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Executive Summary
This documentation has been finalised after a lot of research and discussions by the entire
Network Consultant Group. All the information required to install configure and test the network
your company XYZ has asked for. The documentation is broken up into 6 phases.
Phase 1, documents the VLSM design for all the subnets needed for the company’s groups and
interfaces needed for the connection between routers. This phase includes all the tables that have
all the details needed to implement the IP addresses for the interfaces for the routers, server, and
hosts. This phase also have the logical network diagram that shows all the IP addresses allocated
to all the router interfaces and subnets.
Phase 2, discusses about the possible routing protocols to be used in the network. The various
routing protocol are compared in this phase so that a decision can be made on which routing
protocol to use.
Phase 3, explores the OSPF routing protocol implementation and how it will be applied to the
routers on the network.
Phase 4, documents the VLAN design for the company. It also includes the detailed table to
implement the VLAN design.
Phase 5, this phase list equipment and materials needed to implement the network design. All the
information need to actually install the physical network list given here.
Phase 6, list the test phase showing what tests need to be preformed to make certain that the
network is running as intended will all links and devices working as they were intended.
Phase 1: IP Addressing and Design Implementation
IP Addresses
Based on the specification given by the company, the following table has been made with the IP
addressing scheme for the network design. VLSM has been used to maximise the use of IP
address.
VLSM design
No. of host Network address Subnet mask Max number In Use (yes/no) Network Name
required of host
possible
18 223.0.0.0/27 30 yes Sales
5 223.0.0.32/27 30 yes Servers
36 223.0.0.64/26 62 yes Research
14 223.0.0.128/28 14 yes Admin
10 223.0.0.144/28 14 yes Branch
4 200.0.0.160/29 6 yes AdminVLAN
2 223.0.0.252/30 2 yes MAL
2 223.0.0.248/30 2 yes ADL
2 223.0.0.244/30 2 yes BRL
2 223.0.0.240/30 2 yes GWR
200.200.100.0/3
2 0 2 yes Internet
There are all 11 networks in the design, and all the network address will assume a growth of
100% on the IP addresses. The Sales and Marketing group needs 18 hosts IP addresses. A
network address of 223.0.0.0/27 has been assigned to this group which can accommodate 30
hosts.
Servers have been allocated to network 223.0.0.32/27. Research and Development group needs
36 useable IP addresses which then been allocated with network address of 223.0.0.64/26 which
has 62 useable IP address for further growth.
Administration group in turn needs 14 useable IP address and has been allocated with the
network address of 223.0.0.128/28. The Branch Office located in Melbourne needs 10 IP
addresses for the hosts. A network address of 223.0.0.144/28 has been given to this network.
For the VLAN management, the IP address of 200.0.0.160/29 has been allocated which can
accommodate 4 interfaces.
The last 5 network address is for the connection between routers, which only need 2 useable IP
address for each network. Main LAN has been allocated with 223.0.0.252/30, Administration
LAN with 223.0.0.248/30, Branch LAN with 223.0.0.244/30, Gateway Router with
223.0.0.240/30 and for the interface connecting to the internet with the network address of
200.00.100.0/30.
This diagram gives complete logical view of the network and all the addressing used. All
required networks are labelled and the router and switch information is given.
Routers
MAL router
There are 5 routers total in this design. MAL router will be placed in the main building. Serial
0/0 is the connection between the MAL and the GWR router. Serial 0/1 is the connection to the
branch office in Melbourne. The Fast Ethernet interface is sub divided into 4 so that it can
accommodate 4 VLANs, VLAN 1 for the administration of the VLANs, VLAN 10 for the
Research and Development group, VLAN 20 is for Sales and Marketing group and VLAN 30 is
for the servers. Details of MAL router is displayed in the table below:
ADL router
ADL router is going to be located in the administration building. There are only two interfaces in
this router which is Serial 0/0 is the connection to the GWR router and the FastEthernet0/0
interface which is connected to the Admin LAN. Lo0 interface is the loop back address for OSPF
routing ID. The details for the configuration of ADL router is stated in the table below:
GWR router
This router is located in the Administration Building. The router has 3 serial interfaces, which is
serial0/0 for the connection to the internet router, serial 0/1 is for the connection to ADL router,
and serial0/2 is for the connection to MAL router.
