Networking Assignment 2
Networking Assignment 2
Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 2
Design for Effective Network System ................................................................................... 2
Blueprints of the System ................................................................................................. 2
Implementation Steps ....................................................................................................... 2
Requirement analysis ..................................................................................................... 2
Topology selection ......................................................................................................... 3
Structure ....................................................................................................................... 3
Hardware components and cabling ................................................................................. 6
IP address range for each department ............................................................................. 7
Implementation screenshot ............................................................................................ 8
Feedback........................................................................................................................ 10
Testing............................................................................................................................ 12
Ping from Admin Department ........................................................................................ 12
Ping from HR Department ............................................................................................. 13
Ping from IT Department ............................................................................................... 14
Ping from Accounting Department ................................................................................. 15
File server Testing......................................................................................................... 16
Enable DHCP service on PC .......................................................................................... 18
Maintenance schedule .................................................................................................... 19
Computer hardware maintenance ................................................................................. 19
Network maintenance .................................................................................................. 21
Server maintenance ..................................................................................................... 23
Potential enhancement for the system .............................................................................. 26
Reflection & Conclusion .................................................................................................. 29
Reference ....................................................................................................................... 32
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Introduction
My name is Aung Bo Bo Hein. I am a network engineer at a high-tech networking
solution development company. This report is about a project that I recently got
for developing a network for a small organization, “EverGreen Corporation”.
There will be explanation of the whole network design that I created for this
system including the blueprint for the design, structure, components usage, and
any others including maintenance schedule and potential enhancement for the
system.
Implementation Steps
Requirement analysis: In order to implement network design based on the
requirement of “EverGreen Corporation”, I gathered the requirements for the
system first.
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The following is the picture of two departments from ground floor, Admin and HR
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And a router is placed between ground floor and first floor which will be connected
by “Switch-groundFloor” and “Switch-firstFloor”.
The following is the picture of two departments from first floor, IT and Accounting
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Picture of File server on the first floor. And “Switch-firstfFloor” which is the main
switch for first floor.
The picture of router that are connected by two main switches, “Switch-
groundFloor” and “Switch-firstFloor”.
Note: Two servers, DHCP server (on the ground floor) and file server (on the first
floor) are connected to switches for each floor and provide services to all the
devices in the system.
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1941 Router 1 Place between ground floor and first floor to connect
devices and create a seamless communication and
efficient data transmission.
DHCP server 1 For automatically configuring IP address to devices
Among types of cable (Ethernet twisted pair cable, coxial cable, fiber optic
cable), I choose twisted pair cable (Cat6 or Cat6a) which has become a popular
choice due to its high performance, reliability and cost effectiveness. So that it is
the most suitable cable type for this small network system.
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Implementation screenshot
DHCP Configuration
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Router Configuration
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Feedback
After finishing the network design, I asked for feedbacks of my network
design from three people. The following are feedback screenshots
Feedback from Ko Phone Htet Myat
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According to the feedback, I can clearly see the strengths and weaknesses
of my design.
Firstly, three of them mentioned the clear, simple and cost-effectiveness.
And placing router between 2 floors to separate the network and IP address
enables the ease of maintenance and troubleshooting for my network system.
And also it will be helpful for centralized management of the network.
Additionally, the network design is scalability, redundancy and flexibility
according to the feedback. These are the overall superior point of my network
design.
However, there are also some areas for further consideration for the
network design. According to Ko Phone Htet Myat, the network design uses some
unnecessary resources. I think he means the term “profligate” is because of using
too many switches for each floor. As for a small organization, I should remove a
switch from each floor for budget saving based on the idea from Ko Phone Htet
Myat. And according to Ko Aung Ye Chain, putting more switches would be more
effective and safety. Because he thinks that complex cable configuration would
lead to fire hazard. The reason is when the network technician couldn’t handle
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the complex cable configuration and make it organized, cables would be touched
and create heat. Starting from that fire can be created.
That was from the two point of views of feedback from Ko Phone Htet Myat
and Ko Aung Ye Chain. Ko Phone Htet Myat from budget saving point of view and
Ko Aung Ye Chain from safety point of view. Personally, both of the idea has its
owns point. But using more switches to connect PC will cost a lot. But his point
of view will need to be considered when the organization grows and needs to add
more cables. It will be a point to be considerd at that time to ensure safety.
Testing
Ping from Admin Department
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Created file
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Maintenance schedule
In the real world, after finishing implementation of a network system, there
is a lot of support and maintenance to keep the system effective and works
properly after a long-term usage. Without proper maintenance, the system will
face a lot of failures and unexpected events that may even shut the system down.
So, the maintenance process is necessary for the networking system.
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Clean the dust annually By using dust cleaning Reduce the heat of
tools to remove and clean the computer while
dust inside computer running and boost
including circuit and performance.
internal fan
Check data weekly Check backup application In case of
backup to make or software that are unexpected failure
sure still doing installed in the computer or event, prevent
backup for the from losing critical
computer Inspect backup log files data in the
and trace the backup computer
status
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Network maintenance
In the networking system, computers are connected to each other by
network connection in order to perform businesses operation such as sharing data,
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files and resources. A failure in network could bring the connection lost between
devices and delay works. So that network maintenance is also essential and
needs to be performed systematically.
