Acme Manufacturing Wan Design

Acme Manufacturing WAN Design

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Lawrence Masters

I have been hired by Acme Manufacturing to design a Wide Area Network to expand their current network. This new network will accommodate to their needs and reach multiple locations in the United States and a single location in China.

Acme Manufacturing is a manufacturing company that is located in Atlanta, GA. The headquarters are located in Atlanta, but they also have offices located in Chicago, Phoenix, and New York. These offices are distribution offices. They have recently acquired a plant in China. With this recent growth and expansion they are in need for a new Wide Area Network, one that will accommodate their United States offices and their China plant. They will need all new equipment, a way to transport data overseas, and communicate between offices. I will suggest a new network for them and give recommendations on how to improve communication and lower costs.

The first thing needed is a good OSI. The OSI model uses seven layers to communicate with a network. Computers use the OSI model to communicate with other computers. The OSI model uses the layers in order as follows: application layer, presentation layer, session layer, transport layer, network layer, data link layer, and the physical layer (Regan, 2004). The physical layer handles that actual transmission of the data being sent. WAN protocols operate on the network layer, data link layer, and physical layer of the OSI. Switches and routers operate on the network layer. The network layer involves establishing, maintaining, and terminating connections between networks. It also makes routing decisions and relays data from one network to another. The routers handle this in this layer. When a device attempts to communicate with another device or the network, the router decides where the data will go (Regan, 2004). It directs the data to the right place. We will be ordering switches and routers and...