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Programme: Pearson BTEC HND in computing

Unit: Unit-02 Networking

LAN Design & Implementation for Redco Development.

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Unit 2 – Networking Assignment Brief

Student Name/ID Number E244188

Unit Number and Title Unit 2 – Networking

Academic Year 2024/2025

Unit Tutor Mr. Karikalan

Assignment Title LAN Design & Implementation for Redco Developments.

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Submission Date

Submission Format
The assignment submission is in the form of the following.

Presentation - A formal 10–15-minutes presentation (8-10 slides as a guide, with supporting speaker
notes) to communicate an investigation to a non-technical audience discussing the key features and
characteristics of a range of network types, topologies, hardware, and software that you have been used
for the new network implementation. This should demonstrate your network blueprint and the packet
tracer simulation.
A Written report- The submission should be in the form of an individual report written in a concise,
formal business style using single spacing and font size 12. You are required to make use of headings,
paragraphs, and subsections as appropriate, and all work must be supported with research and
referenced using Harvard referencing system. Please also provide an end list of references using the
Harvard referencing system.
The recommended word count is 3,000–3,500 words for the report excluding annexures, although
you will not be penalised for exceeding the total word limit.

Note: P lease D on’ t add an y Z IP f ile s t o the EL MS it sho u ld be a PD F docu men t

with re le van t co u ld link s t o t he packet tracer f ile s.

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1. Examine networking principles and their protocols.

LO2. Explain networking devices and operations.

LO3. Design efficient networked systems.

LO4. Implement diagnose and demonstrate prepared networked systems.

Transferable skills and competencies developed

  Computational thinking (including its relevance to everyday life)
 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, principles, and theories
relating to computing and computer applications.
 Use such knowledge and understanding in the modelling and design of computer-based systems for
the purposes of comprehension, communication, prediction, and the understanding of trade-offs.
 Recognize and analyze criteria and specifications appropriate to specific problems, and plan strategies
for their solutions.
 Critical evaluation and testing: analyze the extent to which a computer-based system meets the
criteria defined for its current use and future development.
 Methods and tools: deploy appropriate theory, practices and tools for the design, implementation,
and evaluation of computer-based systems.

Computing-related practical skills:

 The ability to specify, design and construct reliable, secure, and usable computer-based
systems.
 The ability to evaluate systems in terms of quality attributes and possible trade-offs
presented within the given problem.
 The ability to deploy effectively the tools used for the construction and documentation
of computer applications, with particular emphasis on understanding the whole process
involved in the effective deployment of computers to solve practical problems.
 The ability to critically evaluate and analyze complex problems, including those with
incomplete information, and devise appropriate solutions, within the constraints of a
budget.

Generic skills for employability

 Intellectual skills: critical thinking; making a case; numeracy and literacy.

 Self-management: self-awareness and reflection; goal setting and action planning.

 Independence and adaptability; acting on initiative; innovation and creativity.

 Interaction: reflection and communication.
 Contextual awareness, e.g. the ability to understand and meet the needs of individuals, business, and
the community, and to understand how workplaces and organisations are governed.
Assignment Brief and Guidance:

Redco Developments is a Sri Lankan based Mobile app development company, which the head
office is in Kandy. The company develops mobile applications for Sri Lanaka’s leading organizations
for both mobile platforms IOS and Android.
The CEO plans to expand the company operations of Redco development in Southern province in
Sri Lanka. The management has decided to open a new branch office in Galle and wants it to be
one of the most prominent tech-oriented offices in Galle with the latest tech facilities including
smart devices such as auto lighting, physical security solutions, smart gates and new ERP software
IP camera Systems.
You have been appointed as the Junior implementation Engineer of Redco and your task is to
design a new network for the Galle branch and restructure the existing Kandy network that
connects both networks.
Prepare a network architectural design and implement it with your suggestions and
recommendations to meet the company requirements.

