Networking and Communications

Plan a Small Campus Network

Create a basic segmented network plan for classrooms, offices, servers, guests, and managed devices.

Explanation

A campus network should reflect user roles, services, security boundaries, capacity, and operational constraints. Segmentation limits unnecessary access and makes policies easier to understand and enforce.

Students draft a logical topology, assign address ranges, and document permitted traffic between segments. The design includes wireless guests, administrative users, laboratories, and shared services.

Learning activities

  1. List users, devices, services, and trust levels.
  2. Draw a segmented logical topology.
  3. Write an access rule for each network boundary.

Knowledge check

1. Why segment a network?

  • Limit unnecessary access
  • Increase monitor brightness
  • Remove all passwords
Show answer

Limit unnecessary access

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