...Project Overview High-Power Consultants is a mid-sized business that offers computer and network consulting services to a variety of companies throughout the southeast United States. They have recently been retained by Joe’s Yachts to develop a network design upgrade proposal that follows industry standard guidelines. Joe’s Yachts is a seller of high-end and custom yachts to customers throughout the southeast coastal area. They have 15 stores in four states and all are interconnected. Your instructor will provide you with the current network layout of Joe’s Yachts. Although the current infrastructure provides basic network services and interconnectivity between all stores, it has nonetheless been hampered by older technology and designs. Joe’s Yachts would like to upgrade its network design and components to improve network capacity, provide wireless services at their stores, offer more robust security services, and implement store-to-store VoIP services to replace the existing traditional phone service. As an employee of High-Power Consultants, you will develop a proposal for Joe’s that follows the SDLC process and meets their network design requirements. In this activity, you will need to prepare a proposal for Joe’s that addresses the following topics: •An evaluation of the existing network infrastructure, noting security strengths and weaknesses. •A review of the company’s requirements and what will be needed to meet them. Justify your recommendations for...
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...You’re Free Inc. | Network Design Project | You’re Free Incorporated | | Contents Executive Summary 3 Project Scope 4 Project Goal 5 Design Requirements 7 Design Requirements – Assumptions 9 Current State of the Network 9 New Logical and Physical Design 14 Implementation Plan 18 Budget 21 References 25 Appendix: Equipment Prices 27 Executive Summary Network requirements are changing on a regular basis. Not too long ago you could only have a wired network connection. If you wanted to make that existing connection portable you simply just connected a longer cable to your computer and dragged it around the office. This contributed to a mess of unsightly cables and multiple connections around an office space that could be connected and reconnected as office layouts changed over time. Even just a few years ago a wireless network was not even worth the effort because of the slow connections and download speeds. Now every coffee shop offers wireless internet with speeds faster than the wired networks of 10 years ago. The company at discussion, You’re Free Inc. is a small law firm that has just experienced some growth and doubled its employee roster as well as double its office space from one floor to two. It is currently using a very slow 10Mbps network to access applications on its server and do video conferencing. As you can imagine there is a big slow down in the network and high latency is experienced during a video conference and during...
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...Network Design Project Rosemarie Moore Professor Melanie Howard Introduction to Networking CIS175 June 1, 2010 Network Design Consultation Initially, I was asked to set up a network design within the client’s budget. After sitting down with the client to discuss the needs of his/her business I asked, “What specifications did he or she have if any”? I was told that they wanted two (2) workstations set-up, quality printer, internet access, multiple email addresses. Basic low security environment and their initial investment was $5,000 dollars or less and wanted their cost be less than $200.00 dollars a month. Research I began my research by checking out the top internet carriers that serviced the area. I found two internet carriers in the area. There was Verizon who has DSL or FIOS and Comcast that handled Cable internet services. I chose Comcast Business Class for the internet provider. I chose to use is a Linksys ultra range wireless router. The printer, I chose is a HP Officejet 6500 with wireless capabilities and billing software I chose is Quickbook Pro 2010 (http://quickbooks.intuit.com/pro/features/ ). I chose the star topology because the client is only going to have 2 workstations. Many home networks use the star topology. A star network features a central connection point called a "hub" that may be a hub, switch or router. Devices typically connect to the hub with Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) Ethernet. Compared...
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...Inc. Upon arriving at the client, you learn from the president that there is no one dedicated to information technology or networking on the staff and there are 20 Windows peer-to-peer client computers all connected via coax cabling. The president also indicates that the company plans to double in size over the next two years, but she is weary of drastically changing the computing environment. Write a 2-3 page paper in which you: • Describe what changes you would suggest in terms of the current network type / structure and how you would lay out the benefits of the changes you recommend. • Describe why you would suggest connecting all current and new client computers using twisted pair cable instead of staying with the current coax wiring structure. • Discuss the possibility of using fiber optic cable instead of either twisted pair cable or staying with the existing coax wiring structure. • Research the costs involved with making these changes to the network (not including the cost for buying more computers) and determine whether or not there is a cost benefit. Your assignment must: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. The specific Course Learning Outcomes associated with this assignment are: Contrast why different technologies are deployed in different contexts of networking...
