¶ … Consultancy Inc. is a small business organization specializing in the management consultancy for various businesses in the United States. Recent growth experienced by the Best Consultancy has made the company to integrate network technology to facilitate the business agility. Thus, my neighbor, who is the owner of the business, has contacted me to assist him in designing a network system that could serve his business purpose. Meanwhile, Best Consultancy requires the following network devices in the company network technology:
laptops, 2 workstations, and 1 server supporting 3 users
Wireless networking
quality networked printer
File and folder sharing
Internet access
Multiple email addresses
Basic security environment which similar to home environment
Initial investment of $5,000 or less
Recurring costs to be less than $200 per month
To design the network system for Best Consultancy, it is essential to integrate the following network devices for the company network technology:
Project Objective
Objective of this project is to recommend a network design that meets the needs of Best Consultancy Inc.
1: Network Design Recommendation meeting Customer Needs
The report uses Physical Network Diagram to meet the customer needs. The physical network diagram reveals all the network architecture that customer will require for the business activities. The physical network diagram presents the physical layout of the network, and the diagram provides the vital documentation of the network. The physical network diagram assists in presenting the visual representation of the number of equipment needed for the network system.
As being revealed in Fig 1, the customer needs the following items for the network system:
2 laptops, 2 workstations, and 1 server supporting 3 users
Wireless networking
1 quality networked printer
Router to connect all the network components
Firewall for the network security
Internet Connection
Multiple email addresses
Small Business server
File and folder sharing
2. Original Diagram of the Network Configuration.
Illustration in Fig 1 presents the original network diagram that meets the customer needs. From Fig 1, the router will be used to connect all the company laptops, desktop, server, the internet, the printer, and all other network devices together. Since the client requires wireless networking for his business activity, the Wireless Access Point will be installed to assist the client to work without connecting computers to cable or wire. Moreover, the Firewall will be installed to protect the network system against authorized access. Fig 1 provides network diagram of Best Consultancy network system.
Fig 1: Network Diagram for Best Consultancy Inc.
Network Architecture & Internet access configuration
Network architecture for the network system for Best Consultancy Inc. will compose of the following:
LAN (Local Area Network) configuration
Router
Server
Internet Access
LAN configuration
Since Best Consultancy is a small business that will be operated in small building, the company would need Local Area Network (LAN) to connect all network components. LAN is the network system that offers data communication within a geographical area. Typically, LAN generally offers high-bandwidth communication over non-expensive media. The essence of LAN is to assist the data communication between the company server, office computers and printer. The LAN will compose of three hardware elements such as coaxial cable, fiber optics, and interface to connect the network to the host computer. (Clark, Pogran, & Reed, 2008).
Router
The router is critical in the network connection and the high-end router will be installed for the internet connection and this will be used to support the internet backbone. Best Consultancy will use Cisco2900 series integrated router because of the multiple advantages that this router will offer for the network connection. Cisco 2900 router will offer secured voice and video service. More importantly, the design of this router offers high-speed delivery of concurrent data. Additionally, the Cisco 2900 router provides several security devices such as encryption acceleration, firewall functions and instruction detection system. Moreover, the router provides power saving for the hardware that will be used for the network configuration. The router will also provide access multi-gigabit fabric that could provide connection through switch ports without the external ports. (Cisco, 2010).
Server
A sever is a computer device that provides various shared resources to computer network. The shared resources include hardware access, disk place and email devices. The report recommends HP (Hewlett Packard) ProLiant ML150 G6 Tower Server for Best Consultancy to share the network resources. HP server is ideal for small business and dependable method to organize and share network resources. HP (Hewlett Packard) ProLiant server offers the benefits of automatically back up the data from computers, and it is possible to quick retrieve complete data from stored in the folders, files and from the computers in the case of accidental loss. The costs of HP (Hewlett Packard) ProLiant are $1,038. Typically, HP (Hewlett Packard) ProLiant 2 is a powerful tool to increase flexibility...
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