The following post is my final project from IT 315, requiring detailed analysis of equipment and infrastructure requirements for installing a network in a school. This project gave me the opportunity to combine the new knowledge I obtained through coursework with practical experience I had in installing home networks and observing the installation of a network during my military career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ethernet Network Design Project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Below is a detailed list and descriptions of the equipment, infrastructure, and services required to install a network in a four-level, 74-room school, 95 meters wide with three telecommunications closets and an equipment room. As I researched cost expectations and best practices involved with planning a network installation, I was surprised to learn that cabling is the most expensive part of a network. Some estimates were as high as 60% of a budget for the materials and labor needed to run cables. Contracting costs are difficult to determine, but estimates by various industry experts say from $100 to over $500 per drop (a cable run to one room).<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of this paper there is a table showing total costs for each component and a total cost of (around) $67,324 to install a network in a 74 room school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Items required for network:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 48-port Cat6A shielded coupler flat patch panels, 1 rack unit each. Four total, one for each closet and one for the equipment room. These are required to connect each computer to switches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n $159 x 4 = $636<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.fs.com\/c\/cat6-patch-panels-962<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n NSG-2230 firewall 8x1Gb RJ45 with 1-year license. Provides Advanced Threat Prevention through IPS, AV, URL Filtering, Qos. Professional Link Load Balancing for Utilized Link Efficiency. Accurate Application Recognition and Flexible Control<\/p>\n\n\n\n $986<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.fs.com\/products\/188836.html?now_cid=3646<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9U wall mount cabinet x4. These will go in each telecom closet and the central equipment room to house switches, patch panels, and router. They will allow for some expansion in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n $439 each X 4 = $1,756<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.fs.com\/products\/188787.html?now_cid=3093<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n SG-5110, Multi-WAN Security Gateway with 8 Gigabit RJ45 Ports, 1x SFP, 1x SFP+, Up to 10 WAN Ports, Built-in WLAN Controller, SPI Firewall, Routing, Support Load Balancing, IPSec\/L2TP VPN and DoS Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n $2,136<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.fs.com\/products\/108709.html?now_cid=1150<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n S3900-48T6S-R, 48-Port Gigabit Ethernet L2+ Switch, 48 x Gigabit RJ45, with 6 x 10Gb SFP+ Uplinks, Stackable Switch<\/p>\n\n\n\n $569 x4 = $2,276<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.fs.com\/products\/134657.html?attribute=114467&id=4466605<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bulk Cat6a cable 305m per box = 30 boxes. This accounts for an extra cable run to each classroom for future-proofing or cable breakage to reduce cost of pulling new cable. There is additional cable to account for the need to run to cable trays in the ceiling. The runs to cable trays will not be a direct route to the telecommunications closets and will therefore require additional cable length for each classroom. My estimate also includes some allowance for additional cables to select rooms, since pulling new cables individually is a far greater expense than including additional cable runs during the initial network build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n $516 per box x 30 = $15,480<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.fs.com\/products\/123982.html?attribute=35136&id=615747<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cat6a RJ45 standard modular plugs 50\/pack x 10 packs. This number accounts for each end of classroom cables, each end of patch cables, and each end of switch cables, plus extras for breakage\/mistakes\/unexpected issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n $46 x 10 = $460<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n RJ45 strain relief boots 50\/pack x 10 packs<\/p>\n\n\n\n $12 each x 10 = $120<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n