Scenario

Alliance Health is a technology-enabled solutions company that optimizes the revenue cycle of the US healthcare industry where its global delivery center is located in LA. The company is planning to expand their business operations with their latest branch at Newyork and wants it to be one of the state-of-the-art companies in Newyork with the latest facilities.

Assume you have been appointed as the new network analyst of Alliance Health to plan, design and restructure the existing network. 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 LA is as follows:

Floor 1:

Reception area

Sales & Marketing Department (10 employees)

Customer Services Area with Wi-Fi facilities

Floor 2:

Administration Department (30 Employees)

HR Department (20 employees)

Accounting & Finance Department (15 employees)

Audit Department (5 employees)

Business Development Department (5 employees)

Floor 3

Video conferencing room

IT Department (60 employees)

The Server Room

The floor plan of the branch in Newyork is as follows:

Floor 1:

Reception area

Customer Services Area with Wi-Fi facilities

Floor 2:

Administration Department (10 Employees)

HR Department (7 employees)

Accounting & Finance Department (8 employees)

IT Department (50 employees)

Following requirements are given by the Management.

All the departments must be separated with unique subnet.

The conferencing room of the head office and Customer Services Areas of each branch are to be equipped with Wi-Fi connections.

Connectivity between two branches (Head Office and Newyork) would allow the intra branch connectivity between departments. (Use of VPN is not compulsory)

The necessary IP address classes and ranges must be decided by the network designer and should be used for all the departments except the server room.

Number of servers required for the Server room need to be decided by the Network designer and should be assigned with 10.254.10.0/24 subnet. (Uses static IPs)

Sales and Marketing Team also needs to access Network resources using WIFI connectivity.

(Note: Clearly state your assumptions. You are allowed to design the network according to your assumptions, but main requirements should not be violated)

Question 1

Discuss the benefits and constraints of different network system types that can be implemented in the NY branch and the main IEEE Ethernet standards that can be used in above LAN and WLAN design.

Discuss the importance and impact of network topologies and assess the main network protocol suites that are used in network design using examples. Recommend suitable network topology and network protocols for above scenario and evaluate with valid points how the recommended topology demonstrates the efficient utilization of the networking system of NY branch.