TCS for Acasia Group

last updated: .................................... Sunday, week 13 (3th/11) ..................................... (**try refresh**)
changes since last update:.................

Just finished putting together and editing the stuff you two sent.
It's now 11 at night, but if you see anything majorly wrong with the updated site then phone me anytime on Monday and with luck I'll have it changed before Colin reads it and think"wow - what a moron."

Latest Correspondance:

READ THE STUFF AT THE BOTTOM
- fix last of sem 3 stuff
START WORK ON PART 2 !!!!!!!!
- LOOK AT THE UPDATED WEBSITE
- go view source, modify the HTML document and e-mail it back to me each time you finish a page.
I've just finished doing a load of work - now it's your turn.

Important Links/Files:

>>> OUR TCS WEBSITE - I'd prefer you to do your newest sections in HTML before you e-mail them to me.
- Read the user doc for a better (summarised) understading of our vaigue assignment
- View the "see it all working together" flash ani for WAN overview & keep checking for errors
Other's Sites:
- Josh's & Co website - how come their site looks better than ours? ARgghh!
- Bob (the big one) website - at least our site looks better than this - we all know what this color reminds you of.
- call me if you find any other good ones to help give us ideas & find what stuff we've forgotton.
http://bsd.cs.jcu.edu.au/~colin/cp2240/ - "Colin's site" - the latest, greatest advice from Colin.
www.it.jcu.edu.au/Subjects/cp5240/2002-2/resources/TcsWeb1_0/index.htm - TCS "demo site" - has a few sample solutions if you look hard enough!!!!!!.
www.it.jcu.edu.au/Subjects/cp5240/2002-2/Tsv/resources/tcs/index.html - TCS "Goals Site" - actually pretty useless
sem 4 marking rubic - haven't figured this out properly yet - have made copy below.
sem 3 checklist - just see below instead

Contact:

Andrew Noske - Andrew.Noske@jcu.edu.au - 40553061
Michael Dickens - taemon@iprimus.com.au *or* jc131705@jcu.edu.au - 40544655
Eugene McArdle - Eugene.McArdle@jcu.edu.au - 40510217

Progress Acount:

(gray = pretty much finished) (dark gray = finished)

Semester 3 portfolio: include following documents organized in this fashion on a Web Site:

	State:	Comment:
--> 1. LAN User Requirements Document	***Andrew
--> 2. Site LAN Wiring Plan and Physical Topology	***Andrew
--> 3. Site LAN Logical Topology (including District & Site IP Addressing Scheme)	***Andrew	I haven't really done the district part yet
--> 4. Wiring Closet Diagrams	***Mike	I think you should show how many ports are vacant on each switch mike Mike - can you make these images smaller by cropping whitespace & pushing it all closer together.... cheers
--> 5. LAN Electronics Spreadsheet	***Mike
--> 6. LAN Media Spreadsheet	***Mike	are we suppose to document wiring conduits? don't worry about costing raceways & ladder racks?
--> 7. IGRP Implementation	***Eugene
--> 8. ACL Implementation	***Eugene	print out a copy of the logical LAN scheme (at the end of flash animation) - it should have all the info & ip addresses you need
--> 9. IPX Implementation	***Eugene
--> 10. LAN Pros and Cons	***Andrew	There may be incosistencies here.. Was suppose to list at least 6pros & 4cons - DOH!
put it all together	***Andrew (& others)	It's the best I can do

Semester 4: include following docs, organized in this fashion on a Web Site (Review in detail the WAN aspects of the TCS Overview):

	State:	Comment:
--> 1. WAN Requirements Document	***Andrew	How is this different from the other user doc?
--> 2. WAN Physical Topology	***Andrew	How the does this crud work?
--> 3. WAN Logical Topology, including IP Addressing Scheme	***Andrew	Are we suppose to wait for Colin? Do we use Cisco Network Designer (CND)?
--> 4. WAN Electronics	***Mike	List all equipment such as DSU/CSUs and router interface types and quantity required to implement the district wide WAN.
--> 5. WAN Media	***Mike
--> 6. PPP Implementation	***Eugene
--> 7. ISDN Implementation	***Eugene
--> 8. Frame Relay Implementation	***Eugene
--> 9. Traffic flow and Routing Update Analysis	***Eugene	explain how traffic flows between each site within the Washington Elementary School District. explain how their hierarchical WAN design provides a method for controlling data traffic patterns and what Layer 3 routing points exist throughout their network design.
--> 10. WAN Pros and Cons	***Andrew	I think we're suppose to list at least 6 Pro's and 4 Con's for our WAN design.
put it all together	***Andrew

Acacia & Service Center router config - ***Andrew - although I'm still don't see anything about this in the marking criteria

Note: talk to me if you want me to change delegation or need help

Latest Brainwaves:

Eugene - I've made some slight changes to your stuff as well - please check over it again
PLEASE CHECK FOR MISTAKES/INCOSISTENCIES
I didn't realise how EASY Eugenes part was going to be - sorry buddy - I know how much you like a challenge. Fortunately we're going to make you draw the short stick for the "semester 4's" set of work.
I've read Colin's latest brainwave about using a different subnet mask to encompass 510 hosts, but ignore all that for now - it's too late to chage my diagrams a fourth time everything.

Given Subnets:

WAN into school - 10.42.110.0
school subnets - 10.42.111.0 to 10.42.114.0

Proposed Subnet Scheme:

10.42.110.0 (S0) = incoming
111.0 (E0) = servers & admin section (and also trunks to teachers)
112.0 (E1) = curric section (IDF#A & IDF#B)
113.0 (E2) = curric section (IDF#CD)
113.0 = spare...

see my flash ani for the exact details/static allocation of ips
- remember, all admin ip addresses should be statically configured
- ring me if you have problems

VLANS:

all "admin" switch ports = VLAN2 (including teachers)
all "students" ports = VLAN1
all other ports = VLAN1&2

I showed Colin my latest pictures, & he thinks the modified version should work........ hmm

Colin's Feedback:

I've copied this across word for word and done the highlighting thing (remember your color?). - black is for us all.

