Hardware Software System Network 2 Net value Public Limited

BANGALORE MANAGEMENT ACADEMY

Group Assignment

On

Hardware Software System Network

Submitted by:

Ivneet Singh

Submitted To:

Proff. Madavi Krishna

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Table of Contents

Sr No. Topics Pg.No

1. Feasibility study 3
2. Network range 3
3. Need of network 4
4. Types of data 4
5. Type of applications 4
6. Transmission speed 5
7. Storage requirement 5
8. Design theory 5
9. Network devices 6
10. Design documentation in details 8
11. Network Design 12
12. Conclusion 13
13. Selecting programming language 14
14. Visual Basic 14
15. Advantages of visual basic 15
16. How existing problem is solved 15
17. Programming language translator 16
18. Output devices 17
19. References 19

Network Proposal:

Feasibility Study:

Objective

This proposal is being prepared for the company NPL in order to develop a local area network,
having internet access with swiftness and speediness at each and every point or node in office

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and local area as well. The proposal for developing a LAN is mainly to provide services to
employees within the company including branches of NPL all around Malaysia.

NPL is in need for such kind of network for all computers within the organization in order to
have internet access and proper connectivity to its devices, Which will be helpful to cater the
growing number of employees and also will increase the efficiency of employees which in turn
will help the company to sustain in the corporate world by proceeding business products in such
a competitive environment.

Network range:

The networks consist of local area network within the company and also have the internet
connection so that they can have connectivity within their branches in Malaysia

Objective of network:

The main objective of network is to increase the efficiency of the employees and to sustain in the
corporate environment.

 High Speed LAN: In this network LAN connectivity is made with a high speed so that
employees can share information with each other. For the LAN connectivity we are using
category 5 unshielded twisted pair cables
 Security: Security is also required for un authorization access, so that no one from
outside can enter the network and security is also required to make administration easier.
 User: This network will be used by the employees inside the company as well as by top
level management people.

Networking Devices:

The network devices are used for the data communication within the network

 Switches
 Routers
 Cables

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 Servers
 Firewalls

Need of network:

NPL requires the network in order to communicate and transfer data between branches within
Malaysia and their customers.

The Types of Data:

The NPL Company will transfers the details of sales, purchasing price of products and profit and
loss details, this data will be sent to the other branches of the company. The equipment models,
retail prices of the products, and information about the product they are selling including all
other necessary information they require for the clients.

Types of applications used to create data:

 MS-Word : For creating data

 MS-PowerPoint: For making presentation for the demos of their product
 MS-Visio : For building prototyping
 MS-Access: To store information about employees
 MS-Outlook: Sending E-mails etc
 ERP Tools: For managing official works

Category of the users:

 Employees
 Top level Management

Transmission Speed:

As this is the furniture company the speed of the transmission is not required that much high but
still we are having LAN connection and UTP cables are used so that the cost of the network is
not much high. For the internet we are using broadband connection with higher bandwidth.

Storage requirements:

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In this network we need enough storage so that we can store the data of the employees.

Design theory:

This network is designed for the NPL Company located in Malaysia. Company has four storeys
building in which they needs a network with high speed LAN connectivity.

This proposal also tells us about the internet connectivity to all nodes in the organization.

Even need to have the connectivity to other branches of the company in Malaysia

Design documentation in Detail:

Cost analysis:

 Router
 Switch
 Server
 Firewall
 Cabling
 Operating System

Network Devices:

Switch:

Tech Specs

 Model: EZXS16W

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 Standards: IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u

 Ports: Five 10/100 RJ-45 Ports
 Cabling: Type UTP Category 5 or better
 LEDs: Power; Link/Act, FD/Col, 100 (per port)

Key Features

 16 10/100 Ports Provide Dedicated Bandwidth in Half- or Full-Duplex Mode

 Switched 10/100 Ports Run at up to 200 Mbps in Full-Duplex Mode
 Compatible with All Major Operating Systems
 Advanced Store-and-Forward Packet Switching Optimizes Data Transfers

Router:

Linksys - 4-Port Ethernet Broadband Router

Port: Internet: one 10/100 RJ-45

4 Switched ports, one power port

Data Rates: 54 Mbps

Standard= IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802

Price: $2,115.00

Wireless Router

Technical Details
Brand Name: Linksys
Model: WRT54G
Hardware Platform: PC

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Form Factor: External

Connectivity Technology: Wireless, Wired
Networking Feature: Wireless router
Number of Ports: 4

Cabling
CAT5 UTP Cable
Price: $110.00
For the building we require 1200 feet length

Ground Floor:

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Managing
Administrative Director Waiting
Department Office Room Reception

This is the view of ground floor of Net Value Private Company with the centralized switch. In
this floor different departments are located

