Objective

·         Create a business proposal based on a scenario of an organization that requires a WAN upgrade.

Background / Preparation

You are currently employed at an ISP. A local business has contacted your company to inquire about establishing a WAN connection between their main office and a second office that will be opening in the next few months. You have been assigned to the new business account. Your job is to provide a proposal that outlines what the ISP can offer the business to meet their requirements for a new WAN connection.

You first visit the site to examine their existing setup. Currently, there is only one employee who gains access to the head office using dial-up access and a 56 K modem. This employee requires access to a database server that stores the data for the company’s contact management software application. The new office will initially have 10 people who need to access the database server, but the business anticipates the second office having 30 employees within 1 year.

After running some benchmarking tests, you determine that each connection to the database uses 50 Kbps to function optimally. You also discover that if the database server cannot be reached, the application fails to function and the employee can no longer work. After talking with the customer, you learn that the availability of the new WAN connection is critical to the business and that service disruption needs to be kept to a minimum. Following is a list of available options that you can offer the customer:

Step 1: Identify the business requirements for the WAN upgrade

Outline the business requirements for a WAN connection between the two offices. Document these requirements in the WAN Upgrade Proposal included in this lab.

Step 2: List available WAN options for the business

List the ISP offerings for WAN connections that meet or exceed the requirements for the WAN connection between the two offices. Include this information in your proposal.

Step 3: Identify the best WAN connection option for the business

Based on the list of suitable WAN connection options, identify the most appropriate WAN connection for the business. Justify your answer.

 

WAN Upgrade Proposal

Objective

·         Establish WAN connectivity between the two offices for a company.

Existing Environment

Main Office

·         Presently 45 employees connected over a 100 Mbps Ethernet network

·         Main database server that stores data for contact management application

·         Single external user using dial-up to connect to corporate network to access database server

Second Office

·         Opening in a few months

·         Across town from main office

·         Initially to have 10 people, but is anticipated to grow to 30 people over the next year

Business Requirements

The new WAN connection between the two offices must meet these minimum specifications to satisfy the business requirements.  Enter the minimum specifications:

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Available WAN Connection Options

Recommendation

Document the WAN connection recommendation to satisfy the business requirements: