MN503 Network Requirement Analysis And Plan Assessment Answer

Assignment 1 Overview of Internetworking MN503

A case study entitled “A GREAT NETWORK IS ESSENTIAL FOR MEETING ENROLLMENT GOALS” is

uploaded with the assignment 1 folder, and the link for the case study is provided in the appendix.

Albertus Magnus is a private liberal arts college with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The new president of the college wanted to increase the enrollment of students living on campus, which required meeting student expectations for a great Wi-Fi experience. He also wanted to see greater flexibility in the delivery of courses, so that education could be more accessible to the community. The IT team implemented a new wired and wireless network infrastructure capable of supporting all of these goals.

CHALLENGES

• Many campus buildings, including student residence halls, are historic mansions that posed significant interference problems for existing Wi-Fi equipment
• The small IT team spent an inordinate amount of time troubleshooting Wi-Fi problems and onboarding new student devices
• The school wanted to implement more flexible course delivery for adult education, which required a faster, higher capacity wired network

While designing the wired and the wireless network for Albertus Magnus, please consider that the 50-acre campus is instantly recognizable for its early 20th century mansions now used for residence halls and administrative offices. The mansions are considered architectural treasures by the City of New Haven. Unfortunately, they’re also structural nightmares for Wi-Fi. The existing Aruba wireless network couldn’t reliably penetrate the thick plaster walls. To say that student residents weren’t happy with the Wi-Fi experience is an understatement. “There were dead spots everywhere in the residence halls, and they’re frustrating to troubleshoot and fix,” says Steven Gstalder, Ed.D., vice president for information technology services for Albertus Magnus. “We spent a lot of time and money doing patches and adding access points.” Based on your comprehension of the case study analyse the scenario and simulate the proposed wired and wireless network solution for Albertus Magnus College in CISCO packet tracer. The report on the proposed design must have the following contents.

• Introduction
• Project scope
• Challenges and constraints
• User-centric design concept
• Approach adopted for the network design
• Analysis of project hardware requirements
• Analysis of the network design
• Results
• Limitations and further design
• Conclusion
• Demonstration of the simulation model in CISCO packet tracer
• IEEE referencing style