TA, being a new coaching institute, facilitates computer networking provisions to students in three campuses in three different regions of the USA, Houston (head office), Washington and Missouri. However, the facilities are designed to support different specifications. STA needs a consolidated network system for all three locations so that all the diverse system specifications are sharable and accessible (with predefined restrictions) within the organisational network. Houston, being Head Quarter (henceforth HQ), holds the accountability of all the management related activities and authoritative privileges, accommodating management, administrative and sales departments, each of which has two printers. Additionally, for supporting the activities, three servers are vital; Web server, Account server and LMS server. Departmen
STA, being a new coaching institute, facilitates
to students in three campuses in three different regions of the USA, Houston
(head office), Washington and Missouri. However, the facilities are designed to
support different specifications. STA needs a consolidated network system for all
three locations so that all the diverse system specifications are sharable and
accessible (with predefined restrictions) within the organisational network.
Houston, being Head Quarter (henceforth HQ), holds the accountability of all the
management related activities and authoritative privileges, accommodating
management, administrative and sales departments, each of which has two
printers. Additionally, for supporting the activities, three servers are vital; Web
server, Account server and LMS server. Departmental accesses to these servers
are restricted to their relevancies-
Web server can only be accessed by admin group
Account server can only be accessed by management department
LMS server can be accessed from all over the network
Apart from having managerial responsibilities, HQ consists of five cable-oriented
labs and two wireless labs, all of which are used for teaching networking related
courses. Each lab is equipped with DHCP server, DNS server and printer, which
are, however, not privileged to be accessed. Lab users would be privileged, on
the other hand, to access World Wide Web through appropriate firewall (based
on STA’s firewall requirements).
Issues like high availability, fault tolerance (reliability), extensibility, security,
isolation; usability and speed are key features that are expected from the solution
at least for upcoming five years.
Houston Head Office
Labs consist of 20 PCs along with two (02) printers in each lab, while fourth (4th)
Lab is wireless Lab consist of ten (10) wireless devices along with Three (03)
Ethernet base printers.
There are three (03) department management, administration and sales.
Management department contain account server that is manage by
Management department, while it consists of Seven (07) PCs along with two (02)
printers.
Administration department contain web server and it is also consisting of
Seventeen(17) PCs and four (04) Printers.
Sales department manage LMS server along with Sixteen (16) PCs and five
(05)Printers.
All Labs should be isolated from departments.
Washington and Missouri Sites
Washington and Missouri sites also have same number of Lab only. (No
information about department).
Task-1 Requirement
1. How many IP’s are required for head office?
2. Write the name of devices which should be on static IP and which type of
IP Class is suitable in this scenario.
3. Write the IP’s requirement for Management department in head office.
4. Keeping in view of this scenario, how you will address the issues of
availability, fault tolerance, security and redundancy. Support your
arguments with practical examples.
Task-2 Requirement
Using packet tracer, build up the above topology and safe the .pkt with complete
configuration file as follow:
1. Routing configuration between offices.
2. Switching configuration if any (VLAN).
3. Access Control List.
4. End nodes (clients and servers) IP configuration.
5. DHCP/DNS configuration (verify configuration from user node).
6. Any other necessary configuration to complete the above topology.
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