Assess Skills for Implementing Complex Networks Lab

Write a paragraph (minimum five college-level sentences) below that summarizes what was accomplished in this lab, what you learned by performing it, how it relates to this week's TCOs and other course material, and just as important, how you feel it will benefit you in your academic and professional career.

Answer the following questions about the analysis and design of the network.

1. How would you implement availability in this network?

2. From an efficiency perspective, what should the subnet mask be for the connection between R1 and R2?

3. What security techniques should be implemented on the access layer switches?

4. The solution indicates that all networks use the /24 subnet mask. From experience, you know that this is not the most efficient way to assign host addresses. Assume that the marketing department has 235 current users and eight servers. If you assume an additional 10% for future expansion, what subnet mask should be used on the marketing department's network segment?