Module Code : CT090-3-2

Coursework Title : Mobile and Wireless Technology

Intake Code : APD2F2309IT (ISS, IoT)
Date Assigned : 30 October 2023, 11:59 PM
Date Completed : 15 November 2023, 11:59 PM

Lecturer : Joshua Samual

Student ID Student Name

TP078218 Loo Jiann Wei Jonathan
TP061510 Ekraj Singh Gill

TP063309 Chong Ji Xuan

TP077739 Siau Chee Jiang

Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
2.0 Requirement Gathering.........................................................................................................................4
2.1 Primary Requirements.......................................................................................................................4
2.2 Customer Facility Requirements........................................................................................................5
2.3 Requirements Analysis......................................................................................................................5
2.4 Protocols............................................................................................................................................6
3.0 Floor Diagram........................................................................................................................................7
4.0 Site Survey.............................................................................................................................................8
5.0 Network Infrastructure Diagram...........................................................................................................9
6.0 Hardware Requirement.......................................................................................................................10
6.1 Network Infrastructure....................................................................................................................10
6.1.1 Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine Pro...........................................................................................10
6.1.2 Ubiquiti UniFi 24-Port PoE Switch.............................................................................................11
6.1.3 Ubiquiti UniFi U6 Lite................................................................................................................12
6.1.4 Dell PowerEdge R730................................................................................................................13
6.1.5 CyberPower PR1000LCDRT2U...................................................................................................14
6.1.6 Summary...................................................................................................................................15
6.2 Workplace Infrastructure................................................................................................................16
6.2.1 Dell Precision 3660 Tower Workstation....................................................................................16
6.2.2 Samsung U28R55 (LU28R550UQEXXS).....................................................................................17
6.2.3 Framework Laptop 13...............................................................................................................18
6.2.4 Brother MFC-L8900CDW...........................................................................................................19
7.0 Software Requirement.........................................................................................................................20
9.0 Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................21
References.................................................................................................................................................22
1.0 Introduction

Traditional home environments and professional settings are increasingly mixing in the rapidly
changing world of remote work and entrepreneurship. In today's fast-paced world, converting
your home into a corporate hub or Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) setting is more than
important. Creating an efficient and well-designed space within your home may enhance
productivity, encourage creativity, and provide the ideal backdrop for the ever-expanding
possibilities of the modern work era.

Setting up a suitable Local Area Network (LAN) would allow for more efficient and effective
operations. A well-designed LAN would include several wired and wireless devices throughout
the office that are customized to the needs of the firm. As the overall cost of a wireless local area
network (WLAN) is extremely low and affordable nowadays.

This approach of transforming one's own home into a dynamic and productive workplace is one
that fits well with the changing nature of how we live and work today. Let's have a look at how
you might combine your home and your work goals to create a pleasant and profitable SOHO
environment.
2.0 Requirement Gathering
When it comes to the aspects of WLAN site surveys, the planning of the survey should follow
Cisco's guidelines (Site Survey standards for WLAN Deployment, 2021). To begin, we must
establish core needs, customer facility requirements, and client device type requirements. There
are numerous critical issues to bear in mind when considering a WLAN infrastructure
deployment for a Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) setting.

2.1 Primary Requirements

Infrastructure connectivity is an important aspect in a company. The devices selected for the
SOHO network should be compatible with each other and support the necessary protocols and
standards. This includes the SOHO switch, router, NICs, and other devices. Additional Wireless
Access Points or a more powerful access point may be required to ensure coverage throughout
the entire space. While Wi-Fi provides greater mobility, an Ethernet connection is generally
faster and provides greater reliability and security.

An Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) is essential for the servers to continue working properly
in case of any power failure or outage.
2.2 Customer Facility Requirements
Creating a Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) environment with a strong focus on customer
satisfaction necessitates paying close attention to a number of crucial factors. To begin with,
having easily available contact channels, such as email, phone, and instant messaging, provides
rapid response to client requests and issues. Building client trust requires a professional and user-
friendly website with clear contact information and support resources.

