Question

Scenaric im runs a small consulting firm, Soylent Co, with 30 employees spread between accounts, human resources, administration, and engineering. Jim's son, Tony, knows a bit about computers and so Jim has asked him to upgrade the company network. You went to high school with Tony. You receive a panicked phone call from Tony telling you that he has spent the last two days trying to find why his father's newly upgraded network is having significant stability problems. You've agreed to come and take a look at what he's done and to help him fix things. Although Tony is an acuaiance of yours, he and Jim are asking you, as a professional to provide a report for the _company._The report should be written at an appropriate professional standard, and marking will take this into account. Question 1 (20 marks) Identifying network design faults Jim has given you a diagram showing the current state of the network using the only tool he has available to him: PowerPoint. amine the associated PowerPoint file and write a report identifying and describing any problems you find. (300-400 words) Question 2 (20 marks) Improving network design Jim is impressed by your report and asks you to write a proposal to improve the network although his budget is limited he tells you that if you can justify your design choices you may be able to purchase some more equipment. You will need to provide a new network design diagram in PowerPoint format, thankfully Jim has included a couple of slides with various network equipment elements that you can use as templates. What would you recommend? Justify your recommendation. (300-400 words) Question 3 (20 marks) - Security Whilst doing your evaluation Soylent Co suffers a data breach. Jim asks you to add any necessary security controls to vour design. As vou do so vou also become aware of cross departmental security issues as the engineering department are able to see all the human resources information on the file server. What controls do you put in place to rectify these problems? (300-400 words) Engineering -12 Workstations Accounts - 8 Workstations フ Internet Web Email Server Engineering File Server Human Resources - 4 Workstations Administration - 6 Workstations フ HR File Server Building Layout Soylent Co shares 3 storey, building with 3 other tenants Soylent occupies all three levels on the left hand side as you enter the building foyer Ground level is occupied by the accounts department The 1st floor is occupied by the engineering department The 2nd floor is occupied by both the human resources and administration departments The right-hand half of the building is occupied by other tenants, one per floor External Connectivity ISP allocated network: 128.31.57.0/24 (Class C) 1 Router, provided and managed by ISP Soylent Co's network is connected to a router interface with address 128.31.57.1 Engineering Administration . 12 Workstations (including laptops) 6 Workstations (including laptops) 12 IP Phones 6 IP Phones 1 WiFi Access Point .1 WiFi Access Point 1 Printer 1 Printer 1 File Server Accounting Human Resources 8 Workstations . 4 Workstations 8 IP Phones 4 1P Phones . 1 WiFi Access Point 1 Printer 1 Printer 1 File Server 1 Server (Web +Email) Edge Devices Desk Telephone Printer Desktop PC Server Rackmount Server Laptop Connecting Devices Router Switch Wireless Access Point (AP) External Network/Internet Trunk connection Firewall

Answer 1

Network difficulties:

Sudden bandwidth down due to more number of users or clients.

Collisions may occur due to parallel day transmission. One data is collide with others data and collisions occur.data may loss.

If any device in network having problems then some parts of network cause the network down