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...Integrating Network Design Project: Riordan Manufacturing Name NTC/362 Latrea Shine December 08, 2014 Abstract When considering network systems in relation to its functions with business standards or customization to an organization’s needs, many factors play great roles into what makes the best available system. There are three main decisions to be made with most organizations when choosing the kind of network they want and how it would be established, which would be the following: What type of network is desired? LAN, MAN, WAN, VLAN, PAN or a mixture of networks can be created to convene business and customers. What topology is needed based on the organizations budget and need for efficiency? And lastly, how will these networks connect? This will also be based on the organization’s budget and/or need for security. Applying these networks to enterprise systems, especially with fortune 500 companies and bigger involves much work with intranet tie-in, and this takes longer than just an idea’s time to create. It involves engineering and applied information technology. Integrative Network Design Project: Riordan Manufacturing “The company’s development and research is done at the company headquarters in San Jose. Its products contain custom plastic parts produced at its plant in Pontiac, plastic beverage containers produced at its plant in Albany, plastic fan parts produced at its facilities in Hang Zhou China, Georgia, and Michigan” (Apollo Group, 2013). Riordan’s network can...
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...Integrative Network Design Project Abstract Kudler Fine Foods is currently seeking to connect three locations via a Wide Area Network (WAN), create a wireless local area network (WLAN) in each store and add a voice over internet protocol phone system throughout the network. The purpose of this paper is to lay out a design that will accomplish these goals and includes the ability to expand beyond the current stores. Hardware and Software All computer networks are comprised of hardware components and software. Kudler Fine Foods has three locations and each of these locations require their own hardware components. The software components of the network will also need to be installed at each of the locations. The hardware components of the network, that will be located at each site, are a router, switch, firewall, end nodes, and wireless access points. A router will be used to allow each site to communicate with the other locations. A switch will be used to connect all of the point of sale terminals and user terminals with the router. A hardware firewall will be placed between the internet and the router to prevent unauthorized access to the system. The term end node refers to any device that is connected to the end of the wired or wireless network. End nodes, or end devices include user desktops, point of sale terminals, and server in this particular case. The wireless access points will be configured to only allow company approved devices access. The devices that are...
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...Integrative Network Design Project: Part 1 Michael Thibodeaux Instructor Matt Henwood 10/27/2012 Introduction The virtual organization I choose was Kudler Fine Foods, mainly for my experience with this organization in previous classes. Upon research I found that Kudler is in serious need of updated networks as their current systems are border line obsolete and extremely inefficient. Over the next few weeks a plan will be formulated to be put into action to remedy this. This being part 1 I will discuss the general outline to this plan as well as evaluate Kudler’s current system and setup. I will also note the makeup and design of their network system and state which standards apply to this project. Kudler is an upper-scale grocer which specializes in selling quality specialty foods as well as your more common items found in groceries. They currently have three locations around the San Diego area which are located in Encinitas, Del Mar and La Jolla. Currently, each location hosts its own network but share similar characteristics. Characteristics and Components Kudler’s network is built on a 10.1.50.0 Ethernet network with a Novel 4.11 server for their point of sale systems. Their network hosts many computers, all of which run windows98 as their operating system. Each of the computers hosted in this network boasts a 56k modem and is only capable of 56k speeds to access out of company networks and information. This type of modem is very limiting as it requires an...