 Administrative department
 Managing Director Office
 Waiting Room
 Reception

The ground floor consists 5 desktops and 2 printers there is Wi-Fi connection available and 16
port switch is used for the connectivity of the LAN. This floor we have internet connection in all
departments. We had also established the Wi-Fi for the guest or the clients for their internet use
on their laptops. We will be having a Mac based registration for each and every laptop. The Wi-
Fi range will be till the MD office so that it can be used by Managing Director also. In the
reception we had placed a single phone with a 1 desktop with internet connection

First Floor:

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Accounts Conference Meeting

Department Room Room

This is the view of first floor of Net Value Private Company with the centralized switch. In this
floor different departments are located

 Accounts department
 Conference Room
 Meeting Room

The first floor consists of 8 desktops, 2 projector, and 2 screens. In this we are using 16 port
switches for the LAN connectivity as well for the internet connection. This floor we do not have
the internet connection in the accounts department. In the conference room we are using the
internet connection for a single desktop that is attached to the projector in this room we are also
having 25 microphones attached to each and every seat. We also have meeting room with 1
desktop with internet connection and projector, this is room is basically used for the small
meeting in the organizations.

Second Floor:

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Marketing & Design

Department

This is the view of second floor of Net Value Private Company with the centralized switch. In
this floor we have marketing and design department.

The second floor consists of 21 desktops and single printer, connectivity is done using 24 port
switch for the LAN connection. This floor is marketing and design department. Internet
connection is given to each and every desktop in this floor as they are going to do research,
marketing and designing,

Third Floor:

Inventory Department Sales Department

This is the view of third floor of Net Value Private Company with the centralized switch. In this
floor different departments are located

 Inventory department
 Sales Department

The third floor consists of 6 desktop. In this floor we are having sales and inventory
department each of them with 3 desktops with internet connection, There are attached with
each other by using switch.

Fourth Floor:

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Store
Workshop

This is the view of fourth floor of Net Value Private Company with the centralized switch. In this
floor different departments are located

 Workshop
 Store

The fourth floor consists of 3 desktops. In this floor we are having workshop and store. We are
not having internet connection to the workshop but in the store we are having the internet
connection. The LAN connection is being established among two departments in this floor.

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Store
Workshop

Inventory Department Sales Department

Internet
Proxy
Server

Router

Marketing & Design

Department
VPN
Server

Accounts Conference Meeting

Department Room Room

Managing
Administrative Director Waiting
Department Office Room Reception

This is the entire view of the NPL Company in which we had designed a network.

As in this building each floor have connection among themselves, for the connectivity of the
floor to floor connection we require one more switch so that each floor is connected to each
other. That main switch is attached to the proxy server that will also acts like a firewall and other
side we have VPN server that will enable to establish the connection among other branches in
Malaysia. The wired router is connected to the switch and with the internet so that throughout the
building we can establish or provide the internet required we can enable or disable the internet
connection where it is not required using proxy server.

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Conclusion:

This project is mainly developed to use the high speed internet connection within the
organization. As we have used many security features to make network secure, this design
provides very flexible and high speed LAN & WAN connectivity to the employees and its client.
Also shares data to all its branches around Malaysia. This design will also prove to be helpful in
catering the growing number of employees or users in the company. So we have concluded that
company’s main motive, purpose to develop business products and to share information with
others can easily be achieved by using this designed network.

Only requirement is online presence in order to know about company’s product, updates and
upcoming products.

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Selecting the programming language

Currently the Netvalue Public Limited Company is currently using COBOL and FORTRAN but
they were facing some problems like:

 Difficult to maintain
 limited in its ability to do mathematical functions
 Slow in processing
 A dying obsolescent language.
 Sometimes shows error while executing
 Incompatible with other software and operating system

Now we decided to implement the Visual Basic as a programming language for development
of custom software for the company.

Visual Basic:

Visual Basic is the third-generation event-driven programming language and integrated

development environment from Microsoft for its COM programming model. VB is also
considered a relatively easy to learn and use programming language, because of its graphical
development features and BASIC heritage.

Visual Basic was derived from BASIC and enables the rapid application development of
applications, access to databases using Data Access Objects, Remote Data Objects, or ActiveX
Data Objects, and creation of ActiveX controls and objects. Scripting languages such as VBA
and VBScript are syntactically similar to Visual Basic, but perform differently.

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Advantages of Visual Basic

 VB is a rapid application Tool to develop applications faster

 Flexibility in design time
 Debugging the source code
 plug and play wizards to connect databases

 The structure of the Basic programming language is very simple, particularly as to the
executable code.

 VB is not only a language but primarily an integrated, interactive development

environment

 The VB-IDE has been highly optimized to support rapid application development It is
particularly easy to develop graphical user interfaces and to connect them to handler
functions provided by the application.