Logical topology - need full school IP allocation table --> assign IP's for servers & known admin staff nurse etc, switches
Add extra req to use req doc (IGRP…) (I didn't write much)
Examples of simple & difficult installations - difficulty getting in roof over rooms tec. (done)
Need to have decided on purpose of ALL rooms to justify why some were included in wiring scheme and some were not. (you told us all termination points Colin)
Extra equip "rack MDF/IDF cabinet for classroom? UPS, cables"
Rational for choosing routers and switches over other models - function/price
LAN media - a bit more discussion on other options
Don't use colloquialisms in technical writing "particularly thanks to" i.e. - course common expressions don't appear professional. (HELP ME FIND ANY OKAY - I can't see any myself)
IGRP - expand a little more
Explain selection of metrics
ACLs for access to novel file servers over the LAN and WAN, This is the ONLY use for IPX so need ACL permitting this mention this in security policies. Don't want FTP, S0 is PRI 0, DHCP?
IPX use IPX network not IP network - don't use int S0 as this is serial, T1 is pri0 frame relay to Internet will use S0
Collisions & bandwidth be a bit more assertive as to whether they will or won't be collisions on network (and where if any)
Pros and Cons - you really have just listed the features and not really discussed the pros and cons of the decisions you have made. (still working on this)
Con-sut-c2950-12 - a switch for only $125 - I don't think so. This is the price for a net smart maintenance contract on a switch
- Spend some more money on switches or buy hubs guys!! (if he's wrong about this you better tell him)
Consider usage and traffic flow - leave admin file server on the admin network. Put DNS, email, a pp, library and curric network. (I've explained that this = reduced security - plus I don't really want to change my drawings yet again)
For neatness remove the switch connections between switches for VLAN 2 and assume you can do it with VLAN routing in the router with ACLs (have explained this too)

Web page:
- Abbreviate menu name so the fit on one line
- Use better bullets (not -->)
- Put spaces on dashes in html tables so table cell borders show on empty cells.
- Make the wiring closet dialog open as a full page so you can see it all (just make these images as small as possible Mike - popups are annoying)

Our Marks (& Sem 3 checklist):

I've copied this across - I've highlighted what we need to work on. I think the X's are suppose to be bad. hmm

LAN User Requirements Document	X
number of LAN segments required, their type and their usage, scalability and adaptability	1
Transport speed	1
Cabling type and capacity and functionality	1
Standards to be met	1

Site LAN Wiring Plan and Physical topology	X
Diagrams of floor plans showing all interconnections	1
Description of the purpose of all the rooms on the diagrams and reasons for including and not including in the networking scheme	0
Description of examples of simple installation	0
Description of examples for which there will be difficulties for installation	0
Summary of how the topology meets the user requirements	1

Site LAN Logical Topology (including IP Addressing Scheme)	1/2
The School District has the Class A network 10.42.0.0	1
Using extended star topology? Yes? if so why? No? if not, why not?	1
List of non-compliant aspects of your design	X

Wiring Closet Diagrams	1
List of highlights of your design	1
List of compromises in your design	X
List of non-compliant aspects of your design	X

LAN Electronics	X
Spreadsheet rationale for choice of this mix of routers, switches, hubs etc	1/2
Impact of collisions in this design	1
List of routers	1
List of switches	1
List of other equipment	1/2

LAN Media Spreadsheet	1
Rationale for choice of media types and implications of this choice	1
List of highlights of your design	0
List of compromises in your design	X
List of non-compliant aspects of your design	X

IGRP Implementation	X
The autonomous group number will be 100	1
List router configuration file entries that enable IGRP routing	1
List why another routing protocol will not be used	1
List management commands that will allow testing for proper operation of the routing protocol	1

ACL Implementation	X
Description of the security policies	1
List of ACLs to be applied	1
List of routers that will have ACLs applied	1
Justification of choice of ACL application locations	1
Do not forget the IPX ACLs	1

IPX Implementation	X
IPX subnet numbering scheme	1
Table of IPX host numbers	1
List of physical segments that will carry IPX protocol	X
List of routers that will need to route IPX	X
List of routers that will not need to route IPX	X
List of commands that will be applied to routers to allow IPX routing	1

LAN Pros and Cons	X
List of highlights of your design	1
List of compromises in your design	1
List of non-compliant aspects of your design	X
Impact of collisions on bandwidth in this design	1

Total / 40	31 1/2
Total / 5 (I think Colin made a mistake - it's suppose to be out of 4 right?)	3.9

Rubric for Semester 4

WAN Requirements Document	2 marks Media capacity, expected traffic throughput
WAN Physical Topology	2 marks List of routers, placement and their usage, list of media
WAN Logical Topology, including IP Addressing Scheme	2 marks Table of interconnections and full public and private IP address allocation
WAN Electronics	2 marks Table of routers and other electronics
WAN Media	2 marks Table of WAN media interconnections (from-to)
PPP Implementation	2 marks Where PPP is applied and the PPP router configuration commands for the core and your school
ISDN Implementation	2 marks Where ISDN is applied and the ISDN router configuration commands for the core and your school
Frame Relay Implementation	2 marks Where Frame Relay is applied and the Frame Relay router configuration commands for the core and your school
Traffic flow and Routing Update Analysis	2 marks Estimate of traffic flow. What will be the maximum time for routers to all have the same routing tables? Where will SNMP be applied