Question: Objective: Your task is to design a network for an office building in downtown Wilmington.Remember to use the network design process in the book as

Objective: Your task is to design a network for an office building in downtown Wilmington.Remember to use the network design process in the book as you design your network.
The building will be used by one company that also has offices elsewhere in the U.S. The network will need to have 90 connections throughout the building (see diagram below) and four servers, plus whatever hubs, switches, routers, cable, etc. that you choose to use. You are to select the equipment you will use for the network. I have attached a list of possible equipment.
Calculate the total cost of your network design in the table provided
Additional Factors to Consider:
The company is considered to have moderate needs from their network (e.g.100 Mbps met their needs at their previous location). However, the company is expanding which has the potential to increase their network needs.
You will need to include a direct connection to their other office in Atlanta.
Assume the computers that will be purchased for the building will have 10/100/1000Base-T Network Interface Cards (i.e. you do not need to include NIC cost in your estimates)
There will be an additional 20 laptops that need wireless access (these are primarily located on the first floor and will have built-in wireless-ac NICs)
The Cable Costs (including installation) listed on the equipment list is for one computer connection only (e.g. if you have 50 connections, you will need to have 50 wires)
Diagram of Office Building
2nd Floor
1st Floor
Name: ____Lilly______ sunny _______________________________________________________
Device Label Description Unit cost Number used Cost
Utp cat 6(10gbase-t) Cabel cost per connection for high speed in 90 work stations $6090 $5,400
Ethernet gigabit base t-24 port The switch to connect computers to servers $1104 $440.00
Ethernet 10g base t8 port Switch to also connect better rate for computers to servers $8501 $850.00
802.11ac wireless access point Wireless ap on floor for computers and laptops and more wireless network $1003 $300.00
Ethernet gigabit 10/100/1000 base t 8 port The router $1501 $150.00
T1 csu Atlanta wan link $3501 $350
Total Cost: ______$_7490_______________________
Equipment List
Cable (Including Installation) Price
UTP Cat 5(100Base-T)50
UTP Cat 5e (1000Base-T)55
UTP Cat 6(10GBase-T)60
UTP Cat 5e Patch Cables (short distances)2
UTP Cat 6 Patch Cables (short distances)3
Layer-2 Switches Price
Ethernet Gigabit Base-T 8 port 70
Ethernet Gigabit Base-T 16 port 90
Ethernet Gigabit Base-T 24 port 110
Ethernet 10GBase-T 8 port 850
Ethernet 10GBase-T 12 port 1200
Ethernet 10GBase-T 28 port 1500
Ethernet Gigabit Base-T 8 port
Plus one 10GBaseF port 200
Ethernet Gigabit Base-T 16 port
Plus one 10GBaseF port 250
Ethernet Gigabit Base-T 24 port
Plus one 10GBaseF port 300
Wireless Price
802.11n wireless access point 40
802.11ac wireless access point 100
Routers Price
Ethernet Gigabit 10/100/1000 Base-T 2 port 100
Ethernet Gigabit 10/100/1000 Base-T 4 port 120
Ethernet Gigabit 10/100/1000 Base-T 8 port 150
Ethernet 10GBase-T 4 port 1000
Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base-T 8 port
Plus one 10GBaseF port n/a
WAN Price
DSL Modem with 1 DSL port and 1 Ethernet Base-T or Base-F port 70
Cable Modem with 1 cable port and 1 Ethernet Base-T or Base-F port 70
T1 CSU with 1 T1 port (also supports FT1) and 1 Base-T or Base-F port 350
OC-1(52 Mbps)1200
OC-12(622 Mbps)3500

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