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...Integrative Network Design Project Kudler Fine Foods is one of the biggest and fastest growing food companies in the Unites States. Because of this fast expansion there are expected and often increased goals that must be done in order to keep all parts of the company working as they should. One of these areas that must be kept up to date and secured at all times is its integrated network. Again because of the company’s recent growth there will be challenges that will happen especially with the network so a good integrative network design must be developed in order to continue this positive trend both in present and in the future. Kudler Fine Foods is taking the next step to upgrade the existing infrastructure with new wireless technology which will provide a better communication link for not only all of the stores, but for all of the employees as well. Kudler Fine Foods wants to implement a new network design that will connect their three locations that is spreaded out across the U.S. With the new systems and servers the ability to maximize the company’s profits will increase overnight. This new inventory system will allow the stores POS systems to alert the warehouses to ship more products when they are running low automatically. This will eliminate the need of wasted man hours checking the stock. Using a Wide Area Network (WAN) would be the best choice for connecting the three locations together. They also want to implement a communication system throughout the network of their...
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...Integrative Network Design Project II Communications protocols are where the rubber meets the road when discussing communications between computers. These protocols set the parameters for computer communication and allow them to communicate in an organized manner. Without protocols a network would be worthless and very ineffective. The protocols help not only in preventing errors but they also provide a way of tracking down errors by giving the user a systematic process to check for possible repairs. Some of the main things protocols do are: 1. Provide private communication capabilities. 2. Give users the ability to authenticate traffic. 3. Organizes packets (Packets are data organized in a specific format containing user information/ handling instructions). 4. Provide a way to pinpoint errors in communication. The proposed changes to the system are based on the technical vulnerabilities caused by using hardware/software and wiring that is old or not optimal. The current protocols used are acceptable but need to be overhauled in order to provide Kudler with faster communication over long distance. Uniformity of the network is obvious in the current Ethernet network set up built over T3 100 base connections and the versatility of the Novell 4.11 server is a plus; but the Novell uses an Internet Package Exchange/Sequence Package protocol (IPX/SPX). This protocol is generally supported but not globally supported like TCP/IP. The IPX/SPX protocol works great with Intranet/Intraware...
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...Kudler Fine Foods. First in these points is that of the hardware, and the software that is needed to make sure that the electronic threats to their system is taken care of. Next is the Local Area Networks (LAN), and also the Wide Area Network (WAN) not forgetting the wireless aspects of it all. Then finally in these points is that of the building blocks of the system. These building blocks are switches, routers, and also cabling. Hardware, and Software In the aspects of Kulder Fine Foods we don’t want to forget the important aspect of the chances of electronic threats to the system. One big way that this can be done is by isolating the electronic information. This may seem like a of course kind of thought, but it is one we don’t want to forget. Making sure we include hard walls, locked doors, and even the possibility of safes. The best time to secure the system is before there is any problems which is by understand the way they could try to attach the system. We could install something like Netware to help protect the sensitive information on the system. LAN/WAN, and Wireless Technology Next on the areas of networks such as LAN Local Area Network, and also WAN Wide Area Network, also...
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...Integrative Network Design Project (INDP) This paper will explain the network fundamental characteristics and components of Kudler Fine Foods (KFF). Kudler Fine Foods is a small local upscale specialty food store specializing in import and domestic products located in the three locations within the San Diego metropolitan area. Diagrams will show the current network topology. Finally, a description the standards applicable to this INDP project will be provided. Network Fundamental Characteristics and Components A network is comprised of computer hardware, cabling, network devices, and computer software, which together allows computers to communicate with each other. The network characteristics are determined by the availability, cost, reliability, security, speed, scalability, and topology. In order to understand how each component communicates and operates it’s helpful to break it down into pieces and then analyze. The diagrams below provide details of the topology of Kudler Fine Foods. Current Network Topology The current network topology used at Kudler Fine Foods is the bus topology. The bandwidth which is the volume of data that can travel over the Ethernet cable is shared with a transmission speed of 100 Mbit/s. “The single cable is referred to as a trunk, backbone, or segment (Goleniewski, 2007).” University of Phoenix. (2013). University of Phoenix. (2013). University of Phoenix. (2013). Standards Components assigned to a specific architecture layer have...