Switch SW1
VLAN is implemented in this network design. There are 3 main switches that accommodate this
VLAN configuration. The first switch which is SW1 is located on the first floor of the main
building. SW1 is configured so that 5 servers can be set up on the first floor, but for the time
being only 1 http server is available, the other 4 ports is reserved for future servers. Ports 6 to 13
are configured for the Research and Development hosts which is in VLAN 20. The Sales and
Marketing hosts is configured to use ports 14 to 19 which are in VLAN 30. Port 22 is the link to
SW3, port 23 in turn is the link to SW2 and port 24 is linked to the router. All the details on the
switch configuration are specified in the table below:
Servers
The table below shows the IP addresses allocated for the servers. Currently there is only 1 server
on the subnet which is the HTTP server. The other 4 IP addresses are reserved for future servers.
PC or
LAN server IP service
name name address Subnet gateway provider
Server
Servers Server001 223.0.0.34 /27 223.0.0.33 HTTP
Server002 223.0.0.35 /27 223.0.0.33 unused
Server003 223.0.0.36 /27 223.0.0.33 unused
Server004 223.0.0.37 /27 223.0.0.33 unused
Server005 223.0.0.38 /27 223.0.0.33 unused
Research and Development group
The table below shows the Research and Development IP addresses. Currently the department
only needs 18 IP addresses for their hosts. There are more IP addresses for this subnet for a
100% future enhancement.
PC or
LAN server service
name name IP address Subnet gateway provider
Research R&D001 223.0.0.66 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D002 223.0.0.67 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D003 223.0.0.68 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D004 223.0.0.69 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D005 223.0.0.70 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D006 223.0.0.71 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D007 223.0.0.72 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D008 223.0.0.73 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D009 223.0.0.74 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D010 223.0.0.75 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D011 223.0.0.76 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D012 223.0.0.77 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D013 223.0.0.78 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D014 223.0.0.79 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D015 223.0.0.80 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D016 223.0.0.81 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D017 223.0.0.82 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D018 223.0.0.83 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D019 223.0.0.84 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D020 223.0.0.85 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D021 223.0.0.86 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D022 223.0.0.87 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D023 223.0.0.88 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D024 223.0.0.89 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D025 223.0.0.90 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D026 223.0.0.91 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D027 223.0.0.92 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D028 223.0.0.93 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D029 223.0.0.94 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D030 223.0.0.95 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D031 223.0.0.96 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D032 223.0.0.97 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D033 223.0.0.98 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D034 223.0.0.99 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D035 223.0.0.100 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
R&D036 223.0.0.101 /26 223.0.0.65 Host
Administration group
Below shows the IP addresses for the Administration group. Only 7 IP addresses are needed for
this group at the moment. There are several more IP addresses for this subnet for further
upgrades.
