You have just been hired as a technical consultant for the Globex Corporation They produce and sell recycled paper products such as printer paper, cardboard boxes, and packaging material They currently have three sites in the western United States, but they would like to expand and open one sales office and one warehouse on the east coast They hired you to develop recommendations for the design and purchase of all the technology equipment needed to bring the two new east coast sites online Current Configuration on the West Coast Headquarters Portland, Oregon 50 employees Firewall with Site to Site VPN and Remote Access VPN Capabilities Installed Internet Service for Business, 940 Mbps Download 940 Mbps Upload Location of Primary Datacenter, Multiple Servers Sales Branch Office San Francisco, California 20 employees Internet Service for Business, 100 Mbps Download 100 Mbps Upload Site to Site VPN to Portland HQ Manufacturing and Warehouse Seattle, Washington 10 Office employees, 90 Manufacturing and Warehouse employees Internet Service for Business, 100 Mbps Download 100 Mbps Upload Remote Access VPN Client Licenses to Portland when needed East Coast Requirements Sales Branch office setup in Boston, Massachusetts Expected 30 Office employees Several employees relocating from San Francisco, tell you that in that office they always had trouble with the VOIP phones cutting in and out, and wanted to make sure they work properly in the new location Need to be able to access application servers in Portland Warehouse Setup in Albany, New York 5 Office Employees, 60 Warehouse employees All office employees need to be able to access application servers in Portland Adding another 5 office employees in 6 months, ensure network capacity for these 5 additional employees Each new site should have a firewall and a router Each new site should have enough network switch Ethernet ports for all laptop, desktop, printers, Wireless Access Points, and VOIP phones Assume each of these devices requires one Ethernet port each Each office employee should have a device to work on Salesman at this company generally prefer laptops or tablets, but that is not a requirement Sites should have sufficient WiFi access for office employees who have laptops or tablets, and enough for guest access as well Warehouse employees should have a 1 phone and 1 desktop available per 10 employees Price List Device Price Category Laptop $600 User Device Desktop (with Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse) $500 User Device Tablets, 13 inch $700 User Device VOIP Phone $120 User Device Multi Function Printer (for 20 users) $1000 User Device Network Switch (48 Ethernet ports) $1800 Networking Network Switch (24 ethernet ports) $1000 Networking Network Router $3000 Networking Remote Access VPN Client License $200 per user at site Networking Firewall with Site to Site VPN $5000 Networking Firewall without Site to Site VPN $2000 Networking Wireless Access Point (For 20 devices at one site) $500 Networking Services, Per Site Price For 1 Year Internet Service for Business 100 Mbps Download 100 Mbps Upload $960 Services Internet Service for Business 400 Mbps Download 400 Mbps Upload $1440 Services Internet Service for Business 940 Mbps Download 940 Mbps Upload $3000 Services https computer howstuffworks com vpn htm This article will be useful for information regarding Virtual Private Networks (VPN )Slides 4 and 5 define the difference between a site to site VPN and a remote access VPN Assume you are purchasing one year of service up front when you budget a ) Based on the available information, what equipment would you purchase for the Sales Branch office in Boston and the Warehouse in Albany Use the table below or include an excel spreadsheet to track your costs Add as many rows as needed The items below are added as examples and can be removed Boston Site Item Quantity Cost Price (From Price List) Total Desktops 5 $500 $2500 Network Router 1 $3000 $3000 Total For Site $5500 Albany Site Item Quantity Cost Price (From Price List) Total Total For Site Total for Project (Add the two Sites) $XXXXX b ) Hank, the CEO of Globex, does not understand why you are spending money on VPN Define site to site and remote access VPNs, and explain how they will work in your network design

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You have just been hired as a technical consultant for the Globex Corporation. They produce and sell recycled paper products such as printer paper, cardboard

You have just been hired as a technical consultant for the Globex Corporation. They produce and sell recycled paper products such as printer paper, cardboard boxes, and packaging material.

