Dennis Boamah

Using Routers/Switches to Build a Network

Outline

Aims Introduction Technical Background Requirement Analysis Network Design Implementation of Design Results Conclusions Questions

Aims

To use GNS3 to build a network for a company with two separate locations for their business.

To use Wireshark to critically analyse packets of data within the network.

Introduction

“Living in a Network-Centric World”

Technical Background

What is a Network ?

Requirement Analysis

Size of the building considering internal cabling. LAN & VLAN at each site location. Services & Protocols requested on the network. Network security. Interconnecting both LANs. Types of network equipment. Projected growth. Reliability and Uptime.

Network Design

LAN & VLAN at each site location

Network Design Cont.

Interconnecting both LANs

Implementation of Design

Implementation of Design Cont.

HSRP - A Fault-tolerant Default Gateway

Implementation of Design Cont.

Results

An Output of Port Address Translation (PAT)

Results Cont.

Availability of network resources (DHCP) to hosts

Conclusions

How the network was designed with GNS3. How the project evolved through many stages. How data was analyzed within the network.

Questions