2.3 Requirements Analysis

Devices Unit
Computer 10
Laptop 2
Printer 2
Wireless Access Point 1
Router 1
Switch 1
Phone 1
2.4 Protocols

These protocols play a vital role in the functioning of a SOHO network, enabling efficient and
secure communication and data transfer.

1. HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol):

HTTP is used to access the internet in a SOHO setting. It is a protocol used to send
hypertext across the internet and serves as the cornerstone of all data exchange on the
Web. Building APIs that expose services and data is made possible by the robust HTTP
platform. It is widely used, adaptable, and basic.

2. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol):

DHCP allows hosts connected to a network, whether wired or wireless, to get IP
addresses automatically. When a SOHO device uses DHCP to request network
connectivity, it sends a request that is received by a DHCP server. This server then
assigns the device an IP address and other network characteristics.

3. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol):

Email applications may send emails via a designated server thanks to the SMTP protocol.
If you want to send emails from your Soho Mail account to another email client in a
SOHO environment, you will need to set up the client's settings to include Soho's SMTP
information.

4. FTP (File Transfer Protocol):

FTP is a TCP/IP protocol used to facilitate file transfers between computers. It allows the
transfer of software, data, and text files between computer types and provides users with
access to directories or folders on remote computers in a SOHO context.
3.0 Floor Diagram

Firstly, this is the floor plan that our group created to show our SOHO environment. Given that
there will be 10-15 employees in the office, the network should be robust enough to handle that
many simultaneous connections. A kitchen is near to the workstation so staff can have their short
breaks. There is also a conference room for any meeting with the staff too. Additionally, the
hardware, including a printer and a phone, is provided for the convenience of the staff.
Moreover, the manager room is near to the staff’s workstation so it can monitor the workers.
Lastly, the servers and switch are placed in an air conditioning room to keep the servers cool.
 4.0 Site Survey

Three categories of site surveys exist: passive, active, and predictive. There is an ongoing site
survey at the moment. An active site survey was carried out since it was connected to the current
access point (AP) at the area that was going to be turned into an office. For the first trip, Ekahau
HeatMapper was used for the survey. You are free to move around the facility, explore the
network of several access points that are within the survey equipment's range, and click on your
position on the floor map. To determine any difficult or dead zones and to evaluate how the walls
affect coverage, a preliminary tour is conducted. As you can see, the entire area may be covered
by the access point.
5.0 Network Infrastructure Diagram

After finishing the program requirements stage, we created the network configuration for
our SOHO environment. The Cisco Packet Tracer tool was used to design the WLAN
architecture. As shown in Figure 4, our SOHO is separated into four sections: the Server Room,
the Conference Room, the Work Area, and the Manager Room.

The switch and router have been installed in the server room, along with a server that
saves all of the data collected and used in day-to-day operations. Following that, the conference
room contains one laptop that will be utilized for any meetings sessions. Aside from that, an IP
phone is put in the room for an employee or management to use if they need to make or receive a
call.

There are 10 PCs in the work area for the 10 employees, each connection with copper
straight-through connections, allowing the staff to operate more quickly and effectively. A
printer has also been installed in the work area and is wirelessly connected for the convenience
of the management. Finally, at the manager's office, there is just one laptop linked wirelessly to
an access point, which is also connected to the switch via copper straight-through wires.
6.0 Hardware Requirement
6.1 Network Infrastructure
6.1.1 Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine Pro

UniFi Dream Machine Pro is a network controller developed by Ubiquiti. Network

controller is basically a “brain” for a network infrastructure. The reason we opt for Dream
Machine Pro is because of the ease of monitoring and network issues, thus doing troubleshoot if
necessary. The hardware specifications of this network controller are shown in the table below.

