Network Specifications: Primary business site

• One office should be used as the Communication Room (comms room)
• There should be at least 15 workstations which must include one for the reception and conference room respectively.
• In the comms room, there is a need for at least one hardware firewall to be connected to the border router and the main router should serve as theDHCP server.
• The network must have aDNS server,FTP server,and at least two24-port switches.
• Most core network devices should be in the comms room. They will need racks. It is expected that most of the networking infrastructure should be stored in the same room unless in exceptional cases.
• The LAN must be 100% redundant in the case of a single-point failure. Redundancy is critical. In the case that one of the circuits fails the other one must be up and able to warn for backup.
• There must be aBackup serverandPrint server.
• You are expected to choose your network devices sensibly i.e., acarrier-class routershould not be used when you only need anenterprise-class router.
• Your network must have at least one Layer 3 switch, to ensure devices that are on the same subnet or virtual LAN connect at lightning speeds.
• You must also provide a brief description of the network devices.

1. Network Specifications: Secondary business site

• • The secondary business site is a bit smaller than the main site with only five rooms.
  • One of the rooms should be acomms roomwith at least one hardware firewall to be connected to the border router. This border router must be able to communicate with the border router of their main office premises via their respective ISPs or using a VPN.
  • The comms room should have the main router which can serve as a DHCP server and at least one 24-port switch.
  • Note: The main router serving as a DHCP server is not a compulsory requirement for this site.
  • The workstations IP configuration can be configured manually if you want that option, however, testing must show that all devices can communicate with each other.
  • Most devices should be in the comms room and the LAN must also be 100% redundant.
  • Each office and the reception area are equipped with 1 desktop PC and all PCs can connect to a Print Server.
  • The PCs in the secondary site should be able to communicate with PCs on the main site.