Team Project

Goal:

Use Cisco Packet Tracer $($PT$)$ to design an Access LAN with at least two subnets for the $3^{rd}$ floor of the UTEP student residence building.

Physical Layout of the Floor

Eloors $3$

Some Requirements:

a$)$ Please refer to the above figure for the overall floor layout $($i$.$e$.,$ the locations of the lobby and rooms$).$ Your team can assume a size for the floor$/$lobby$/$room $(2$ bedrooms$)$ based on your preference or the physical sizes of a real building floor and corresponding rooms.

b$)$ At least two VLANs are required on the switches. You can choose to assign any room$/$student to any VLANs. Routing between VLANs should be achieved via either routers $($e$.$g$.,$ ROAS$)$ or Layer $3$ switches.

c$)$ Please cover the lobby area with wireless only or wireless plus some wired connections. Wireless access to all the rooms is required.

d$)$ The completed LAN should have at least one gateway to the external Internet $($e$.$g$.,$ you can use$/$config servers or clouds to represent external Internet$).$

Deliverables:

The $[$TeamName$].$ pkt file from PT including:

a$)$ the physical design of your network $($make sure you have all the devices wired in the MDF$/$wiring closet$).$ You can either arrange and locate$/$clear everything physically $($floor$/$lobby$/$rooms$)$ in PT or import the physical design into PT from other drawing software $($e$.$g$.,$ SmartDraw$)$ you prefer.

Note: as the physical design in PT has not been covered in class, this deliverable is optional. But it would be good to include the physical design as well to make the whole project complete. Maybe you can leave this part to the last when you have completed everything else. For the physical design in PT$,$ you can get help either from me or from the free PT introduction course you received when you registered for the Cisco Network Academy account.

b$)$ the logical design of your network. You need to have two subnets and two VLANs at least; make sure you provide the details of your subnets and VLANs $($e$.$g$.,$ a table of subnet number, subnet mask and IP

addresses range for all the subnets$/$hosts$/$broadcasts$).$ You can provide your subnet info either based on the real IP address info used in PT or on a theoretical subnet design matching the needs of all the students on the $3^{rd}$ floor of the building.

c$)$ the capacity planning of your network $($make sure you run the simulation and the whole network is working$).$ Please provide the traffic assumptions you used for capacity planning. For example, you can assume there is mainly web$/$mail application traffic in your network $($although this will never happen in the real world$)$ and estimate bandwidth for each user$/$room$.$ You can provide detailed capacity planning either in a note in PT or in your final presentation slides.

d$)$ the cost assessment for the hardware$/$equipment$.$ The hardware you have chosen should result from the above capacity planning. Please provide a list of the costs of your network $($excluding costs of software and network management and maintenance$).$ Please use the table below as a general guideline for cost assessment. Please use other cost sources $($e$.$g$,$

www$.$cdw$.$com$)$ when the cost info is unavailable in the table $($e$.$g$.,$ cost of the routers$).$ You can provide your detailed cost assessment either in a note in PT or in your final presentation slides.