EASTERN VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY

TACLOBAN CITY

CISCO 4 CASE STUDY

NETWORK TOPOLOGY OF A TWO STOREY COMMERCIAL BUILDING

SUBMITTED BY:
AHERN ABELLA
RANCIS RAY CALUMPINO

SUMBITTED TO:
ENGR. DIANE B. REMOT
Network Description

The topology describes how the network of a two storey commercial building is
interconnected to form three broadcast domains. The network is physically divided to
three segments such as Office Department (VLAN10), Internet Café Department
(VLAN20), and Coffee Shop Department (VLAN30). It also shows how VLAN’s (Virtual
Local Area Network’s) are physically located trough LAN configuration. A virtual LAN
commonly known as a VLAN is a group of hosts with a common set of requirements
that communicate as if they were attached to the same wire regardless of their physical
location. A VLAN has the same attributes as a physical LAN but it allows for end
stations to be grouped together even if they are not located on the same LAN segment.
Network reconfiguration can be done through software instead of physically relocating
devices. VLANs are created to provide the segmentation services traditionally provided
by routers in LAN configurations. VLANs address issues such as scalability security and
network management. Routers in VLAN topologies provide broadcast filtering security
address summarization and traffic flow management. By definition switches may not
bridge IP traffic between VLANs as it would violate the integrity of the VLAN broadcast
domain. Virtual LANs are essentially Layer 2 constructs whereas IP subnets are Layer 3
constructs.

All three VLAN’s are interconnected to a single router (R1) which also provides
the connection to DSL Modem. DSL Modem connects to internet trough Wide Area
Network (WAN). R1 was configured to set a unique network address to each VLAN and
to provide a routing configuration between VLAN’s, VLAN10 was configured to have a
network address of 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0, VLAN20 with a network address of
192.168.20.1 255.255.255.0, and VLAN30 with a network address of 192.168.30.1
255.255.255.0. VLAN10 is able to communicate with VLAN20 and VLAN30 trough inter-
VLAN routing while VLAN20 and VLAN30 cannot communicate to each other. VLANs
divide broadcast domains in a LAN environment. Whenever hosts in one VLAN need to
communicate with hosts in another VLAN, the traffic must be routed between them. This
is known as inter-VLAN routing.

Office Department or VLAN10 serves as the administrative host that monitors the
other two VLAN’s; it has the privilege to communicate with other VLAN’s and to see
their activities while Internet Café Department and Coffee Shop Department don’t have
the privilege to communicate to one another. Coffee Shop Department is composed of
wireless network with a dynamic router configuration. Dynamic routing performs the
same function as static routing except it is more robust. Static routing allows routing
tables in specific routers to be set up in a static manner so network routes for packets
are set. If a router on the route goes down the destination may become unreachable.
Dynamic routing allows routing tables in routers to change as the possible routes
change.
 DEVICES

15pcs. Desktop Computers

2pcs. Cisco Switch
(11pcs. for Internet Café
(1pc. For Internet Café
1pc. Cisco Router Network & 4pcs. for Office
Network & 1pc. For Office
Network)
Network)

Serial Cable
Ethernet Cable Male to Female DB9 Data
1pc. ADSL Modem
UTP Mold Type Cable, Serial Cable 9-
Connductor Molded Shielded

3pcs. Wireless Laptop

1pc. Wirless Modem Router
Computer
(for Coffe Shop Network)
(for Coffee Shop Network)
Devices Used:

1st Floor:

Internet Café Network:

 11pcs. Desktop Computers (PC0, PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, PC5, PC6, PC7, PC8, PC9, PC10)
 1pc Switch (S1)
 Ethernet Cables (UTP Mold Type)

Coffee Shop Network:

 3pcs. Wireless Laptop (Laptop0, Laptop1, Laptop2)

 1pc. Wireless Router (R2)
 Serial Cable (Conductor Molded Shielded)

2nd Floor:

Office Network:

 4pcs. Desktop Computers (PC11, PC12, PC13, PC14)

 1pc. DSL Modem
 1pc. Router (R1)
 1pc. Switch (S2)
 Ethernet Cables (UTP Mold Type)
 Serial Cable (Conductor Molded Shielded)