Processor  Quad-core ARM® Cortex®-A57 at 1.7 GHz

System memory  4 GB DDR4
On-board storage  16 GB eMMC (Embedded MultiMediaCard)
 Ethernet
Management interface
 Bluetooth
 (8) LAN: GbE RJ45 ports
Networking interface
 (1) WAN: GbE RJ45 port
 LAN: 10G SFP+
SFP+ interface
 (1) WAN: 10G SFP+
6.1.2 Ubiquiti UniFi 24-Port PoE Switch

UniFi Dream Machine Pro above will not have enough ports for the SOHO setup
configuration. So, we should opt for UniFi 24-Port PoE Switch, which is also developed by
Ubiquiti. By choosing this switch, the SOHO company can expand freely and add more devices
to the network, without changing the configuration. The hardware specifications of this network
switch are shown in the table below.

Management interface  Ethernet In-Band

 (24) GbE RJ45 ports
Networking interface
 (2) 1G SFP ports
PoE interface  (16) PoE/PoE+ (Pins 1, 2+; 3, 6-)
Total non-blocking throughput  26 Gbps
Switching capacity  52 Gbps
Forwarding rate  38.69 Mpps
6.1.3 Ubiquiti UniFi U6 Lite

To extend the connectivity throughout the entire SOHO office, we opt for UniFi U6 Lite,
which is the access point developed by Ubiquiti. Access points allow wireless devices to access
the internet, thus allowing the user to roam around the office without experiencing any network
issue. The software specifications of this network access point will be in the table below.

- 802.11a/b/g
Wi-Fi standards
- Wi-Fi 4/ Wi-Fi 5/ Wi-Fi 6
Wireless security WPA-PSK, WPA Enterprise (WPA/WPA2/WPA3)
BSSID 8 per radio
VLAN 802.1Q
Advanced QoS Per-user rate limiting
Guest traffic isolation Supported
Concurrent clients 300+
6.1.4 Dell PowerEdge R730

Server is crucial for a developing company, where it could be a centralized data storage,
or database for the company. Server can also host websites, where the company could host their
own website, without using any third-party hosting software. This would eliminate the risk of
data being stolen by others. We opt for Dell PowerEdge R730 because of the small form factor
and powerful hardware. The hardware specification will be shown in the table below.

Processor Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 product family

Cache 2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 22
Memory Up to 3TB (24 DIMM slots) DDR4 up to 2400MT/s
I/O slots Up to 7 x PCIe 3.0 plus dedicated PERC slot
Drive bays Internal hard drive bay and hot-plug backplane:
- Up to 16 x 2.5" HDD: SAS, SATA, nearline SAS
SSD: SAS, SATA
- Up to 8 x 3.5" HDD: SAS, SATA, nearline SAS
SSD: SAS, SATA
Embedded NIC 4 x 1GbE, 2 x 10+2GbE, 4 x 10GbE NDC
6.1.5 CyberPower PR1000LCDRT2U

UPS or uninterruptible power supply plays a very important role in a server setup. It
provides power to the servers when there is a power outage, allowing the server to backup before
running out of power. A good UPS also protects servers from voltage spikes, mains frequency
instability and harmonic distortion, and input voltage reductions. We opt for CyberPower
PR1000LCDRT2U because it can keep the server running for 2 to 3 hours before shutting down.
This would allow the SOHO server to backup, and safely shut down.
6.1.6 Summary

As the main network hardware, we opted for Ubiquiti for its robustness and ease to use
and setup. Ubiquiti have their own management system in place, where it will be easy to
maintain and upgrade the server hardware in the future. UniFi Dream Machine Pro is excellent
when it comes to communicating with devices that are on the network. For servers, we went with
Dell because of their long history of developing and selling excellent servers. When it comes to
UPS, we opted for CyberPower because they are excellent in that field and the battery
replacement is also very easy to find on the market.
6.2 Workplace Infrastructure
6.2.1 Dell Precision 3660 Tower Workstation

We opt for Precision 3660 Tower Workstation from Dell for our PC in the SOHO
because it is powerful to do most stuff that the user needs. The hardware specifications of this
tower allow users to edit video, do data processing or analytics, normal office work like
Microsoft 365. Below are the hardware specifications of this tower.

