Overview

For your final project, imagine you are a network engineer who has been hired to design a network for a small company consisting of a headquarters office in Indianapolis, Indiana, and a branch office in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company has hired you to design and build the network infrastructure from the ground up. Following is a brief summary of the business structure:

Indianapolis, IN

This office is the headquarters for the company. It has 61 employees divided across the following three departments:

Administration: 19

Research and Development: 25

Accounting: 17

Minneapolis, MN

This branch office has 34 employees in the following three departments:

Administration: 9

Research and Development: 12

Advertising: 13

Part A

(Write 2-3 sentences to explain how you would meet each requirement.)

The offices are identical in physical size. Each is a 100-feet-by-100-feet, three-floor office building. Each building will need to be cabled, racks installed, etc. Estimate the amount of cable and physical infrastructure (e.g., jacks, patch panels) needed.

1. Using Draw.io, Visio or any electronic draw software (no photos, please), draw a diagram of the Indianapolis and Minneapolis offices.

2. Create an equipment list of all of the needed hardware to wire these offices.