The floor plan of the head office in Kandy is as follows:

Floor 1:
 Reception area (2 employees)
 Sales & Marketing Department (10 employees)
 Customer Services Area – with Wi-Fi facilities
 Developers (25 employees)

Floor 2:
 Director suits (3 suits)
 Boardroom with Video conferencing facility and Wi-Fi.
  Administration Department (15 Employees)
 HR Department (4 employees)
Floor 3:
 Accounting & Finance Department (12 employees)
 IT Technical support (4 employees)
 The Server Room

The newly established floor plan of the Galle is as follows:

Floor 1:
 Reception area (2 employees)
 Customer Services Area– with Wi-Fi facilities
 Developers (40 employees)
 5 IP cameras

Floor 2:
 Administration Department (10 Employees)
 HR Department (5 employees)
 Accounting & Finance Department (12 employees)
 IT Department (5 employees)
 The Server Room
 6 IP cameras

The fo l low ing requ i re ment s a re g iven by th e Management.

 All the de par tmen ts mu st be sepa rated wi th uniqu e subnet s.

 The confe ren ce roo m of th e head offi ce and Cu sto me r Se rv i ce s A rea s of e ach
bra nch a re to be equipp ed w ith Wi -F i conne ction s w ith th e se cu rit y enabl ed .

 Conne cti vity be twe en two b ran che s (Ka ndy & Galle) w hich w ould all ow in tra -
 bra nch co nn ectivi ty be tween de pa rtme nts. ( Use Inte r VLAN ro uti ng RIP or a ny
ro uti ng protocol - evide nce m u st b e provide d )

 IP range for 20 0 .1 00 . 10 .0/ 2 4 fo r Ka ndy a nd 20 0. 1 00 .2 0 .0/ 2 4 fo r Galle bran ch

and s ub ne tti ng cal cula tio ns mu st be p rovid e d wi thi n the re po r t except th e
se rve r room.

 All th e PC mu st ret riev e I P f ro m the D HCP se rver.

 The nu mbe r of se rve rs requi red for th e S e rv er roo m nee ds to be de cide d by

the Ne twor k design er an d sh oul d be as signe d wi th 20 0 .1 00 . 50 .0/ 2 4 su bne t.
(Uses stati c IPs)

 The Sa le s and Mar ket i ng Te am also n eed s to a ccess Ne twork res ou rces u sing
WIFI co nne ctivity.

(N ot e : Cle arly s t at e y our as s um pt ions . You are al lowe d t o de s i gn t he ne t work accor din g t o
y our as s um pt i ons , but t he ma in re qu ire me nt s s hou ld not be v io lat e d)

Act ivi ty 0 1

 Dis cus s the benefi ts an d con straints o f diffe ren t ne two rk sy stem ty pes that ca n
be implemented in the Galle bran ch as well a s fo r the re stru cturi ng p ro ce ss w hat
type of ne two rk re comme nd ed for the Galle and Kan dy offi ces.

 Dis cus s the diffe ren t protocols u tilize d fo r c ommuni cati on an d the con nectivi ty
of the 2 of fice s whi ch ca n be im plemente d i n the Galle bran ch and the How th e
OSI a nd TCP m odel infl uen cing in designi ng netwo rk for Galle office.

 Dis cus s the im po r ta nce an d imp a ct of ne twork top ologie s tha t a re use d in
netwo rk de sign usi ng examples.

 Recommen d s ui ta ble netw ork to pol ogies an d ne two rk protocols fo r the a bove
 sce nari o an d e val uate your answer wi th valid poin ts.

Act ivi ty 0 2

 Dis cus s th e op era ting pri nci ples o f ne twork device s (Ex: Router, Swi tch , Etc.).

 Expl ain diffe ren t se rver ty pes tha t ca n be used for the a bove s cen ario w hile
expl oring diffe ren t se rve rs tha t a re availa ble in to day ’s ma rket wi th their
spe cifica tio ns. You s ho uld recommen d a s e rver/s erve r fo r the a bove s cen ari o
and j u sti fy you r sele cti on wi th valid p oints.

 Dis cus s the inter - dep en den ce of w ork statio n ha rdware a nd netw orking
sof twa re , ne two rking o pera ting sy stems you use bas ed on the s cen ario. P rovide
exam ples fo r ne two rking sof twa re that ca n b e use d in the above ne twork de sign.

