I just need help with the cisco packet tracer for the project. How to set it up and how to edit it.

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IT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT PHASE I INSTRUCTIONS

All labs must be submitted using the version of Packet Tracer in the online course/learning management system. Please do NOT download other versions or use other versions of Packet Tracer.

In addition, please do NOT add users or passwords to any device, leave all credentials blank.

Project Background

Reference Figure 1. Friendly Care Hospital is one of the biggest hospitals in DC. You have recently bought the hospital, naming it [Your Firstname Lastname] Hospital. For example, Jane Doe Hospital. Jane Doe Hospital owns a 5-story building and houses many departments that span multiple floors. Its Radiology department is spread across the first and second floors, connected by a dedicated LAN. The department has recently deployed a new "Radiology Images" application as part of their initiative to digitize patient records. However, the department staff sometimes faces long application delays during busy hours. It also experiences regular delays in Internet connectivity, FTPS services, web services, and email services.

Their original design, depicted in Figure 1, was categorized as a small network, providing services for up to 200-500 devices. They have well surpassed this. You, as their senior network engineer, are tasked with the job of a complete re-design. This design must support a medium-size network for over 1,000 devices.

Figure 1. Friendly Care Hospital Network Design

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Project Overview

This project along with the Phase II IT Infrastructure Project will help you understand how a

network administrator improves network performance in wired and wireless local area and wide

area networks, using the application Cisco Packet Tracer. To learn more about Packet Tracer

please read the Cisco Packet Tracer DS PDF.

In this project, you will study performance improvements in a congested, wired LAN/WAN

environment that can be solved to varying degrees by a new IT infrastructure design and fully

functional implementation in Packet Tracer. Later, in Phase II of the project, you will scale this

design to a larger enterprise IT infrastructure.

Project Requirements

Take screenshots demonstrating your network, servers, configurations, and protocols

properly functioning in the new design. Screenshots must include a unique piece of

information identifying the student's computer along with a proper operating system

date/time. Submit these as appendices in the Word document.

Submit a working Packet Tracer lab, typically this file has a .pkt file extension.

o This will include the fully operational new IT infrastructure design

o All devices in the lab must be named with your first name and last name

Example: Jane_Doe_Router_1

o All hardware and software should be configured properly and should be able

to communicate securely using optimized networking designs, configurations,

and protocols

IT Infrastructure Design Requirements

o You must start with a blank/new Packet Tracer file, existing labs or modified

labs of existing solutions will receive a zero without exception

o Include the existing hospital services and systems but optimized/improved

o Design a medium-size hospital specific network for well over 1,000 devices,

and scalable beyond

For example, an N-Tier design or superior supported by research

Add appropriate routers and switches to support this new design

Design and configure at least one appropriate networking protocol,

IPv4 or IPv6

Design IP addressing that will scale to over 1,000 devices

Use proper network address translation (NAT)

o Add an Internet Service Provider (ISP) into the design

o Add appropriate security into the design

o Add sufficient modularity, resiliency, and flexibility into the design

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o Design and implement the following new services and servers

A Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server that

automatically assigns working IP addresses to new workstations that

allows them to connect to all network devices properly

A name server that manages the Domain Name System (DNS) and

allows workstations to communicate with a web server external to the

local area network

An external web server that hosts your favorite website, accessible via

the ISP

Two new user workstations in each building that uses the new services

and services properly

Show these services working on each workstation in your

project (e.g. a website from the web server, DHCP, etc)