PC or
LAN server service
name name IP address Subnet gateway provider
Admin Admin001 223.0.0.130 /28 223.0.0.129 Host
Admin002 223.0.0.131 /28 223.0.0.129 Host
Admin003 223.0.0.132 /28 223.0.0.129 Host
Admin004 223.0.0.133 /28 223.0.0.129 Host
Admin005 223.0.0.134 /28 223.0.0.129 Host
Admin006 223.0.0.135 /28 223.0.0.129 Host
Admin007 223.0.0.136 /28 223.0.0.129 Host
Admin008 223.0.0.137 /28 223.0.0.129 Host
Admin009 223.0.0.138 /28 223.0.0.129 Host
Admin010 223.0.0.139 /28 223.0.0.129 Host
Admin011 223.0.0.140 /28 223.0.0.129 Host
Admin012 223.0.0.141 /28 223.0.0.129 Host
Admin013 223.0.0.142 /28 223.0.0.129 Host
Admin014 223.0.0.143 /28 223.0.0.129 Host
PC or
LAN server service
name name IP address Subnet gateway provider
Branch Branch001 223.0.0.146 /28 223.0.0.145 host
Branch002 223.0.0.147 /28 223.0.0.145 host
Branch003 223.0.0.148 /28 223.0.0.145 host
Branch004 223.0.0.149 /28 223.0.0.145 host
Branch005 223.0.0.150 /28 223.0.0.145 host
Branch006 223.0.0.151 /28 223.0.0.145 host
Branch007 223.0.0.152 /28 223.0.0.145 host
Branch008 223.0.0.153 /28 223.0.0.145 host
Branch009 223.0.0.154 /28 223.0.0.145 host
Branch010 223.0.0.155 /28 223.0.0.145 host
Phase 2: Routing Protocols
All possible routing protocols were put into and matrix and certain desirable properties were
evaluated against each protocol. From this matrix it was ascertained that OSPF would be the
optimal protocol for XYZ company’s needs. OSPF has the right attributes such and VLSM
support, it is very scalable for future expansions and it uses the least amount of network
bandwidth to keep all routers up to date. OSPF does need a more skilled network administrator
to setup properly and the network must follow a very structured design. This was not seen as a
problem since the network has been designed following a very structured design and the OSPF
protocol will be setup and maintained by experienced administrators.
OSPF was chosen as the routing protocol to be used within this network.
Phase 3: OSPF
ADL router in the administration building was chosen as the DR router for the OSPF protocol as
it has the least workload of the 2 routers. GWR servers all packets flowing in form the internet
and out to the internet so there is a much higher workload placed on this router. GWR as the DR
would be a bad chosen given its much higher workload. ADL is the DR router in the
administration building.
There is no DR BDR election between routers in the remote branch building and the main build
because this is a point to point link and no DR BDR election will take place.
All the information needed to setup these routers has been added to the appropriate tables.
Loopback interfaces have been added to all routers that need them to set DR priorities.
Phase 4: VLAN Design and Implementation
VLANs
In the table below shows the switch details about VLAN configuration. Cisco Catalyst 3560-
24TS switches’ are recommended to implement the VLAN in the main building. Sw1 will be
configured to be in server VTP mode and also the Root STP.
Sw1 has been elected as the STP root bridge. The reason for this is that, it is directly connected
to the MAL router and it has a trunk connection to Sw3. By doing so, logic loops in the network
can be eliminated. Spanning-tree configuration needs to have a central point that controls how
the protocols operate. Sw1 is the central point for this network. Sw1 was also picked to be the
VTP server so that any updates to the VLAN could be made on one switch and passed down to
all other switches.
Phase 5: Physical Layer Design
For the first floor physical layout in the main building, we are going to use a Cisco 2811 router, a
Cisco Catalyst 3560-24TS switch and a patch panel to for the Horizontal Cross Connect. The
Cisco 2811 router is specially made for medium size business and enterprise branch office. It
provides the company with the performance, reliability and availability needed for the critical
business application environment. The Cisco Catalyst 3560-24TS switch is made for this kind of
business, for a small size LAN access.
These tables give a break down of the cost for equipment and materials on floor by floor basics.
Vertical cable runs between MDF and IDF devices such as the routers and switches should be
kept to a maximum length of 30m horizontal cable runs between switch and hosts should be kept
to a maximum of 15m to the wall plate and 5m from the wall plate to the host computer. Straight
thought cables will be used between the switch patch panel and the host computer. Crossover
cable runs will be used between the different switch’s on the trunk links and between the router
and the Sw1 switch.
This diagram shows the cable runs required at each level of the building and all the required
information needed to wire up the building for the network.
Phase 6: Testing Network
From
Host To Host pass/fail
Trunk link test
On each VLAN host should be able to communicate with each other so this should also be tested.
Pick 1 host on each VLAN and then telnet into a different host on the same VLAN but on a
different level of the building. This will test to see if the trunks are working as intended