Act ivi ty 0 3
 P repare a wr i tten networ k de si gn pl an to m eet t he above -m enti o ned u ser req ui rem ent s
i ncl udi ng a bl uepr i nt drawn u si ng a m o del i ng to ol ( E x: Mi c ro soft Vi si o, EdrawMa x) . Tes t
and eval uate t he pr opo sed desi g n by a nal ysi ng u ser feed back wi th t he ai m of opti m i z i ng
your desi gn a nd i m provi ng effi ci ency.

 Supp or t your answer by provi di ng the VL AN an d I P subnetti ng sc hem e for the above
scenar i o and the l i st of devi c e s , networ k com po nents an d sof tware u sed to desi g n the
networ k for th e above sc enar i o a nd whi l e j usti f y i ng your sel ecti on s.

 Install a nd con figu re Netwo rk se rvi ces , devi ces and a ppli cati ons
Ex : VLAN , WiFi , DN S, P roxy, Web , Etc
According to the prop ose d design to a ccom plish the us er re qui remen ts. Design
a de tailed Mainte na nce s ched ule fo r the ab o ve Netwo rk.

*Note: - S c re en shot s of Configu ration scr ip ts shou ld be p re sen ted in your docu ment .
Your pa cket t ra ce r fi le mu st b e submi tted to th e c loud d rive and sha re the lin k in the
appendix of docu ment fo r the as s esso r ve r i fication pu rposes.
Don’t add any ZI P f il es to the ELMS it shou l d b e a PDF do cu ment w ith re levant could
link s to th e packe t tra ce r fi le s

Act ivi ty 0 4
 Implement a ne two rked sy stem ba sed o n you r prepa re d desig n wi th valid
eviden ce.

 Develop te st ca ses a nd con du ct veri ficati o n ( Ex : Ping , exte nde d ping , tra ce
ro ute , tel net, SSH , e tc.) to te st the ab ove N etwork an d analyse the test re sul ts
again st the ex pected res ults.

 Recommen d p oten tial f u tu re e nha n cemen ts for the ne tworked sy stem wi th valid
ju sti ficati on s an d cri tically refle ct o n the i mplemente d ne twork , i ncl udi ng the
plan , desig n, configu rati on s, te sts , and th e de cisi ons mad e to e nh an ce the
system.

Act ivi ty 0 5 – Pres entation

 Prep are and p re sen t 10 -1 5 mi nutes p rese nta tio n w hich i n clud es the design
(Networ k ty pe , to pol ogies , devi ces , an d s of twa re you u sed for the
implemen tati on. You n eed to ju stify yo ur de sign wi th th e valid rea so ns.

