Acme Manufacturing Network Design

Final Project, Acme Manufacturing Network Design

By

Jeremy Smith

Mark Burke

IT/242 Intro to WAN Technologies

February 19, 2010

Final Project

Introduction: The following outline will be the foundation for the body of my text. It will be used as a tool, which will provide flow and reason, making the text easy to follow. Contained in the outline will be points that will be explained as I develop the text.

I. About Acme Manufacturing

a. Acme and its sites

b. Acme’s network requirements

II. Site connection recommendation

a. T1

b. Satellite

c. Site connectivity requirements

III. Telecommunication recommendation

a. PBX or VoIP

IV. IP address scheme

a. IP address range

b. Broadcast addresses

c. Subnets

V. VLAN

VI. Network equipment needs

a. Protocols for routers

VII. Wireless

VIII. Security

Final Project cont’d.

Conclusion: I have confidence that the above information will assist in my recommendations for Acme Manufacturing. All information contained in the outline is what I feel will be the appropriate areas that need to be covered to build the company a reliable and secure network.

Jeremy Smith

Mark Burke

IT/242 Intro to WAN Technologies

February 19, 2010

Final Project, Acme Manufacturing Network Design

As shown in the drawing on the previous page, we can get a basic idea of how all of the sites related directly to Acme Manufacturing. Acme is a widget manufacturing company, who in recent days has experienced massive growth. With sites across the country, as well as a plant facility in China, they are now in need of a modern technology upgrade in order to achieve the fastest and most secure communications between all sites. We have designed a plan that will provide that and more. Acme will have the ability to carry out all areas of manufacturing, telecommute, transmit and receive data, and store data in a way that will reduce the threat of compromise.

The previous drawing indicates only a small amount of detail...