Due to growth and the continued requirements of rapid availability of data which must also be secure the dental business has sought to upgrade its current network infrastructure. Presently the dental business consists of 5 offices located throughout the city. There are 15 dentists and 12 dental assistants that will need instant access to patient records and schedules. Additionally, four of the dentists regularly work outside of the office and will require mobile access. It is imperative that this patient data is protected from hackers. These goals all must be achieved with any new network redesign as they are all mission critical to the dentistry business. To ensure the rapid transfer of data between the offices there will need to be a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN). This will allow the offices to all communicate directly with one another without having to reach a central network location before being redirected. This boosted communication capability will allow better coordination which will improve customer satisfaction and could even be the difference in saving someone’s life in a medical emergency. Setting up a MAN can be done through a local internet service provider and can give access to even greater speeds than some other services. This is also cheaper to set up compared to creating a new MAN. To deal with the needs of the mobile dentists a two part solution is needed. First, the company will set up a Virtual Private Network (VPN). This will allow people that have received the proper authority will be able to access the network data from a remote location. With that in mind the four mobile dentists will be issues company tablets with and trained how to access the VPN. These tablets will have 3G capability so they will not need to find another wireless network to and instead can connect at all times to the company network. To ensure continued security