Kudler Fine Foods
One of the largest and most promising food businesses in the U.S. is Kudler Fine Foods. It has shown great growth and increase. Due to this, goals have been established by the company to keep the company and all of its part running optimally. Kudler’s integrated network is one of the parts of the company that must absolutely be kept updated and secure. Challenges are bound to appear also because of the company’s increases and these challenges include the integrated network, therefore, a solid integrative network design is necessary to ensure that this growth continues.
Network’s fundamental characteristics and components
In today’s world, a most important element in a corporation is the network and its plan for back up. A successful network has the right devices, components and features necessary for optimum usage, and setting that up is the first step. All of the basics must be there and some of them include: network interface cards, repeaters/hubs, firewalls, and bridges. The network becomes more expensive and complex, depending on the number of components included. If the network is rather basic, of course, the less costly and complex it will be, but will be vulnerable to potential issues. After the aforementioned components are set up, the next step in setting up the network can be put in place which would be the fundamental characteristics. These will vary a bit depending on the network type and the type of characteristics. But, no matter what design, the main thing is to have a proper balance of these characteristics. Performance and structure are what signifies a network. For example, a network can be described as the availability (time up and running), the security determining the number of data transfers, and the reliability determining how the network components will run or be down and not running. The set up for Kudler Fine Foods might have a different set up, but the basic features are pretty much the same for any network set up.
Evaluation of the current network topology
The most important thing in the evaluation of a network topology is to know what a network topology actually is. A network topology is the layout pattern of the links or nodes inside of it. In addition, it is important to consider whether the network is logical or physical in nature. The network topology for Kudler foods will be logical in nature and will have physical features such as wire devices and other featured installations. The network will also be able to transfer large amounts of data quickly and securely. The intranet website will always be able to move this data with appropriate security and other protocols to make sure the business is protected. To this end, firewalls, secured web links, encryption and log ins will be utilized. The network will be logical in classification following the physical topology closely so as to accommodate the data path between nodes.
Describe the standards applicable to this project.
No matter how the network is working, it will be challenging for Kudler Fine Foods. In order to keep the network successful and making sure the company’s good name is preserved, the level of professional working in the network is of prime importance. The network will be a huge part of how the company’s future will look. Because Kudler has several locations, the network will be a Wide Area Network, or WAN. The system will have clear communications because of the different access points linked between the parties. The top priority will be safety and that will be the responsibility of all involved.
As in any large project, the success or failure of a company might well depend on how the network is set up. Even a very small mistake can make a difference so that the right set up will be determinate of the performance of the network. Kudler Fine Foods is included in this description in that the integrated network design is important no matter who is in charge.
The importance of communication protocols
Protocols in a network can be judged on importance by the way it handles the coming and going of data transfers. The exchange of information between different computers is the responsibility of the protocols in communications. Besides that, the messages can be split and put back together depending on different things such as the usage and needs of the network. Kudler Fine Foods will use these protocols in its network because it has three different locations in the United States and the transfer of data is essential. In addition, the protocols use address mapping so that data transfers go to the correct IP address which is absolutely necessary for the business’ network and design.
Identify the protocols in your design and provide rationale for your decision
The protocols and their placement will be of great import in the Kudler Fine Foods network design. It will include many different types of protocols having different purposes in order to complete different important jobs. Low-level protocols such as semantics and the syntax of communications are fairly easy to operate and thus the coded messages can be read easily; whereas the high level protocols such as HTML are more difficult to decipher. This network design has both types. HTML language will undoubtedly be used every day making the higher end protocols more common. The three Kudler locations will be able to use the HTML language for employers and customers alike, making it reasonable to include these types of protocol in the network design.
Define the overall network architecture
The main network design for Kudler Fine Foods is to be a network layer set up. This design provides a very significant level of quality service through the entire network because it maintains data sequences to the destination from the original location. By using this design, it will be doing router functions which will keep track of any errors in order to be taken care of timely and will keep all data transfers inside the appropriate network. It will be the administrator’s duty to make sure the system is working properly at all times.
The usefulness of a traffic analysis
Intercepting and looking over the messages inside a network to check the security, intelligence and maintenance is called traffic analysis. This business’ network will necessarily be handling a huge amount of messages every day to be deciphered. The security of both employers and customers will be certified if all messages within these protocols. Due to the business employed by Kudler’s, both non-encrypted and encrypted traffic analysis will be noted and stored securely. This is a necessity in the Kudler Fine Foods network.
Explain the terms latency, response time, and jitter, and describe their effect on overall network performance
The term latency is the length of time that packets of data will take to move from one place to another within a network. At Kudler Fine Foods, time is an important factor so if the proper devices are in place it will mean that all data will get to its proper destination timely. The best way to make sure of enough speed in the network is the upkeep and maintenance. The time it takes for devices to respond to given tasks must stay within certain standards in order to make sure the process keeps going. If there is down time, it can be costly to Kudler’s Fine Foods. In addition, the business’ reputation could suffer if the processes are down and are not working for a period of time.
Another possible error in the network is called jitters. It can cause a lot of trouble with the network. Any anomalies could possibly interfere with the network’s ability to keep working, most particularly with the e-commerce side of Kudler’s business. The administrator will be responsible to handle any anomalies in an efficient manner. Besides the administrator, there will also be people trained to handle, at all times, any potential problems problems with the network.
Explain the effect of data rates on each part of the network and routers
All of Kudler Fine Foods will be affected by the data rates on the network. It needs to have a high data transfer rate to be able to carry the messages in and out that the network will be carrying. The data transfer rates must more than 1,024 MB to be able to handle orders and the other requirements of Kudler’s. It will be necessary to have the right switch boards, routers, and other required devices always. working in good order. As the company grows, the network will as well and will then require even more attention.