1. Problem Context

uSoft.com is a private biomedical software development company. It has two branches spread over the Gold Coast region. The companys local area network (LAN) is captured in the topology below:

The company has expanded, and it has decided to redevelop its HQs existing LAN (see the above diagram) to achieve the companys following business and technical goals.

The Business goals:

Improved communications, wireless, VoIP, etc. Protect company information

Technical goals:

• Scalability company plans to increase employee by 15% in next 12 months;

• Remote Access- employees have access to company resources from both company and home (different servers);
• Performance network performance must be high

• Security protection of company information and other IT assets

• Flexibility- network should be flexible enough to create logical grouping as required.

• Availability wireless network access is available in all employees as well as some outdoor areas for software developers and employees

You are free to make as many assumptions you wish regarding the existing organizational structure including management hierarchy, business requirement, etc. which will need to be documented in the appropriate sections of your report.

You are contracted by the company to help with the network redevelopment.

2. The company HQ Structure

The company HQ has 6 departments: Software Development, Solution Design, Customer Support, Sales, Finance and Human Resource detailed as follow:

X is the first digit of your student ID

The uSoft HQ is located in a 6-stories building with the floor plan as pictured below (you are welcome to redesign the floor plan if you wish). In HQ, the company plans to put each department on a separate floor. However, there is also an option to have the software and solution design developments to occupy two floors while other departments will share the other four. The network is therefore should be flexible enough to meet both options.

The Task

Your task in this assignment is to propose and document

Requirement engineering (The analysis of user requirements for the company HQs local area network (LAN))

A logical design for the HQ LAN

An IP address plan for the HQ LAN according to the proposed design Network diagrams

A standard industry design should be designed. We add (in the right place) network devices such as firewalls to protect the network. WiFi is a necessary part of a modern network. As the HQ is connected to the branch offices, you will need to show how the HQ is connected to the branch offices. Your textbook has this information shown as Best Practice Design for LAN (campus).

There are two ways of presenting a network, the logical view and the physical view. Please read the CCNA chapter 3 in Resources which describes these two viewpoints. You will need to make both a logical and a physical diagram of the HQ network based on the network shown above with the three routers. This is your network diagrams mentioned in the rubric below.

The company was assigned the following IP address range to use for their HQ networks:

IP: 172.16.1XY.0/22

XY is the first 2 digits of your student ID

I need the following ASAP :

1.Logical design

2.IP addressing plan

3. Physical Network diagrams

Branch-A Brach-B Switch-1 Switch-2 Switch-2 Switch-1 Router A Router B Router C Switch-1 Switch-2.1 Switch-2.x HQ Software Development Number of employee Each employee has The department has Solution Design Number of employee Each employee has The department has Customer Support Number of employee Each employee has The department has Sales Number of employee Each employee has The department has Finance 10X 01 PC + 01 IP Phone 3 servers 9X 01 PC + 01 IP Phone 2 servers 01 PC + 01 IP Phone 1 server 5X 01 PC + 01 IP Phone 1 server Number of em plovee Each employee has The department has Human Resource Number of em plovee Each employee has The department has 3X 01 PC + 01 IP Phone 1 server 2X 01 PC + 01 IP Phone 1 server 50 m ELECT ROOM OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE RIR uite I Suite H Suite G Suite F RUR uite B Suite E OFFICE RIR EOVF 40m CONF LUNCH Suite A SERVER OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE RECEP OFFICE Branch-A Brach-B Switch-1 Switch-2 Switch-2 Switch-1 Router A Router B Router C Switch-1 Switch-2.1 Switch-2.x HQ Software Development Number of employee Each employee has The department has Solution Design Number of employee Each employee has The department has Customer Support Number of employee Each employee has The department has Sales Number of employee Each employee has The department has Finance 10X 01 PC + 01 IP Phone 3 servers 9X 01 PC + 01 IP Phone 2 servers 01 PC + 01 IP Phone 1 server 5X 01 PC + 01 IP Phone 1 server Number of em plovee Each employee has The department has Human Resource Number of em plovee Each employee has The department has 3X 01 PC + 01 IP Phone 1 server 2X 01 PC + 01 IP Phone 1 server 50 m ELECT ROOM OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE RIR uite I Suite H Suite G Suite F RUR uite B Suite E OFFICE RIR EOVF 40m CONF LUNCH Suite A SERVER OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE RECEP OFFICE