Hi-tech Net Corp. is operating in three locations in the United States. Their main office is located in New York, NY. They have two branch offices located in Chicago, IL and Sacramento, CA.

This project includes three phases. You need to complete Phase I before moving on to Phase II. Likewise, you need to complete Phase II before moving on to Phase III or the final phase in the project.

Hi-tech Net Corp. is operating in three locations in the United States. Their main office is located in New York, NY. They have two branch offices located in Chicago, IL and Sacramento, CA.

You have just been hired as Hi-tech Net Corp.’s consulting engineer to implement their network infrastructure. Both branch offices will be directly connected to the main office in NY via a leased line circuit (point-to-point serial connection).

New York’s Office IP Information

The main office has four LAN segments: Executive, Engineering, Services, and Native&Management. Each LAN segment is identified by a VLAN number as seen below. For example:

Executive: VLAN 15

Engineering: VLAN 25

Services: VLAN 35

Native&Management: VLAN 999

The organization is using the following network address in NY: 10.150.0.0/16.

Executive: 60 computers only including future growth in this number

Engineering: 80 computers only including future growth in this number

Services: 115 computers including future growth in this number

Native&Management: 12 computers including future growth in this number

*** Future growth means that we already take growth into consideration. Do not try to estimate or add more IP addresses than necessary to avoid getting an incorrect subnet.

Illinois’ Office IP Information

The IL branch has three LAN subnets with 45 IP addresses on each subnet. They use the following network address to obtain the required IL subnets: 10.150.100.0 /25.

California’s Office IP Information

The CA branch has three LAN subnets with 25 IP addresses on each subnet. They use the following network address to obtain the required CA subnets: 10.150.200.0 /25.