An Australian company XYZ has to undergo specific changes in its computer network due to the changing

business landscape. Suppose that you are a part of the team to redesign and implement an updated computer

network for the company. Discuss and report your contribution in regards to the tasks given below.

You had a face$-$to$-$face meeting with the manager, but he comes from a non$-$technical background. So$,$ the

meeting did not yield much except for the following general information about the company.

There are two sites, one in Penrith and Newcastle. Penrith site requires $50$ employees, while Newcastle site

has $30$ employees. Both the sites have Reception, Finance, IT$,$ Marketing and Manager departments. The

Penrith site has two other departments,i$.$e$.,$Human Resource and Public relations.

Your task is to propose anupdated network design for further implementation. You are required to have the

following three sections in the proposal.

Design LAN IP addresses using the subnet $192\mathrm{.}160.$G$\mathrm{.}0/24,$ where G is your group number. It would be

best to usethe Variable Length Subnet Mask $($VLSM$)$technique whilst creating thesubnets and allow $5\%$

for possible future expansion.

$$ Configure the topology devices with basic configurations, routingusing Packet Tracer.An additional

configuration such as VLAN and Port security is entitled to extra marks.