Network Design Proposal and Design Draft
The purpose of this assignment is for you to apply the concepts and skills you have acquired so far in the course:
Internet models (the five layer - TCP/IP aka the Internet model data communication network)
Network design
How to create a Design Proposal
How to design a LAN
How to create a backbone network and connect your LAN environments
How to incorporate VLANs
How to connect the network to a WAN.
Prior to beginning your Network Design Proposal and Design draft, read Anthony’s Potato Chip Company Scenario to learn the background information. Then, use the Network Design Proposal and Design template to complete the following elements.
Requirements Analysis
Include the requirements for each of the following:
Data types
Data sources
Numbers of users and priority levels
Transmission speed requirements
Load variation estimates
Storage requirements
Reliability requirements – The standards reliability requires the network to operate at following percentage rates:
Standard operations uptime:
Downtime:
Error rate: 0.001%
Existing network (a description of the existing network)