How the existing problem can be solved by using Visual Basic

 Improves security to prevent data theft

 More faster in calculation for billing purposes
 User friendly Interface
 Compatible with other software
 Able to work in network environment
 Less costly
 Easy to maintain

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Programming Language Translator:

The interpreter, we are using here is in visual basic which translates source code to machine
code. Interpreter in visual basic translates one code at a time; it reads one source code statement
in custom software and immediately translates the entries followed by executing invoices before
the next one is processed. Main function of interpreter is to read all the statements and program
run on virtual machine ; it translates the binary code which is nor read neither complied during
execution of program only the syntactical error will be shown , were logical errors are found in
visual basic while running the program which will be very helpful for the company
programmers to detect and debug the errors because of its flexible and immediate execution
followed by evaluation of interpreter in visual basic makes the custom software to run faster
which in turns leads to quick processing and updating details of the company.

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Output devices:

Monitor: As the design network for this company is feasible, we have suggested them to use
TFT-LCD monitor, which is a thin film Transistor-Liquid crystal display. This monitor has many
features mentioned below

 Consumes less than one-third of power

 It produces high quality image
 It also occupies less space
 It produces less radiation

Though in an organization number of LCD’s are used and as TFT-LCD consumes less power,
which in turns help organization to reduce their expenses in the area consumed.

Microphones: Since it is an organization group meetings are held in the conference hall, we
preferred to use microphones for meetings we can produce speech loudly and clearly as well.
Microphones are very important for the conference room so that people listening to speech can
hear the words clearly.

Projector: We preferred to use liquid crystal display projector. It is a standard with poly silicon
which offers a higher quality than other projector with light weight

 It offers a bright and a sharp picture with vibrant rich colors

 Uses very less power but displays high level contrast and brightness
 Uses very less power but high projecting.

It mainly, during the business presentations. We suggest organization for LCD projectors

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Fax Machine: A device that sends and receives printed pages or images over telephone line by
converting them to and from electronic is called fax.

We are using cannon laser class, malfunction device which offers many good features such as:

 Built in G3 technology ( can print 35 scan copies per minute)

 Large document memory
 Comes with standard internet fax

It also allows the user to convert the scanned documents into file format that can be easily
transferred over the internet.

The main feature of this machine is that it has 33.6 Kbps modem speed, which the very much as
compared to other fax machines.

Printer: Any device that makes an impression on media, usually paper and is connected to a
computer is called printer. We are using laser printer for network, due to following reasons

 Printing speed(uses laser beam)

 Higher accuracy and resolution

This printer can print on transparent, adhesive cables and light weight cards. Laser printer with
duplex printing can print on one side of the paper; turn the paper automatically for printing on
the other side which saves time. It also has USB port in it. It holds capacity of 150 sheets and
comes with 2 MB memory.

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References:

Book for Data Communication and Networking

2nd Edition, Behrouz A. Forouzan

Network Design
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/networkdesign/Network_Design.htm
(Accessed on 29th December 2009)

Cisco System Inc.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/index.html (Accessed on 4th January 2010)

NETGEAR – Networking Solutions

http://www.netgear.com/Products.aspx?for=All (Accessed on 5th January 2010)

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Work Load Matrix:

Tasks Shashikant Ivneet Singh Sanjeev Jha

Objective for Network

Feasibility Study

Network Deign

Network Theory

Networking Devices

Output Devices

Cost analysis

Selecting the
programming
language

Programming
Language Translator

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Minutes of mandatory meetings

Purpose of meeting:

Meeting was conducted in order to understand the basic requirements for project. To make sure
that all group members have clear idea about assignments and finally divide the tasks among
members. The members were strictly advised to come up with their own logics and share with
group, so that projects must be completed in efficient way. Various tasks were assigned to
different members with specified date of completion. Meeting was conducted in presence of
group leader.

Many meetings were conducted in different places in college campus, which are given in details
with members attended and absent and tasks.

Member name

Task

Date of completion (given date and due date)

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Your completed documentation should include the following:

a. Group Work

b. Word Documents

c. Report print in A4 Sized paper

d. Appropriate Words Length (< 3000)

e. Front Cover

f. Table of Contents

g. Abstract

h. Work Breakdown Structure

(breakdown of tasks among the members)

i. Introduction

j. Chapter / Sections

k. Conclusion

l. Minutes of mandatory meetings

m. References

n. Marking Scheme

o. PowerPoint Slide

p. Gantt chart
Marking Scheme for Group and Individual

Criteria Marks Marks awarded

allocated

Group Work (40%)

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Documentation & Report Content 20

Meet Criteria Requirement 15

References 5

Individual Work (60%) 1 2 3 4

Presentation 10

Research and Critical Evaluation 25

Analysis 15

Reflection 10

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