 The pre sen ta tio n sh ould i ncl ude ,

o Bluep rint of the de sign
o Packe t tracer dem on stra tio n
o Te sti ng interfa ce pingi ng ’s
o Trace ro ute s
Note: Add your presen ta tion slide s in the ap pendix of the repor t.
Recommended resources
Please note that the resources listed are examples for you to use as a starting point in your research – the
list is not definitive.
Weblinks:
 [Link] (2022) Network Devices Explained [online] Available at:
[Link] [Accessed 1 August 2022]
[Link] (n.d.) What is a Firewall? [online] Available at:
[Link] [Accessed 1 August
2022]
 [Link] (n.d.) What is an IoT Gateway? [online] Available at:
[Link] gateway/
[Accessed 1 August 2022]
 [Link] (n.d.) A global network built for the cloud [online] Available
at: [Link] [Accessed 1
August 2022]
 [Link] (2020) Variable Length Subnet Mask (VLSM) Tutorial [online]
Available at: [Link]
tutorial/ [Accessed 1 August 2022]
 [Link] (n.d.) What Is a Network Protocol, and How Does It Work? [online]
Available at: [Link] [Accessed 1
August 2022]
 [Link] (2021) Networking [online] Available at: [Link]
en/cloud/learn/networking-a-complete-guide [Accessed 1 August 2022]
 [Link] (2022) TCP/IP protocols [online] Available at:
[Link] [Accessed 1 August
2022]
 [Link] (2022) What Is Bandwidth? Definition, Meaning, and Details [online]
Available at: [Link] [Accessed 1 August 2022]
 [Link] (2019) Secure design principles [online] Available at:
[Link] [Accessed 1 August 2022]
 [Link] (2021) Network Server [online] Available at:
[Link] [Accessed 1 August 2022]
 [Link] (2022) IoT gateway [online] Available at:
[Link] [Accessed 1 August 2022]
 [Link] (2022) Brief Introduction: DHCP and DNS [online] Available at:
[Link] dns/
[Accessed 1 August 2022]
Virtual Network Simulators:
 [Link] (n.d.) DNS/DHCP/EMAIL VIA PACKET TRACER [online] Available at:
[Link] [Accessed 1 August 2022]
 [Link] (2019) Tips and tools for simulating a complex network in a virtual lab
[online] Available at: [Link] [Accessed 1
August 2022]
 [Link] (2022) EVE - The Emulated Virtual Environment For Network,
Security and DevOps Professionals [online] Available at: [Link] [Accessed 1
August 2022]
 [Link] (2022) The software that empowers network professionals [online]
Available at: [Link] [Accessed 1 August 2022] [Link]
(n.d.) Cisco Packet Tracer [online] Available at: [Link]
tracer [Accessed 1 August 2022]

Journal articles.
 Agyemang, J., Kponyo, J. and Klogo, G., 2022. The State of Wireless Routers as Gateways for
Internet of Things (IoT) Devices. [online] [Link]. Available at: [Accessed 1 August
2022].
 Oje, A. (2021) Optimization and analysis of the packet switched network with focus on the 3G
network. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 1734, International Conference on
Recent Trends in Applied Research doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1734/1/012037 Available at:
[Link] [Accessed 1
August 2022].
 Tyagi, A. (2020) TCP/IP Protocol Suite. International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer
Science Engineering and Information Technology doi:10.32628/CSEIT206420 Available at:
[Link] [Accessed 1
August 2022].
 Van der Toorn et al. (2022) Addressing the challenges of modern DNS a comprehensive
tutorial. Computer Science Review, Volume 45, 2022, 100469,
[Link]
 Xu, G. (2021) Research on the Application of the IPv6 Network Protocol. Journal of Physics:
Conference Series doi:10.1088/1742-6596/2031/1/012040 Available at:
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2022].
 Bonaventure, O. (2011) Computer Networking: Principles, Protocols and Practice, The Saylor
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Grading Rubric

Grading Criteria Achieved Feedback

LO1: Examine networking principles and their

protocols

P1 Discuss the benefits and constraints of

different network types and standards.

P2 Explain the impact of network topology,

communication, and bandwidth requirements.

M1 Assess common networking principles and

how protocols enable the effectiveness of
networked systems.
LO2: Explain networking devices and
operations.

P3 Discuss the operating principles of networking

devices and server types.

P4 Discuss the interdependence of workstation

and software relevant networking software

M2 Explore a range of server types of hardware

configuration and justify the selection of a server
for a given scenario, regarding cost and
performance optimization.
D1Evaluate the topology, protocols and
networking software selected for a given scenario
and how it demonstrates the efficient utilization of
a networking system.

LO3: Design efficient networked systems

P5 Design a networked system to meet a given

specification.

P6 Design a maintenance schedule to support

the networked system.
M3 Analyze user feedback on your designs with
the aim of optimizing your design and improving
efficiency of the new network implementation.
D2Critically reflect on the implemented network,
including the design and decisions made to
enhance the system.
LO4: Implement and diagnose networked
systems.

P7 Implement a networked system based on a

prepared design.

P8 Present the network types of topologies and

the blueprint to the audience with simulation
testing.
M4 Recommend potential enhancements for the
networked systems.

D2 The PowerPoint and the packet tracer

demonstration fulfil the pinging, extended
pinging trace root and telnet or SSH in the
implementation. Document test results against
expected results (ping tests and DCHP results).