Server maintenance
In the system for small organizations, EverGreen Corporation, DHCP server
and file server are used DHCP server for assigning ip address automatically to
the devices in the system and file server for storing and sharing files in the system.
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So that the failure of these servers will have a big impact on the system. So that,
maintaining a server is also important.
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enhancement for
the server.
Penetration test Once in 6 Finding the security To find the
months weakness of the server by vulnerability and
using tools with the help of weakness of the
experts. server and system.
defragmentation monthly Check if there is any To optimize the
unnecessary storage usage overall
and remove. performance of the
server.
Clean server Once in 6 Get a cleaning service from To maintain the
months external vendors or optimal
cleaning experts. performance of the
server when the
time passes.
Cable managing monthly Checking cables Enable a clear
configuration and organize configuration and
cable to reduce the cable manageable
complexity. structure.
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• Segment departments
• Firewall configuration
• Set up wireless access point
• Installing repeater
• Proxy server configuration
• Configure redundant network
• Provide training to employees for cyber security awareness
Segment departments
As for the current network system, the whole system is in the same network
VLAN 1, which is the default VLAN from switches. So, all the devices in the
departments (Admin, HR, IT, Account) share the same network. This will affect
the performance of the system and the security. It is similar to the way that all
the people from the organization live in the same room with no privacy.
The smaller the network, the higher the performance. So that separating a
large network system into a smaller network will increase the performance of the
network by minimizing network congestion which can reduce unnecessary
network traffic. Moreover, from the point of view security, when a network
segment is infected malware or any other malicious program, the whole system
will not be affected
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Firewall configuration
Wireless access points are more flexible than using cables. In the system,
Access points are only used in the account department. But in an organization,
there are a lot of mobile phones, laptops and tablets that are not connected to
the cables. For all the devices in the organization to access the network, wireless
access points should be used to enable the devices in the organization to access
the network.
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Installing repeater
In the network design, there is only one wireless access point in the
accounting department. In this case, by reconsidering the cost-effectiveness of
the network system, changing IT department into the wireless network will be a
point to be considered. But the idea of removing all the cables and switches
configuration and sharing only one wireless access point for the first floor (which
have two departments) will affect the performance of the network system. The
network signal could become weaker. So that using repeater in the IT
department and maintaining the signal strength by expending the network from
the Account Department will solve the problem.
Moreover, as from the above topic “Set up wireless access point” for the
whole organization can also decrease the performance of the network if adding 1
access point and connecting all the devices to that access point. In this case,
repeaters will come into place to expand and maintain the network signal from
the access point, then cover the whole organization. Adding repeaters can be
cost-effective. It will save a lot cost from add more cables, switches and routers
into the system. And also save the process of configure complex cable
configuration by using wireless point and extend the network to multiple devices.
This is the optional enhancement for the network since firewall configuration was
already mentioned above. Setting up proxy server in the organization, will also
protect the network from external threads which acts like firewall. But there is
one more usage for proxy server. It enables private browsing. Moreover, prevent
employees from browsing unintended content by blocking websites through proxy
servers.
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provides creating blueprint for the network system effectively and less errors in
the design stage.
Since the network system is targeted for the small organization, I mainly
focus on cost-effectiveness for the organization by using the resources effectively
such as without using any unnecessary hardware components and cables. I used
a wireless point for “Accounting” department on the first floor. But to save budget,
personally I think wireless network should be implemented on the first floor as I
mentioned in the potential enhancement. So that, it can reduce a lot of cost for
cables configuration. And I used routers in the middle of two floors. The idea of
using router is to separate the IP address for each floor. The IP address of ground
floor starts from 192.168.10.10 and first floor starts from 192.168.20.10. By
doing this I can clearly know which PC from ground floor and which pc from first
floor by looking at the IP address. And also in my design router become a central
node since main switch from two department is connected to router. So that it
will be in the form of star (Star Topology). The advantages of star topology is
enabling the centralized management of the network. And I also configured two
servers (DHCP server and File server) based on the requirement of the business.
After the design, I also prepared the maintenance schedule for the network.
It includes maintenance schedule for hardware devices, network and servers. So
that the organization can maintain the network by following the maintenance
schedule and maintain the performance of the network. I gave detailed
instructions for the maintenance schedule to ensure they can easily follow the
schedule and enable the stability of the network.
And finally, I provide some potential enhancement for the network system
in the consideration of near or further future for organization. The main idea of
potential enhancement is to focus on the time when the organization grows and
requires expending the network such as adding new pcs or laptops, expanding a
new department or new floor. In that situation, the enhancement list will help the
organization considering from the point of view of maintainability, scalability,
efficiency and security, and enable to expand the network by maintaining the
performance, stability and create a secure network.
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This is all I have done in the whole project of developing the network
system of EverGreen Corporation. I did well-researched to design and
implemented the network. I planned future enhancement for continuous
improvement and maintenance which ensure long-term effectiveness and
efficiency for the organization network.
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