Tshimo Agri Network

The brief

A computer-networks semester project (CMPG 325): design the network for a fictional agricultural supplier, simulate it in Cisco Packet Tracer and isolate an assigned fault. The design has to absorb two future changes without re-addressing — a branch office that may open within 18 months, and eight new staff joining one department.

The design

• Topology — one edge router (router-on-a-stick, with NAT/PAT to the internet service provider), a core switch with 802.1Q trunking, and an access switch per department.
• Addressing — the 10.23.0.0/16 block, split into four business VLANs plus a management VLAN. Every VLAN gets a uniform /26 regardless of current headcount, so growth never forces a re-address.

How the work is kept

The repository separates a living design record (docs/: requirements, physical and logical topology, the addressing plan, change requests) from frozen graded submissions, one folder per milestone — later edits never rewrite what was handed in. Device configurations, connectivity evidence and the fault-isolation write-up each have their own place.

Where it stands

Milestone 1, the client design review, is complete; the later milestones follow during the semester.