Network Design: LAN and WAN in BN106 Networking Fundamentals

This report provides an outline for a wide area network (WAN) design connecting the branches of Arr Company. A local area network (LAN) design is discussed, including cabling and connection types. The report covers network topology, analyzes the office building's floors, and presents a floor plan. The system arrangement is designed based on requirements and necessary hosts, enabling client communication. Cisco packet tracer and Microsoft Visio are used for network diagram and floor plan creation, respectively. Potential concerns related to connections, such as electromagnetic interfaces and security issues, are addressed, along with solutions like redundant connections and encryption methods. The report also discusses local area wiring, including twisted pair networks and fiber optic links, and explores different LAN topologies like peer-to-peer and client-server networks. Finally, it details the floor plans for the company's head office, outlining the LAN setup for each floor to connect workstations.

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Networking Fundamentals
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction:................................................................................................................................2
2. WAN or the Wide Area Network:...............................................................................................3
2.1. The potential concerns which are related to the connections:..............................................3
3. Local Area Network Design........................................................................................................5
4. Discussion on the local area wiring.............................................................................................5
5. Discussion on the type of local area network topology...............................................................6
6. Floor Plan for the company’s head office....................................................................................8
6.1. Floor plan for the First floor:................................................................................................9
6.2. Floor plan for the Second floor:..........................................................................................10
6.3. Floor plan for the Third floor:............................................................................................11
7. Conclusion.................................................................................................................................11
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................13

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1. Introduction:
The report has been related with giving an outline of the wide region plan that has been made to
connect the distinctive branches of the Arr Company. A LAN has been planned alongside talking
about the arrangement identified with cabling and the different kind of associations which are to
be utilized as a part of request to outline the LAN. The kind of topology that has been utilized as
a part of this system has additionally been talked about and hence the different floors of the
workplace building has been dissected so as to make the arrangement for the floor. The system
arrangement has been planned and this has been finished by examining the necessities and the
different hosts which are for the most part required to be introduced alongside empowering the
clients to speak with each other by making utilization of the system arrangement. To outline the
system graph the Cisco bundle followed test system has been utilized alongside utilizing
Microsoft Visio to make the arrangement of the building floor.

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2. WAN or the Wide Area Network:
2.1. The potential concerns which are related to the connections:
Different sort of potential concerns are available which should be broke down with a specific end
goal to build the proficiency that the system plan. This has likewise been related with decreasing
the time requirement for reacting to the system arrangement which has been proposed.
Electromagnetic interfaces are caused because of the establishment of the different system
gadgets close to the electrical cables, engines and alternate sources which are for the most part
connected with debasing the administration quality and are likewise connected with causing
blunders amid transmission. Other than this the system is to be composed by considering the
excess connections such that at whatever point the disappointment of one connection happens
then the second connection would be utilized to back up the transmission of the information
parcels show in the system. Other than this there additionally exists certain sort of security

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related issues which should be understood to secure the system alongside confining the entrance
of any sort of unapproved access deeply parts show inside a system. Other kind of potential
concerns additionally exists which are related with influencing the system fundamentally
incorporates the cost alongside the managerial time and the disappointment that happens in the
document server that are introduced in the system. This system has been intended to remove the
different sort of complexities keeping in mind the end goal to spare the different endeavors that
are made by the specialists to kill the different sort of issues that happens amid the support of the
system.
The association that will be made between the diverse branches are to be made secure alongside
the ramifications of some encryption methods. This encryption is to be involved so as to ensure
that if any outsider gains admittance to the system then it would be absolutely incomprehensible
for them toe recuperate the data and because of this reason it can't be utilized for any sort of
illicit exercises. Security is to be given to the remote access point so as to ensure that they are not
open by any sort of vindictive client. The servers which are to be associated with the system are
to be arranged so as to ensure that gathering of the clients is done alongside dealing with the
printing related occupations for having a superior administration of the clients alongside the
system assets. The system ought to likewise be comprising of a system observing device which
would be related with the breaking down of the streams of information parcels and furthermore
to protect the system from dangers like DoS assaults.

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3. Local Area Network Design
4. Discussion on the local area wiring
The system interface cards and the links goes about as the major physical gathering of a LAN.
This are by and large utilized to get associated with the PC display in the system so as to speak
with alternate clients who are available in a similar system. The utilization of the contorted
combine organize is improved the situation the reason for making the association and long with
this the remote access indicates are be introduced in every last floor of the building which would
be related with enabling the clients to get associated with the system by making utilization of the
remote system. LAN hardware resembles the scaffolds and the repeaters are utilized to extend
the system and furthermore to separate then from some other system. Other than this the limit of

