1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Engineering and Technical Sciences
3. winter term 2018/2019
4. WIEiA - oferta ERASMUS / Informatics - First-cycle Erasmus programme
5. Designing computer networks

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Designing computer networks - course description

Aim of the course

Developing the skills necessary to design small enterprise LANs and WANs; Introducing customer requirements, translating those requiremen ts into equipment and protocol needs, and creating a network topology which addresses the needs of the customer; Familiarization how to create and implement a design proposal for a customer.To provide basic knowledge about fundamentals of computer system structure and principles of operation.

Prerequisites

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Computer networks I

Computer networks II

Scope

Introducing networking design concepts. The benefits of a hierarchical network design. Network design methodology. Functions of the core, distribution and access layers. Investigating servers farms and security of the computer networks. Investigating wireless network. Supporting WANs and remote workers. Gathering networks requirements. Introducing a lifecycle of computer networks. Explaining the computer network sales process. Preparing for the design process. Identifying technical requirements and constraints. Identifying manageability design considerations.

Characterizing the existing network. Documenting the existing network. Updating the existing internetworking operation system software. Upgrading the existing computer devices. Performing a wireless site survey. Documenting network design requirements.

Identifying application impacts on network design. Characterizing network applications. Explaining common network applications. Introducing quality of service (QoS). Examining voice and video options. Documenting application and traffic flows.

Creating the network design. Analyzing the requirements. Selecting the appropriate LAN topology. Designing the WAN and remote worker support. Designing wireless networks. Incorporating security.

IP addressing in the network design. Creating an appropriate IP addressing design. Creating the IP addresses and naming scheme. Plan for summarization and route distribution. Describing IPv4 and IPv6. Migration from IPv4 to IPv6.

Prototyping the campus network. Building a prototype to validate a design. Creating a test plan. Prototyping the LAN. Validating LAN technologies and devices. Testing the redundancy and resiliency of the network. Identifying risks or weaknesses in the design. Prototyping the server farm.

Prototyping the WAN. Prototyping remote connectivity. Simulating WAN connectivity in the simulation software and the laboratory environment. Validating the choice of devices and topologies. Prototyping remote worker support. Prototyping the VPN.

Preparing the proposal. Assembling the existing proposal information. Developing the plan of the implementation of the computer network. Estimating timelines and resources. Creating and presenting the proposal.

Teaching methods

Lecture, project.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Lecture – the passing condition is to obtain a positive mark from the final test.

Project – the passing condition is to obtain positive marks from a prepared project.

Recommended reading

1. McCabe J.D.: Network Analysis, Architecture and Design, 3rd ed. San Francisco. California: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., 2007.

2. Oppenheimer P.: Top-Down Network Design, 3rd ed. Indianapolis, Indiana: Cisco Press, 2010.

3. Wilkins S.: CCDA Self-Study: Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN), 2nd ed. 640-861, Indianapolis, Indiana: Cisco Press, 2007.

Further reading

Notes

Modified by dr hab. inż. Marcin Mrugalski, prof. UZ (last modification: 06-04-2018 21:42)