to transmit internet to residential area.
This is among the most preferred in the context.
Dial up Internet Access is highly regarded as old fashion because it is slow though it is simply
the cheapest in the market.
Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN). It ensures the conveyance of better communication
and data transmission along a telephone line reducing information lost along the way.
3 Amy A ,Vogelsmeier., Halbesleben Jonathon RB, and Jill R. Scott-Cawiezell. "Technology
implementation and workarounds in the nursing home." Journal of the American Medical Informatics
Association 15, no. 1 (2008): 114-119.

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Ethernet providing a transmission speed of up to 10Mbps and above
DSL (Digital Subscribed Loops) this is more similar to the Dial up technology only that this
ensure Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), this also allows the conveyance of internet
and telephone on the same line.
Wireless Broadband (WiBB) this is the modest internet access technology allowing the
conveyance of high speed internet within a large range area. It uses the microwave technology
where there is the transmitter and the receiver on the other end. The waves are then
demodulated and behold you have internet.
Activity 6
Are wired connection required? Yes, on some instance since someone on the
network needs to share some huge files or
save it to the server.
Wireless standard? The level of the standard when it comes to
cable should be a priority since it needs to be
able to have a strong and manageable
bandwidth and be able to transmit data in
high frequency band of data and
communicate easily within the network.
Firewall Required? Yes, this is to be able to manage the inlet and
outlet traffic and also secure the channel
ISP connectivity required? Yes, so as for the internet service provider to
be able to issue the internet to the company
and be able to access it in the computer.
Type of ISP connectivity? Wireless (Wi-Fi)
Cabling
Ethernet
Dial – up

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Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Internal or external modem required? Internal is more required than the external ,
so as to finalize and establish a connection
between the two ISP and computer
Cable Required? Yes,
Cat 6 is the most preferred since it is fast.
Battery Backup Required? A backup generator is more appropriate since
it automatically goes on when the lights goes
off.
Activity 7
Subnet Network
Address
Slash
Notation
First usable ip
address
Last usable ip
address
Broadcasting
Address
10.10.0.0/24 178.68.5.0 /28 178.68.5.0 178.68.5.0 178.0.0.0
10.10.0.0/24 178.68.5.1 /28 178.68.5.1/28 178.68.5.1/28 178.0.0.0
10.1.0.0.0/24 178.68.5.2 /27 178.68.5.2/27 178.68.5.2/27 178.168.0.0
10.10.0.0/24 178.68.5.3 /26 178.68.5.3/26 178.68.5.3/26 178.168.0.0
10.10.0.0/24 178.68.5.4 /25 178.68.5.4/25 178.68.5.4/25 178.168.0.0
Device interface IP address Subnet Mask Default Gateway
Router WAN 178.68.5.0 10.0.0.0 178.68.5.0
Switch LAN 178.68.5.1/28 10.10.0.0 178.68.5.0
Switch LAN 178.68.5.2/27 10.10.0.0 178.68.5.0
Switch LAN 178.68.5.3/26 10.10.0.0 178.68.5.0
Access Point Wireless 192.18.7.104/25 10.1.0.0 192.18.7.0
Activity 8
There 2 types of IP

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 static type it does not share nor change itself to hosting webpages or service every time
it receives the internet
 Dynamic simply taken from a list of unidentified IP addresses and is able to change each
time it accesses the internet4.
Being assigned a private network simply means it has a reserved and dedicated working ip
address range. By bringing the two together it will simply reduce overlapping and duplication
of. Communication between private and public is quite different .in public network are able to
be seen in public access machines while the private ones highly secure themselves behind
certain firewalls restrictions.
Recommendation and conclusion:
On such a network planning, the networking is clearly on to its best capability and is able to last
for ages and ages, also the machines, are super machines and are able to withstand any
challenges. In my conclusion all the departments are able to interact and share data and
information.
Bibliography
Kao, Y., and Y. B. Moon. "A unified group technology implementation using the
backpropagation learning rule of neural networks." Computers & Industrial Engineering 20, no.
4 (2010): 425-437.
Lauria, Eitel JM, and Peter J. Duchessi. "A methodology for developing Bayesian networks: An
application to information technology (IT) implementation." European Journal of operational
research 179, no. 1 (2009): 234-252.
Sezer, Sakir, Sandra Scott-Hayward, Pushpinder Kaur Chouhan, Barbara Fraser, David Lake, Jim
Finnegan, Niel Viljoen, Marc Miller, and Navneet Rao. "Are we ready for SDN? Implementation
challenges for software-defined networks." IEEE Communications Magazine 51, no. 7 (2013):
36-43.
Vogelsmeier, Amy A., Jonathon RB Halbesleben, and Jill R. Scott-Cawiezell. "Technology
implementation and workarounds in the nursing home." Journal of the American Medical
Informatics Association 15, no. 1 (2008): 114-119.
4 Sakir ,Sezer, Scott-Hayward Sandra, Chouhan Pushpinder Kaur, Fraser Barbara, Lake David, Jim
Finnegan, Niel Viljoen, Marc Miller, and Navneet Rao. "Are we ready for SDN? Implementation
challenges for software-defined networks." IEEE Communications Magazine 51, no. 7 (2013): 36-43.

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