Question: Context Design a network for a small doctor's office located on two floors of an office building without using wireless. The practice is divided into

Context Design a network for a small doctor's office located on two floors of an office building without using wireless. The practice is divided into two (2) departments including medical records containing 10 workstations and 2 servers; and billing with 10 workstations and 3 printers. The practice runs the following services: database, file and printers; and the following vendor-supplied services: email, data backup and web services. Each workstation has Windows 10, MS Office, and an antivirus program installed. Design the network to support the company's IT needs.

TOPIC: Explain the connections between the floors

1) Explain how to connect the networks on the two floors.

TOPIC: Specify onsite service implementation

2) Specify how to implement onsite services: databases, file and print services

TOPIC: Show DHCP pool configuration for workstations

3) Implement DHCP for workstations, but not for other devices. Also, list which devices would have a static assignment and why they would have that assignment.

TOPIC: Network Addressing Table

4) Map out the IP configurations for all the end nodes given that the practice has been assigned a class C network by the ISP.

TOPIC: This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeNetwork Diagram

5) Develop a network diagram.

TOPIC: This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSpecify offsite services implementation

6) Specify how to implement offsite services: email, data backup, web services.

TOPIC: Data backup plan

7) Develop a plan to provide for the security of data (both at rest and in transit) as well as other system resources.

TOPIC: This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeTroubleshooting plan

8) Develop a network troubleshooting plan and explain how the scientific method of analysis can be applied in a variety of situations to solve networking problems, including data transmissions errors, hardware faults, malware, and configuration errors.

TOPIC: Maintenance plan

9) Develop a comprehensive system maintenance plan.

TOPIC: This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePotential equipment

10) Identify additional network equipment that would be needed in order to scale up the network to include another 10 floors.

Please give a detailed explanation and diagrams if possible.

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