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Milestone Two

Computer Networks Introduction

I. Internet Service Provider

a) Key Considerations for Internet Service Provider Identification in The New Office Location

Whenever it comes to choosing the right ISP for your company, there are a lot of factors to consider, especially if most of your business is done online, whether it is intra-departmental communication or the medium via which items are sold or traded. The very first consideration is whether a regular or high-availability connection is required. Standard internet connections are typically faster, while high availability has significantly less downtime per annually. Considering that this is an online shop and advertising company that can probably live with occasional network outages I can opt to go with the less expensive and faster regular connection. When considering the connection type, you should also consider the present connection media such as cable, fiber, satellite, or DSL are all options for connecting to the internet. While selecting an ISP, customer support is also important to consider; the faster you can reach a specialist, the faster an issue or outage can be resolved.

A further thing to think about is the needed connection speed for your application. Because there is a lot of communication going on within several locations, including remote access to huge files as well as high-definition video conferencing, this would need to be a very high rating. There is need to also have to think about redundancy, which is necessary when keeping internet connectivity is important - even if the primary internet connection is unavailable. Any ISP's degree of security as well as the programs they provide to assist safeguard your data are also essential factors to consider. Lastly, we must evaluate the cost of an ISP and its different packages, determining what is the most cost-effective option for your company while still satisfying its requirements.

b) Comparison of Internet Service Providers in Terms of Speed, Security and Reliability Among Other Factors

In case what you are searching for is fast customer support, affordable rates, and excellent download speeds, AT&T is the option. It accommodates DSL (which we surely will not be utilizing) as well as Fiber-Optic connections, although the latter may reach download rates of 100 - 1,000 Mbps. This does, though, come with a 1TB data cap and a 68/100 ASCI (American Customer Satisfaction Index) score. We can now compare this to Verizon Fios, that is likewise a reasonably priced (though somewhat costlier) option to AT&T. It is a Fiber-Optic-only connection with bandwidth rates of 200 - 940 Mbps. This lacks data cap, contrary to AT&T, as well as an average ASCI score of 70/100.

Quite, how will this relate to the requirements of the company? The new location can have internet access via T1 connection, Fiber Optic as well as UTP cable, so one of the previously mentioned ISPs would really be backed by the new office location, presuming that Fiber-Optic is the chosen connection medium. All these ISPs have comparable bandwidth capabilities, with connection speeds varying from approximately 140 Mbps to 980 Mbps (on average between the two providers). Yeah of course, Fios has a lower top bandwidth than AT&T, but it also has a much higher min speed (200 Mbps vs. 100 Mbps for AT&T).

Based on the similarities as well as Fios' higher minimum bandwidth speed, I would rather choose Verizon's ISP bundle to assure that live video conferencing conversations are not only not interrupted, but also remain in HD quality throughout every session. It also is worth noting that there are a lot of Teleconference calls and just a large number of high-quality print jobs (delivered to the HQ printers) can take up a lot of bandwidth, thus an association's data quota (if one exists) may be reached well before month or year is over. Because Verizon's plan lacks data cap, this is not an issue.

In terms of security, several aspects of this wide category may be handled in-house by main HQ's IT department. They need to, for instance, administer a VPN service for greater security as well as central and peripheral locations, as well as retain remote access to servers wherein firewall rules can be adjusted.

Consequently, Verizon provides its own security bundles, which entails standard antivirus protection, 24/7 customer care, internet security software;  however, considering that perhaps the business has its own IT department, it could be reasonable to control most security strategies in-house to mitigate the need to connect with the ISP in the case of a crisis; nevertheless, since the organization likely subcontracts security, it may be prudent to maintain most security strategies in-house; conversely, since the organization probably outsources data protection and related security, it may be advisable to maintain most security measures within itself.

II. Additional Configurations

a) Hardware and Software Solutions as well as other key related Solutions

Because the new location will have about 50 workers, they will most likely be distributed out over many levels in the new building. Presuming that the server rack holding the patch panel, switch, and other components will be housed in a unified server room, the demarc endpoint will need to be suitably stretched by fiber-optic link to one or more of these levels. This server room will control the corporation's broadcast domains in the building, that will be linked to the corporation's WAN centered around HQ through fiber-optic; fiber-optic is being selected owing to its accessibility, reliability, speed, as well as the fact that it is approved by the preferred ISP.

For the network, I would choose a conventional star topology architecture because of its cost efficiency and resilience. In terms of the offices themselves, rather than installing actual Ethernet connections to each workstation, I would use directional routers cleverly placed throughout the workplace; it appears that many of the people working in the organization will be mobile, constantly moving as they want. Certainly, there may be fixed workstations, but I believe it would be clearer if a staff could walk into the workplace and use several displays by plugging their portable laptop into a docking station.

This way, clients can move at any place while still maintaining their work a single device. The routers in this case are directional such that outside of the workplace, the signal is not sent. I might deactivate the SSID broadcast for the private network for extra security; if set up, a separate guest network would have a distinct SSID with extremely limited rights for any customers entering the premises.

Because live teleconferencing appears to be a major priority for this firm, I would allocate one to two rooms solely to this purpose. A big television monitor (for showing the teleconference call details) will be linked to a computer tower just behind the television. I will also get a tough internet connection linked to the tower to ensure connectivity while having not to worry about physical obstacles, for instance in wireless communication. I will also purchase a microphone as well as camera attached to the conference table through cable or Bluetooth; the camera might be mounted to the screen or the edge of the conference room table. HD grade video would be easily supported because the company's ISP can handle up to 940 Mbps bandwidth. At HD resolution, a call with 10 or 15 people at once is absolutely conceivable considering the volume of available bandwidth.

b) Printer Configurations

When it comes to printing billboard projects on the HQ printer, there are a few alternatives. First, if there is a significant volume of print jobs – for example, if all or most of the staff print off their desktops, IT may wish to add every device separately, filtered by MAC address and password. Nonetheless, if at all feasible, I would set up a workstation (minimum one per floor) for sending print tasks to the shared network storage.

Direct IP should be used to connect to the printer at headquarters. It would be simple to track out the source of each print job, while also making it easier to secure the printer. While trying to execute a print job across a WAN, which would be required to send print requests to the billboard printer from the new offsite location, having the printer's own IP also helps.

III. Network Diagram

The diagram below represents the organization proposed network diagram.

Figure 1:Proposed network diagram..

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