Central processing unit 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13700 (30 MB cache, 16
cores, 24 threads, 2.10 GHz to 5.20 GHz Turbo, 65 W)
Operating System Windows 11 Pro
Graphics processing unit NVIDIA® T1000, 4 GB GDDR6, 4 mDP to DP adapters
RAM 16 GB: 2 x 8 GB, DDR5, 4400 MT/s
Storage 512 GB, M.2, PCIe NVMe, SSD, Class 40
Case and PSU Precision 3660 Tower with 500W (80 Plus Platinum)
PSU, RPL and ADL Compatible
6.2.2 Samsung U28R55 (LU28R550UQEXXS)

Monitor on the other hand, we opted for Samsung U28R55 because of its excellent
performance in work use. The screen on U28R55 is a 4K resolution screen and uses an IPS
Panel. The color accuracy of this monitor is good, allowing users to edit video or image and do
some color correction, making the image or video stunning.
6.2.3 Framework Laptop 13

Our team opted for Framework Laptop 13 because it is very user customizable. There are
4 slots of expansion card, where user could buy framework modules, which includes thunderbolt
port, USB-A port, LAN port and more. Users could also create their own expansion card for the
4 slots.

Central processing unit Intel Core i7-1260P (Up to 4.7 GHz, 4+8 cores)
Operating System Windows 11 Home
Graphics processing unit Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
RAM 8GB: 1 x 8 GB DDR5 5600 MHz
Storage 512 GB, M.2, PCIe NVMe, SSD
Wi-Fi standard v6E
USB Type-C 4x USB 4.0 with Thunderbolt 4
6.2.4 Brother MFC-L8900CDW

Brother MFC-L8900CDW is an excellent laser printer for small and home office. They
can print 32 pages per minute and do not require much maintenance. This printer has a lot of port
options, which we have decided to connect this printer to our server configuration with an
ethernet cable. The printer also has an LCD touchscreen, which would be very convenient for
our user.
7.0 Software Requirement
7.1 Microsoft Office 365

Microsoft Office 365 is a cloud-based productivity system that includes an entire workplace
package. It provides applications for word processing, spreadsheet management, email
communication, and calendar management. What distinguishes Office 365 is its accessibility;
users can access these applications from a variety of devices such as phones, laptops, and
computers. It ensures that the staff remains productive, collaborative, and can work from
virtually anywhere by leveraging the power of the cloud. Keeping your team connected and
efficient, whether in the office or on journeys.

7.2 Trello

Trello is a visual project management application that makes project, workflow, and task
tracking easier. Trello’s user-friendly interface enables teams to effectively manage projects by
creating boards, adding files, checklists, and even automation to streamline processes. Allow the
team to effectively manage tasks, customize workflows, and benefit from a user-friendly
interface that promotes quick adoption and seamless collaboration.
7.3 Cisco AnyConnect

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is an effective tool that allows remote workers to
connect safely to the company's network from any device, at any time, and in any location. It is
essential for the company's security because it ensures safe connections while allowing simple
access to limited and particular to the company apps. With this powerful remote access solution,
the company can increase flexibility, productivity, and data security.
8.0 Conclusion

In conclusion, converting a house into a SOHO environment is a thoughtful and dynamic

reaction to the changing work landscape. Individuals may utilize the flexibility and autonomy
given by this method by establishing a SOHO environment. This process involves thorough
consideration of space design, technology infrastructure, and a dedication to achieving a
balanced work-life balance. Finally, establishing a SOHO environment is a purposeful and
deliberate investment in one's professional efficiency, well-being, and flexibility in the face of
the constantly shifting dynamics of the workplace in this century.
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