SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

KATTANKULATHUR- 603 203 APRIL 2023

NETWORK DESIGNING FOR COLLEGE

A COURSE PROJECT REPORT

18CSS202J - COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS

Mini Project

Submitted by
MAYANK PUVVALA (RA2111003011616)

Under the guidance of

DR. KARTHIKEYAN
(Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering)

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY in
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
of
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
 SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(Under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this mini project report "NETWORK DESIGNING FOR COLLEGE " is

the bonafide work of MAYANK PUVVALA(RA2111003011616)

who carried out the project work under my supervision.

SIGNATURE

DR. KARTHIKEYAN

Assistant Professor
CTECH
SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Contents

1: Abstract
2: Introduction
3: Objectives
4: Network Requirements
5: IP addressing Plan
6: Routing Protocol Plan
7; Existing Infrastructure
8: Network Design
9: Summary
 1. ABSTRACT
The aim of this project was college network design and implementation and the introduction of
a suitable network for most small colleges around the country. The following project focused
on three main parts: security, quality, and safety.

The project has been provided with different utilities to introduce a network with a high
security level for the college. These utilities are hardware firewalls, an IP access control list,
Mac address port security, a domain server and s proxy server. All of these utilities have been
configured to provide a secure environment for the entire network and to prevent hackers from
entering sensitive departments like the college management and service providers departments

The project is design to secure the network from the following threats:

• Unauthorized access devices.

• Unencrypted or plaintext information.
• DHCP Snooping
• Internal Access

Improving the performance of any network requires a high quality of techniques and services
which help to improve the general task of the network. The technical services that have been
placed in the college’s network are failover firewalls utility a Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) server, a Domain Name System (DNS) server and a cabling system. These
tools can increase the performance of the network in general and provide a stable internet
service for the Air Traffic Control System by using dual internet service providers and the
failover utility.

2. INTRODUCTION
This College Network Scenario is about designing a topology of a network that is a LAN (Local Area
Network) for a college in which various computers of different departments are set up so that they can
interact and communicate with each other by interchanging data. To design a networking scenario for a
college which connects various departments to each other’s, it puts forward communication among different
departments. CNS is used to design a systematic and well-planned topology, satisfying all the necessities of the
college (i.e., client). CNS come up with a network with good performance.
College and University are the sensitive places around the world. Network Security plays a major role on
computer network, especially in where high quality of services are required. Modern technology takes
edge over the primitive ones where lot of energy, resources and time were wasted.

Technology plays many different roles to protect and represent a high quality of services for these
places. Computer networking is the most crucial part of modern college because this new
technology takes the most important responsibilities, rather than people doing the tasks as in
previous decades. We installed and configure the network devices such as switches, routers,
computers, IP Phones, & APs. We made topology and created IP address with minimum wastage
of IP addresses.
The network is designed to be scalable based upon requirements because scalability has been the most
important consideration during the planning phase. Further security appliances such as IPS, IDS,
NGFW etc. can be added to improve security and make the network bullet proof.

3. Objectives
• The project goals and objectives include:
• To Build a highly resilient Network used in small colleges and used by large uses per
year.

• To Build a high throughout network

• To Provide a high security level for the college’s network
• To Provide a high quality of service for the college’s network
• To Prevent accidental damage to the network's private data, its users, or their devices

• To Maintain users’ details in a secure way Networking Requirement -

• The active networking components (Routers, switches, wireless access points etc.)
with quantity.

• The IP network design for each department.

• Creating and mapping IP networks with VLANs.
• Analysis, identification and explanation of methodologies to use for access restriction
and internet sharing.

• Dynamic IP addressing design for all the networks.

• Identify the configuration and features, wherever appropriate, which is required on
the active components to setup the network.

• Network topology diagram4

4. Network Requirements
Requirement analysis of Active Networking Component-
• Switches – The college authority has 20 users; the college service providers have 40 users
and the maximum numbers of guests are estimated to be 100. The total number of LAN
users is 60, which includes the college authority and college service providers. As the
guests are on the wireless networks, 3 access points are proposed for accommodating the
100 users. This would require 60 ports for the LAN users, 3 ports for the access points, 1
port for the college authority server and 1 port for the DHCP server. So, a total of 65 ports
are required. Switches are available as 24 or 48 port capacity. So, 3 no’s of 24 port
switches, which support Vlans are proposed.

• Routers – A router which supports high speed internet connection, with the appropriate
interface is required. The router also requires an interface which supports 802.1q, which
would
 be used for routing between VLANs s and access restriction between the VLANs s. 1 no’s
router is required.
• Access points – As the estimated number of guest users are 100, a total of 3 access points
is proposed. This is proposed based on the load which can be shared on the access points.

• DHCP Server – A DHCP server is required for assigning dynamic IP addresses to users
on the network. The DHCP server service on Required Configuration

• Routers, Switches and firewall will have to be configured with at least the following
technologies:

• 1. IP addresses, Basic Security

• 2. DHCP
• 3. Routing protocol preferably EIGRP
• 4. NAT (Network Address Translation
• 5. ACL (Access Control Lists)

5. IP Addressing Plan:
6. Routing Protocol Plan:
Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a dynamic routing protocol which
uses hop count as a routing metric to find the best path between the
source and the destination network. It is a distance vector routing
protocol which has AD value 120 and works on the application layer of OSI
model.
 Routing Protocol Plan for Router0

7.

8. Routing Protocol Plan for Router1 Routing Protocol Plan for Router2
9. Existing Infrastructure:

All the hosts are assigned with static IPs and are assigned in the order in
which it was set up. No support for dynamic IP allocations. Even though
the working is divided into three major sectors all the host, multimedia
devices are connected in a single network. Thus, network security and
maintenance are difficult. One more problem observed was the existing
switches were outdated and hence could not prove to be beneficial for
the network administrator to observe monitor and handle the network
traffic the system has no remote access to the network. Absence of basic
small-scale businesses firewall was also observed. Thus, security is also
compromised. Three server rooms were used for the purpose of
independent networking which further caused wastage of power and
money.

The prototype of the proposed network is implemented on cisco packet tracer

Testing VLAN communications from HOD Cabin to Internet Lab
8: Network Design

Testing FTP Server

 9: Summary:
The outcome of the proposed system will be a fail-safe backbone network
infrastructure which meets the requirements for readily available access to
information and security of the private network, and also ensures optimized
productivity when telecommunication services are accessed. The installed
equipment allowed to organize high-speed wired and wireless Internet access
throughout the whole complex of hospital buildings as well as providing transfer of
all types of data throughout the single optimized network.

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