Project: Network Design and Plan

  1. Conduct research to determine the best network design to ensure security of internal access
    while retaining public website availability.
  2. Design a network configuration with physical and logical topologies. Identify major network
    elements (e.g., servers, switches, gateways) and their locations within the private and protected
    network segments.
  3. Include a high-level plan that ensures communications are available 24/7.
  4. Recommend whether to continue using IPv4 or upgrade to IPv6, and explain why.
  5. Create a basic network diagram that illustrates the current network and enhancements. Include a
    few workstations to represent all workstations on the internal network. The diagram will be very
    high level at this stage and include only necessary details. You may use a software tool or simply
    pencil and paper. You will update this design later in the project.
  6. Create a draft report detailing all information as supportive documentation.
  7. Cite sources, where appropriate.