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...Integrative Network Design Project Shaquita Boss NTCC/362 October 19, 2015 Peter Fortuna Kudler Fine Foods Kudler Fine Foods was established in 1998 from a vision of a very motivated and passionate gourmet cook by the name of Kathy Kudler. The vision came about when the frustration of having to travel around town to gather ingredients for what she thought was an untroublesome dinner. Kathy then decided to establish her very own gourmet food shop. The first store was opened in La Jolla, California. After just two short years of the La Jolla store opening, her second location was open for business which is located in Del Mar, California. The third Kudler Fine Foods was opened in 2003 in Encinitas, California. Kudler Fine Food Topology Current Topology Network Topologies Kudler’s Fine Foods all use the same Hub for connectivity. The Hubs that they are currently using are ancient history compared to today’s technology. Kudler Fine Foods currently use what is call a bus topology were all stations are attached via cable taps to a single length of cable. Each station sends signals and is able to detect signals on the bus. The bus topology connects each computer on the network into something called the segment trunk. A bus is usually referred to a cable that connects end to end and this is used to transmit the signals from one end to the other end. At every end a terminator is placed so that it understands in which direction the data is traveling and also the terminator...
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...Integrative Network Design Project As the Integrative Network Design Project moves in to part three the need to evaluate the Patton-Fuller Community Hospital network to identify additional properties and functions. This paper will look at the hardware and software needed to secure the network against electronic threats, will examine the use of Wide Area Networks (WAN) and Local Area Networks (LAN) and the technologies used to implement them, and finally the concepts of data communication networks will be explored. In any organization it is imperative that measures are taken to protect the network from potential threats. Vital information contained on the network may be at risk to potential internal or external network threats. With this stated it is important that the organization determines the safeguards that need to be in place to protect that data. Patton-Fuller Community Hospital will need to evaluate the software and hardware options that are available and will provide the most secure method for protecting the critical data stored on the network. To make an informed decision the types of potential threats must be first identified. There are a number of threats to networks; social engineering, port scanners, packet sniffers, password cracking, trojans, denial of service attacks, server bugs, and super user exploits. Each of these uses techniques designed to access the network and impair the networks ability to function or to obtain vital data. Social engineering...
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...INDP Final Kudler Fine Foods Network Design Project NTC 362 March 17, 2014 Introduction This paper will present the Final Integrative Network Design outlining the cumulative plan that Kudler Fine Foods has accepted and agreed on for implementation of the following: Final Network Design The integrative network design project for Kudler Fine Foods will include Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) will be used as a means of communication within a private network or the internet for Kudler Fine Foods network devices. Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is used for transfer of multimedia files, video, sound, and text over the internet. Kudler Fine Foods will implement File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to download files, transfer files, delete files, copy and rename files from the internet as needed. Mesh Protocol will be used to connect all devices such as printers, computers, and scanners on the network. In a true mesh topology every node has a connection to every other node in the network ("Common Physical Network Topologies ", 2014). The network will consist of a hardware firewall blocking unwanted access from outside of the location. The next step is to set up a hub or switch that will connect all of the stores terminals. All of these terminals such as registers and remote locations such as warehouse will be hardwired with twisted pair CAT 5 Ethernet cable. The server will be located in a room in each store with the hub or switch. A wireless...
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...There are many considerations that have to be looked at in order to create a new network for Kudler Fine Foods that will allow the company to perform well in the current market, be able to expand and grow, and connect all locations together as well as keep each facility running at optimal conditions. In order for the new network to be successful consideration have to be taken in the use of LANs and WANs in the network, other wireless technologies used in the company, various other parts included in today’s data communication networks, and in the types of security used in all of these items. All of these items are important in building a network that will operate for the company in the manner that is required, help improve communication within the different stores of the company as well as the entire company, and allow for future network growth within the company. Kudler Fine Foods will require the use of Local Area Networks (LANs) in each of its facilities, Wide Area Networks (WANs) to tie each of the facilities together and to the rest of the world, and the use of other wireless technologies in order to be successful in the business world today. Each facility will use a LAN to tie all of its computers and systems together. The facilities will then be linked to each other and to other companies, such as vendors and general information like the internet, through a WAN. The entire company will also be using certain wireless technologies within the facilities to enhance work performance...
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