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the transmission likewise goes about as one of the imperative factor identified with the
expanding of the productivity of the system. Other than this the immediate associations are to be
utilized to connect the different gadgets that are introduced with the system. The fiber optic link
goes about as the foundation of the system and this are in charge of making an association with
the different branches and this for the most part occurs because of the reason that they are having
a higher data transmission and is the most appropriate for transmission at a more extended
separation.
Keeping in mind the end goal to interconnect the switches, switches and the hubs to the system
different sort of links are utilized. The different kind of links primarily incorporates the
unshielded contorted combine link, multi-mode fiber link, Shielded wound fiber link and some
more. Other than this the formation of an association with the switches the serial links and the 6a
links are utilized. This links are additionally utilized for interfacing the layer 2 switch with the
switches and the feline 6 link is utilized for nearby dissemination. This feline 6a links are for the
most part connected with working at a recurrence of 500 Mhz. other than this there aslo exists
the help of 100 MBPS Ethernet alongside a 10 Gbps Ethernet associations. The Cat 6 link is
likewise utilized to reduce the cost identified with the cabling and this basically occurs because
of the way that they are having a minimal effort when contrasted with the feline 6a links.
5. Discussion on the type of local area network topology
So as to outline the system arrangement two sort of system designs has been utilized and this
principally incorporates the distributed system and the customer server organize. The outlining
of the distributed system is improved the situation every one of the divisions. This by and large
comprises of a less number of clients and alongside this the security is by and large not
considered as a fundamental perspective. The clients who are associated with this kind of system

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are fit for sharing the records alongside the archives and this is by and large managed with no
sort of limitations which are following up on it. The customer server arrange has been related
with dealing with the WAN. In this kind of system a focal server is introduced which is utilized
to store the documents that are available in the server and are likewise connected with the
controlling of the entrance of alternate clients. A security of high ability can be actualized and
alongside this top of the line arrangement likewise ought to exist in the server with a specific end
goal to help the virtualizations and furthermore to balance the heap that are available in the
system. Star topology is followed keeping in mind the end goal to plan the LAN and alongside
this a focal switch is additionally utilized by every one of the division with a specific end goal to
interface the hubs which are introduced in various areas of the building. The primary reason
lying behind the utilization of the star topology is that different sort of mediums can be utilized
to transmit the information parcels. Isolate links are utilized to establish an association between
the gadgets and the focal switch this is done keeping in mind the end goal to ensure that if there
should be an occurrence of disappointment there would exist no impact over the system
execution. The focal gadget ought to comprise of a reinforcement design as this goes about as the
principle component of the system and if there should be an occurrence of disappointment the
entire system would quit working.
Isolate VLAN design is utilized to connect different offices. This VALNs are arranged on the
switches which are by and large utilized to provide association with the clients. Numerous
information are created in the system thus there dependably exists thigh danger of impact
between the information parcels in the system and the information may get lost. What's more,
because of this reason te VLAN would help a considerable measure in making a different direct

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with a specific end goal to transmit the information bundles in the system and this additionally
helps in expanding the proficiency of the system also.
6. Floor Plan for the company’s head office
The different branches of the workplace are situated in different areas of the suburb and
furthermore in the WAN association which are to be utilized to connect the different branches.
Every one of the building would comprise of an introduced neighborhood server which would be
related with serving the requirements of the client. The headquarter of this association is put on
the best three stories. The primary floor by and large needs a LAN so as to associate the 32
workstation, the second floor needs a LAN association with interface 20 workstations and finally
the third floor needs the LAN to interface the 38 workstations. There is a need of arranging the
LAN with an IP address and ought to be subnetted so as to diminish the wastage of the IP
address. Focal switch is to be introduced in the system so as to associate all the three offices
what's more this the IP course is arranged keeping in mind the end goal to empower the
correspondence with alternate workplaces. Alongside this the layer 3 change is to be associated
with the switch to create a VLAN and furthermore to minimize the effect identified with the
potential issues which have been distinguished to develop the system arrangement. A
comparative kind of design has additionally been taken after for eac of the floors and this is
improved the situation the reason for building up the system arrangement. The head office is to
be associated with the solid spine and alongside this the system servers are to be introduced in
the DMZ zone and furthermore in the physical access which are to be confined.

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6.1. Floor plan for the First floor:

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6.2. Floor plan for the Second floor:

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6.3. Floor plan for the Third floor:
7. Conclusion
The above report causes in closing to the way that the advancement of the system arrangement
and examination is made on the structure of the building, floor designs and the quantity of
workstations and servers which are by and large required for every one of the division. With a
specific end goal to set up the system arrangement a wide territory organize and a neighborhood
has additionally been planned. There are some potential concerns which are for the most part
identified with the association that exists between every one of the divisions. The wide region
arrange is composed keeping in mind the end goal to interface the diverse workplaces which are
situated in various area of suburbia and the neighborhood is planned so as to associate every one
of the offices in the workplace. So as to plan the wide region organize for the organization isolate

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bunch has likewise been utilized as a part of an alternate VLANs which are dispensed for every
one of the group with a specific end goal to build the security of the system.

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