Lab 2 410 Netw

Lab Report

1. What are the business goals? (10 points)

The business goals are to implement a new network for the growth of students in the campus.

2. What are the business constraints? (10 points)

The source of funding for the school is revenue from a property tax and previously approved bond issue; the funds must be spent in a fiscally prudent manner while still delivering the required network improvements.

3. What are the technical goals? (10 points)

Build a new IT wing onto the administration building to centralize all of the servers that are currently located in a closet in each of the individual buildings.

Connect all of the buildings to the new IT wing of the administration building.

Provide controlled wireless access for the students in each classroom.

Provide open wireless access for the students and the local population in the areas outside of each building.

Provide a high-speed wired network connection to each faculty office.

Provide a centralized online backup of all data designated for backup.

Replace the PBX-based telephone system with a VOIP-based system.

4. What are the technical constraints? (10 points)

An additional campus will be required on the other side of the county within the next few years. In the recent bond election, the voters approved funding to purchase land next to a business park the city has established. This new location is 15 miles from the current campus. A city-owned hiking trail that runs along an abandoned railroad line connects the two locations.

5. Diagram the existing network. (10 points)

The current network consist of a Category 5 CM-rated UTP cable that is installed in the plenum space above the false ceiling to each work area and classroom in every building on the campus. The part of the cable from the ceiling to each device drops out of the ceiling and lies on the floor. The other end of each of these horizontal cables is connected to a patch panel mounted in a relay rack in a closet in...