Description
Network Design
Assignment Preparation
Complete the practice labs provided in the Virtual Resource: Hands-On Labs activity for this unit.
Assignment Overview
Health Systems, Inc., the regional hospital that you worked with in the Unit 1 assignment, has hired you to create a design document about how to build remote access to their organization. For this assignment, you will explain how to design the LAN at a remote branch site and discuss how it will interconnect through a WAN to the main Health Systems hospital site.
Assignment Instructions
Use Visio to create a diagram for your project. You may access Visio via the Toolwire Resources in this unit. Include the following in your diagram:
- Display the basic LAN and WAN topology for your remote sites.
- Display router and switch placement.
- Display computers and workstations.
After creating your diagram, write a paper in which you complete the following:
- Describe your diagram. Include specifications about the topologies, cabling, routers, and switches.
- Provide an analysis of your diagram. Explain the role that the devices on your network play in network communication.
- Support your diagram. Provide reasoning for choosing the switching and routing, transmission media, and topology.
Submission Requirements
- Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- APA formatting: If you use sources, ensure that resources and citations are formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Refer to the Network Design Scoring Guide to ensure that you meet the grading criteria for this Assignment.
You are required to submit your assignment to the Turnitin source matching tool. Once complete, attach your paper to this assignment and submit it to your instructor by Sunday evening.
Network Design Scoring Guide
Due Date: End of Unit 4.
Percentage of Course Grade: 12%.
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Network Design Scoring Guide Grading Rubric |
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Criteria |
Non-performance |
Basic |
Proficient |
Distinguished |
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Explain how to design a LAN at a remote site. |
Does not explain how to design a LAN at a remote site. |
Explains how to design a LAN at a remote site; explanation is incorrect. |
Explains how to design a LAN at a remote site. |
Explains how to design a LAN at a remote site; explanation details all necessary information. |
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Describe diagram specifications. |
Does not describe diagram specifications. |
Describes diagram specifications; description is incorrect. |
Describes diagram specifications. |
Describes diagram specifications; description includes specifications about the topologies, cabling, routers, and switches. |
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Explain the role of devices in network communications. |
Does not explain the role of devices in network communication. |
Explains the role of devices in network communication; explanation is incorrect. |
Explains the role of devices in network communication. |
Explains the role of devices in network communication and provides a detailed analysis of these devices. |
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Explain the information included in the diagram. |
Does not explain the information included in the diagram. |
Lists but does not explain the information included in the diagram. |
Explains the information included in the diagram. |
Explains the information included in the diagram; provides reasoning for the selections. |
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Create a diagram that explains remote connections. |
Does not create a diagram that explains remote connections. |
Creates a diagram that incorrectly explains remote connections. |
Creates a diagram that explains remote connections. |
Create a diagram that explains remote connections; diagram explains all display options. |
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Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of professional communities. |
Does not communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of professional communities. |
Communicates in an inconsistently scholarly and professional manner for members of professional communities. |
Communicates in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of professional communities. |
Communicates in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of professional communities; written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. |
