You are a networking consultant who has been hired by a hypothetical company to evaluate their current network and propose changes to upgrade it. Your job is to prepare a "Network Upgrade Plan" that includes the following. The following information is obtained during some hypothetical interviews with selected number of the staff. Physical Structures Offices LAN Clients Wireless Clients Servers Hosting and Internet Users Firewalls and DMZ Internet Support Shared Resources Provide the detailed information about the buildings, floors, and the measurements. How many offices does your client have? Are they already connected? Provide the categories of clients (perhaps one category per department) and number of clients per category Provide the maximum number of wireless clients. Do you support public clients? Or would you use peer-to-peer or centralized network? How may servers does your client have? Provide types and number of Servers that are required by the network, i.e. File servers, Domain Servers, Name Servers, etc. (see internet hosting for alternate configuration) How to do support internet users? How has your internet domain been hosted (internally or via a hosting provider). Where is the company mail server located? Do you support file transfer? How internet users access resources on the private network? if applicable, Identify the zones of the network nodes, and specify how public servers are accessed from the Internet How do the employees access the internet? List all types of shared resources that are used in the network (i.e. printers, file servers, etc.) Provide the status quo as well as the deaired quota that the client is requesting. List the network needs (what's not working at the moment). This may be a list of issues and how to resolve them at a high-level. Since the client is hypothetical, the status quo may be bare minimum. Network Design Outline the Network Design. Include the following information in your proposal: Number of networks and subnets; addresses and VLANS; DHCP reservations, etc. Number (and models) of network equipment (i.e. routers, switches, hubs, modems, access points, etc.) - Number, type, and measurement of the connecting cables (see structured cabling). Packet Tracer Implementation Implement the proposed network in packet tracer. The packet tracer file includes the network simulation of the logical network. Your implementation must include the following: - Include all user types as subnetworks and include some examples of users as nodes on the subnetwork. One node per category would suffice. Include shared resources as needed: i.e. file servers, web servers, networked printers, etc. Ensure that all notes are properly configured with IP addresses, subnet masks, default gateways, etc. Ensure that ping works across the board. Manually configure or use DHCP for IP address configuration. Manually configure or use RIP for routing configuration. Future Upgrade Include and plan the clients' future needs in your implementation. Examples of possible future need is given in the following: -How many workstations does the current network have? How many workstations will the network need in a year from now? How about connection speeds? Wireless Access Points? Cost Estimation Provide the implementation cost. Your estimate includes all network devices, computer upgrades (software or hardware), as well as Labour. Make a list of all your network elements (based on your Packet Tracer simulation) and research the cost of each. Tally up the total cost of your network and explain why your client should spend this money to upgrade their network. Can you take any cost-saving measures?