Top-Down Network Design 3rd Edition, Chapter 10, Design Scenario pg 317

Example of Campus Network Design pg 303-312

Answer the following questions:

1. Based on the design requirements and decisions that have been made, what wireless access points would you recommend for WVCC? Do some Internet research to find an access point that will meet WVCCs needs and write two or three paragraphs about the product and why you chose it.

2. To accomplish user authentication for the private WLAN, WVCCs IT department will purchase a dedicated one-RU hardened appliance that will operate as a central- ized RADIUS server. Do some Internet research to find such a server that will meet WVCCs needs and write two or three paragraphs about the product and why you chose it.

3. WVCC has decided to purchase a standalone firewall. Reread the Improved Performance and Security for the Edge of the Network section of the chapter to understand WVCCs requirements for the firewall. Do some Internet research to find a firewall that will meet WVCCs needs, and write two or three paragraphs about the product and why you chose it.

4. WVCCs IT department would like to deploy a solution for managing the wireless network. The solution should allow the network administrators to remotely manage the access points and discover any rogue access points that students or faculty might install without permission from the IT department. Either a hardware appliance or a software application that runs on a shared server will meet the need. Do some Internet research to find a wireless management product that will meet WVCCs needs, and write two or three paragraphs about the product and why you chose it.

5. The work of an IT department is never finished. The WVCC network administrators and student assistants have many plans for the next network upgrade. Their main con- cern at this point is availability. Although the hierarchical mesh network has some re- dundancy, there are many single points of failure. Availability of applications can be adversely affected by any one of these points failing. Write a short paper that identi- fies the most significant single points of failure in WVCCs new network design. Discuss the changes to the network design that you would make (or additional prod- ucts that you would recommend) to avoid these single points of failure