COIT20265 | Capstone Project Network Redesign Template | Networks and Information Security Project

Overview (one page)

Provide a clear and concise description of the organisation, the business domain, network issues, and your actions to address these issues including the components of your recommended network redesign.

Identify Organisation’s Needs and Constraints

Business Goals aimed to meet organisation’s business objectives, and the need to work within business constraints (two pages).

Technical Goals aimed to support business transactions:

Scalability (half a page)

 Availability (half a page)

 Network performance (half a page)

Security (half a page)

 Manageability (half a page)

 Usability (half a page)

Adaptability (half a page)

Affordability (half a page)

Existing Network

Analysis of Existing Network – brief description of current topology, physical infrastructure, and network’s performance (one page).

Network Maps (WAN and LANs) – Block diagrams of current hosts, interconnecting devices, and network segments (two pages).

Network Infrastructure Issues – summary of current network-related issues (one page).

Network Traffic Analysis

Traffic Flow – sources and destinations of network traffic. In this section, you consider current and new network applications and services to determine the flow (two page)

Traffic load – to ensure enough capacity for local and internetworking flows. Take into account the workstations, servers, time hosts are required to be active, latency, and the like (two pages)

                Protocols and Quality of Service Requirements (one page) 

                                                                                                

Logical Network Redesign

Network Topology Design – including detailed views of core, distribution, and access layers (two pages).

IP Addressing Scheme Design (two pages)

Switching and Routing Protocols selection (two pages)

Network Management Strategies (one page)

Physical Network Redesign

Selection of Technologies and Network Devices for each Campus (LANs)

                LAN cabling (one page)

                LAN Technologies (one page)

                Campus interconnecting Devices (one page)       

Selection of Technologies and Devices Campus Wide (WANs)

                Remote Access Technologies (one page)

                Organisation wide interconnecting Devices (one page)

                WAN Technologies (one page)

Physical Network Map (in a single page)

Conclusion

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