Description: Networks are fundamental to every aspect of our society. Designing a network that
is both adequate to current and future needs is important. In this assignment, you are asked to
design a network according to a specification.
Organisation Structure:
The organisation in this scenario is concerned with scientific research. It is composed of the
following divisions.
a) Research Scientists (50 staff)
b) Commerce and Marketing (20 staff)
c) Academic staff and University Student Interns (80 staff)
d) Management (20 staff)
e) IT staff (5 staff)
f) Admin (10 staff)
g)
Laboratory Scientists (20 staff)
The premises are located on the edge of a well known university campus. The laboratory is located
on campus. The organisation is physically structured as follows. Research scientists and Commerce
and Marketing are located on the top floor of the building. Academic staff and Uni. Students
are
located on the second floor along with Management. IT staff and Admin occupy the ground floor.
The laboratory is located within the campus on the ground floor of the science building.
The requirement is to build an efficient network to meet the needs of the organisation and for its
future
growth.
The IT specifications for each unit are these:
a) Research Scientists - 40 workstations + access to research database
b) Commerce and Marketing - 10 workstations + access to company marketing database
c) Academic staff and University Student Interns - 60 workstations
d) Management - 10 workstations + access to company business database
e) IT staff - 5 workstations + access to all company IT assets
f) Admin - 5 workstations + access to all company databases via software to generate reports
g) Laboratory Scientists - 10 workstations + access to research database (e.g. same as group a)
As each department has fewer office workstations compared with staff, a requirement for offsite
access is mandatory. The campus has existing IT infrastructure which you will have to utilise in order
to connect to the main office.
Your task: Using the information provided about the organisation, design a network layout to
maximise efficiency and to allow both onsite and offsite access to the resources by employees. You
will generate a network layout using a tool such as 'Packet Tracer'. It is important to give labels to
your interfaces, both name
and IP, one such example of labelling is displayed in the following diagram