They currently have three sites in the western United States, but they would like to expand and open one sales office and one warehouse on the east coast. They hired you to develop recommendations for the design and purchase of all the technology equipment needed to bring the two new east coast sites online.

Current Configuration on the West Coast:

Headquarters: Portland, Oregon

50 employees
Firewall with Site-to-Site VPN and Remote Access VPN Capabilities Installed
Internet Service for Business, 940 Mbps Download/940 Mbps Upload
Location of Primary Datacenter, Multiple Servers

Sales Branch Office: San Francisco, California

20 employees
Internet Service for Business, 100 Mbps Download/100 Mbps Upload
Site-to-Site VPN to Portland HQ

Manufacturing and Warehouse: Seattle, Washington

10 Office employees, 90 Manufacturing and Warehouse employees
Internet Service for Business, 100 Mbps Download/100 Mbps Upload
Remote-Access VPN Client Licenses to Portland when needed

East Coast Requirements:

Sales Branch office setup in Boston, Massachusetts
- Expected 30 Office employees
- Several employees relocating from San Francisco, tell you that in that office they always had trouble with the VOIP phones cutting in and out, and wanted to make sure they work properly in the new location
- Need to be able to access application servers in Portland
Warehouse Setup in Albany, New York
- 5 Office Employees, 60 Warehouse employees
- All office employees need to be able to access application servers in Portland
- Adding another 5 office employees in 6 months, ensure network capacity for these 5 additional employees.
Each new site should have a firewall and a router.
Each new site should have enough network switch Ethernet ports for all laptop, desktop, printers, Wireless Access Points, and VOIP phones. Assume each of these devices requires one Ethernet port each.
Each office employee should have a device to work on. Salesman at this company generally prefer laptops or tablets, but that is not a requirement.
Sites should have sufficient WiFi access for office employees who have laptops or tablets, and enough for guest access as well.
Warehouse employees should have a 1 phone and 1 desktop available per 10 employees

Price List:

Device	Price	Category
Laptop	$600	User Device
Desktop (with Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse)	$500	User Device
Tablets, 13 inch	$700	User Device
VOIP Phone	$120	User Device
Multi-Function Printer (for 20 users)	$1000	User Device
Network Switch (48 Ethernet ports)	$1800	Networking
Network Switch (24 ethernet ports)	$1000	Networking
Network Router	$3000	Networking
Remote-Access VPN Client License*	$200 per user at site	Networking
Firewall with Site-to-Site VPN*	$5000	Networking
Firewall without Site-to-Site VPN	$2000	Networking
Wireless Access Point (For 20 devices at one site)	$500	Networking
Services, Per Site	Price For 1 Year
Internet Service for Business** 100 Mbps Download/100 Mbps Upload	$960	Services
Internet Service for Business** 400 Mbps Download/400 Mbps Upload	$1440	Services
Internet Service for Business** 940 Mbps Download/940 Mbps Upload	$3000	Services

*https://computer.howstuffworks.com/vpn.htm This article will be useful for information regarding Virtual Private Networks (VPN )Slides 4 and 5 define the difference between a site-to-site VPN and a remote-access VPN

** Assume you are purchasing one year of service up front when you budget

a.) Based on the available information, what equipment would you purchase for the Sales Branch office in Boston and the Warehouse in Albany. Use the table below or include an excel spreadsheet to track your costs. Add as many rows as needed. The items below are added as examples and can be removed.

Boston Site
Item	Quantity	Cost Price (From Price List)	Total
Desktops	5	$500	$2500
Network Router	1	$3000	$3000



			Total For Site: $5500

Albany Site

Item	Quantity	Cost Price (From Price List)	Total





			Total For Site:

Total for Project (Add the two Sites): $XXXXX

b.) Hank, the CEO of Globex, does not understand why you are spending money on VPN. Define site-to-site and remote-access VPN’s, and explain how they will work in your network design.