Introduction
The objective of this paper is to design a network that will be appropriate for the Wembley and Harrow sites, which are approximately 3 miles apart and are within line of sight of each other.
Design of computer Area network for Wembley and Harrow sites
This paper proposes the Campus Area Network (CAN) as appropriate for computer networking for the Wembley and Harrow sites. A campus area network is an interconnecting network system that connects Local Area Network (LAN) within university community or linking LAN of each school’s building. Typically, CAN is an appropriate networking for Wembley and Harrow sites because this network is larger than LAN, and cover approximate 3 miles of geographical areas. (Javvin, 1)
To design a Campus Area Network for Wembley and Harrow sites, some features will be included to satisfy all the requirements of the schools. The network design will consist of 24 ports with 1000 Mbps and this will include Multi-layer Gigabit switch that will be able to link all the school’s computers. Essentially, there is need to connect node and servers at all locations in the schools at the 3 kilometres apart. For connectivity, the paper provides 24-Port 10/100 which will include the Mbps Layer 2 with the Managed Switch. In addition, for the speed of connection between the switch and servers, there is installation of 1000 Mbps Speed that will include High-speed 64/32 bit Gigabit Ethernet cards. This installation will enhance the network to achieve Giga speeds between server and switch. (DaxNetwork, 3). Essentially, the network will also include backbone, which will consist of Single IP that will be used to distribute traffic through backbone subnet. For the scalable bandwidth, there is Gigabit EtherChannel.
The advantages of these feature is provided multicast as well broadcast control to feature in the backbone. Moreover, the advantage is to provide the scalable for the network connection. To enhance the quality of service (QoS), there will be configuration of IP (VoIP) that will consist of packet loss that is low enough to enhance the voice quality that will be able to provide Voice and video streaming. (Cisco 9).
For the internet connection, the ASDL is appropriate because it offers 24 hours service at fixed cost. Since Wembley and Harrow sites intend to provide virtual classroom where students will be studying online. The ASDL is appropriate for the effectiveness of virtual classroom. There is also the installation of Ethernet network card that will aid the students to make in-text messaging in the online classroom. The advantages of ASDL is that it provides resources for the teachers and students to connect to internet as well as checking email, and all the computers in the schools will be able to be remotely connected to LANs of the schools’ site. (Pardoe, Synder, 72).
For the security procedure, it is essential to protect the network against unauthorised access. For protection of the network, there is installation of firewall to achieve security against unauthorised access, or from prevention from hackers.
Moreover, to enhance adequate security, there is installation of SSL that will encrypt all the transmission of data. It should be noted that since schools intend to use the networking for virtual classroom where there would be transmission of data between students to teachers and teacher to teacher. The SSL layers ensure adequate protection of data transmitted through network.
Conclusion
This paper designs computer Area network for Wembley and Harrow sites. The test plan conducted for the network reveals that there is high-speed connection of networking within the school where teachers and students are connected through ADSL, and there is enhancement of security for the network.
Works Cited
Cisco. “Gigabit Campus Network Design-Principles and Architecture”. Cisco Systems, Inc. 1999.
DaxNetwork. “Campus Area Network connectivity”. DaxNetwork.2003.
Javvin. “Campus Area Network”. Javvin Technologies, Inc. 2009.
Pardoe, Terry, D. Synder, Gordon. “Network Security”. Cengage Learning.2004.