Assignment- VPN Network Design for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) network and VPN services
Purpose
This assignment assesses the following Unit Learning Outcomes; students should be able to demonstrate their achievements in them.
• Describe architectural VPN design for small, medium and large businesses and corporations
• Report on the health of the existing VPN architecture, solution, data, application, and technology
• Discuss the appropriate security design and solutions for varieties of organisations
• Report on the current and future state of the management of VPN infrastructure and its technologies
• Interpret a roadmap process to transform the VPN architecture to support long- term organisations' goals
• Implement a process to support the administration and the management of VPN.
Description
Tasks:
There are two parts to this assignment, i.e. part A and part B.
A. Investigate, design and develop a suitable VPN network for an SME by addressing the following criteria. See detailed instruction in the next section.
B. Presentation
Note:
Only one report for part A and one presentation slide for part B per group should be submitted. As this is a Group Assignment make sure the contribution made by each student is clearly mentioned in the front page of the report. Each student in the group must make sufficient contribution. The report must be properly formatted and have a table of contents.
Part A description:
There are two sites existed in different Australian cities that belong to the same organization, where you need to consider for this VPN network design in this assignment. This is in addition to remote users who should be able to access their work from the company site while travelling.
1. Design a network for this SME
2. Build VPN services for the users Report must include:
• Introduction
• Scopes and Limitations
• Requirements (Network parts and VPN service parts)
• Solution Design
a. Logical Design
b. Physical Design
c. Network Topologies
d. IP addressing
e. Security features and Policies
f. Redundancy and Failover plans
g. VPN service Deployment and implementation
• Refer the sample document included in below for network design, and consider how to deploy and implement relevant VPN services onto the network. You need to choose the right type of VPNs and protocols that satisfy the requirements for remote and branch to branch connectivity.
Part B:
Description
Students need to demonstrate their work in Lab. Demonstration will include viva voce (oral test) questions as well. The solution of VPN services and network design shall be presented with 15 minutes for a group during Lab class. Presentation slides should be submitted in Moodle prior to the presentation for marking. No other options (e.g. hard copy, memory stick, website, email etc) will be considered but the presentation file submitted in Moodle.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.