Introduction to Hardware, Software Systems and Networks

Task/assessment brief:

ASSIGNMENT SCENARIO

The Wave Engineering Consultancy company wireless network was not designed and configured to support the capacity of mobile devices such as laptops, tablets, and smartphones. This results in low bandwidth and non-reliable connection issues throughout the company. This is why the management decided to upgrade the Wave Engineering Consultancy companys wireless network with several modern features and capabilities that will allow the company to appropriately handle and support the current devices along with increased scalability and reliability. The Wave Engineering Consultancy networking team then announced their need for support on the process upgrade with the wireless technology to be completed within a month time.

Consider yourself as a network technical expert who is going to help the company networking team. You will need to complete the following detailed tasks in your documentation.

ASSIGNMENT TASKS

1. Interview the IT Department of Wave Engineering Consultancy to collect information and understand the existing network setup. [Note: Before conducting the interview, your questionnaire must be approved by your.]

2. Use the gathered details to analyse the issues and propose a solution on how to configure the APs with proper security restrictions.

3. Your report should critically discuss the issues discovered and the impact of the issues if not resolved immediately.

4. Evaluate and discuss how the AP will connect into Wave Engineering Consultancy companys existing infrastructure and what upgrade firewalls installation need to be done.

5. Restrict the access to the company networking room to only the following protocols:

a. ICMP

b. HTTP

c. TCP/UDP

d. SSH

e. VPN

6. Apply suitable logging, so that records of the usage or errors on the devices are stored and analysed

7. Secure the AP to prevent other users, from using this AP, besides those in Wave Engineering Consultancy user database.

8. Create and carry out a test plan to demonstrate that the technology operates as required

Items to be submitted:

Prepare a single MS Word-processed document (of 2000 words or equivalent) and upload it in Turnitin. To be submitted on Week 12. Students are advised to name the final report appropriately (Student Name & Student ID). Make sure you reference any sources you have used to complete this assessment. All referencing must adhere to Institutional requirements (Harvard Referencing Style).

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