In the final project, you assume the role of a wireless network

consultant working for a company named Apex Designs. You helped

the company determine that installing a wireless network in five of

their office buildings would be cost-effective and beneficial.

 

The company wants each of its 345 employees to connect their

laptops to the wireless network anywhere within the five buildings.

Your task is to present Apex Designs with a plan that outlines how

you intend to design their wireless network.

 

This assignment asks you to develop a wireless network design plan

for one of Apex Designs’ buildings. Complete the recommended

steps for designing a wireless LAN and create a wireless security

policy. Apex Designs has already completed some of the plan’s

components, but you must complete the remaining elements.

 

Resources: Appendix A; CWNA Certified Wireless Network

Administrator Official Study Guide

 

Select one of the five floor plans in Appendix I. Use the data

gathered in the Floor Plan Site Survey assignment to determine the

floor plan you want to use in your final project. You will use this floor

plan throughout your final project.

 

Use the template in Appendix J to compile the following components

of your wireless network plan:

 

? Deployment Scenario

 

o Determine the correct deployment scenario for your network.

 

o Provide a rationale for the scenario you selected.

 

o Identify the hardware components your wireless network will

utilize. You may select components from the Wireless

Network Components assignment.

 

o Provide a rationale for how you will use each component in

your network.

 

o Estimate the approximate cost of each component in your

network.

 

? IEEE Wireless Network Type: Apex Designs has indicated that

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an 802.11n LAN will be implemented.

 

? Access Point Management: Apex Designs will use thin access

points to simplify the management of the wireless LAN. Thin

access points allow managing the wireless network from one

central location rather than to be configured separately for each

access point.

 

? Location of Wireless Devices

 

o Develop a network performance impediment report using the

data from the Floor Plan Site Survey assignment. The report

must discuss any impediments to network performance

located in the floor plan you selected.

 

o Include large items such as filing cabinets, concrete walls, or

other objects that might interfere with the performance of

your wireless network.

 

o Use Appendix I to place access points and switches in the

proper locations on your floor plan. You must provide a

strong, continuous signal to the entire floor.

 

o Draw the necessary network cables between access points

and switches using the drawing tools in Microsoft®

Word.

 

? Wireless Security Policy

 

o Identify the types of security your wireless network will

implement. Your security policy must include at least two of

the security protections listed in Ch. 13 of CWNA Certified

Wireless Network Administrator Official Study Guide.

 

o Write a one-half-page summary for each protection and

include an explanation of why you selected it.

 

o List the vulnerabilities of each protection you selected.

 

Format references and in-text citations consistent with APA

guidelines.

In the final project, you assume the role of a wireless network

consultant working for a company named Apex Designs. You helped

the company determine that installing a wireless network in five of

their office buildings would be cost-effective and beneficial.

 

The company wants each of its 345 employees to connect their

laptops to the wireless network anywhere within the five buildings.

Your task is to present Apex Designs with a plan that outlines how

you intend to design their wireless network.

 

This assignment asks you to develop a wireless network design plan

for one of Apex Designs’ buildings. Complete the recommended

steps for designing a wireless LAN and create a wireless security

policy. Apex Designs has already completed some of the plan’s

components, but you must complete the remaining elements.

 

Resources: Appendix A; CWNA Certified Wireless Network

Administrator Official Study Guide

 

Select one of the five floor plans in Appendix I. Use the data

gathered in the Floor Plan Site Survey assignment to determine the

floor plan you want to use in your final project. You will use this floor

plan throughout your final project.

 

Use the template in Appendix J to compile the following components

of your wireless network plan:

 

? Deployment Scenario

 

o Determine the correct deployment scenario for your network.

 

o Provide a rationale for the scenario you selected.

 

o Identify the hardware components your wireless network will

utilize. You may select components from the Wireless

Network Components assignment.

 

o Provide a rationale for how you will use each component in

your network.

 

o Estimate the approximate cost of each component in your

network.

 

? IEEE Wireless Network Type: Apex Designs has indicated that

Day 7 240 Syllabus

IT/241 Version 3

12

 

 

 

an 802.11n LAN will be implemented.

 

? Access Point Management: Apex Designs will use thin access

points to simplify the management of the wireless LAN. Thin

access points allow managing the wireless network from one

central location rather than to be configured separately for each

access point.

 

? Location of Wireless Devices

 

o Develop a network performance impediment report using the

data from the Floor Plan Site Survey assignment. The report

must discuss any impediments to network performance

located in the floor plan you selected.

 

o Include large items such as filing cabinets, concrete walls, or

other objects that might interfere with the performance of

your wireless network.

 

o Use Appendix I to place access points and switches in the

proper locations on your floor plan. You must provide a

strong, continuous signal to the entire floor.

 

o Draw the necessary network cables between access points

and switches using the drawing tools in Microsoft®

Word.

 

? Wireless Security Policy

 

o Identify the types of security your wireless network will

implement. Your security policy must include at least two of

the security protections listed in Ch. 13 of CWNA Certified

Wireless Network Administrator Official Study Guide.

 

o Write a one-half-page summary for each protection and

include an explanation of why you selected it.

 

o List the vulnerabilities of each protection you selected.

 

Format references and in-text citations consistent with APA

guidelines.