Learning Goal: I’m working on a computer science presentation and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.
For your week 8 final presentation, you are required (as we covered in class) to create a network topology to support the case study for Acme University handout that you received. You create the network topology (for instance, if you want to add a star topology, or ring topology, or mixture, it’s up to you). I advise keeping it sort of simple though, only a few devices for departments are needed for a university. For instance, a router, firewall, switch, and hub with couple of desktops and printer connected to it for the academic advisors group, but a different hub from the switch pointing to another couple desktops, video monitors/TVs, smart devices and printer might be for the classrooms, etc. Don’t over complicate it (yes, a major large university could have a VERY extensive network, but you don’t need to make it that big for this assignment – maybe three or four departments should suffice, but if you want to add more, feel free). Remember to make it a technical diagram, which means, for each device include:
Cost $ (of the asset)
ID
Hostname
IP address
subnet mask
gateway
Does it handle TCP/IP, UDP, or both?
You can draw your topology on a paper with pen and take a picture of it, or in word, or visio, or other editor, or network simulator, it’s really up to you. If you want to see examples, go to images.google.com and type in “network diagram examples”. Though remember, in our classroom diagram I’m asking for additional details per device than you’ll see in your Google examples.
