TY  - JOUR
T1  - Design and Performance Analysis for Small to Medium Enterprise’s Networks: A
Case Study-Jaber Ibn Hayyan Medical University (JMU)
AU - Hadi Al Kim, Haider Abdul Hassan AU - Alathari, Bashar 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 6
SP  - 1544
EP  - 1551
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.1544.1551
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.1544.1551
KW  - Cisco
KW  -Packet tracer
KW  -network
KW  -VLAN
KW  -switch
KW  -router
KW  -Cisco
AB  - This study suggests the best infrastructure network design based on the analysis of the performance
and the type of protocol used. The infrastructure is built using Cisco components and Jaber Ibn Hayyan
Medical University has been taken as case study for this purpose. The suggested network has the ability to
address the common networks’s drawbacks happening in reliability, security, speed (throughput) and
manageability. To show these issues, the project is implemented by employing the Virtual LAN (VLAN)
concept, airfibre (Fiber performance over wireless links) ASA and OSPF. The chosen network design for Jaber
Ibn Hayyan Medical University has been built based on the existence requirements in every campus according
to the basic of the needs and future vision compared to standardization included in the Cisco design. The
project uses VLAN to solve the broadcast and management problems. It also emulates airfibre concept to
provide flexibility and cost effective method of connection that could be deployed as the main network
branches connections or backup paths. In addition, the design compares the OSPF (Open Shortest Path First)
routing protocol with RIP protocol to find the better network performance as experimented and illustrated in the
study results study. This network is considered as an efficient and a affordable cost to build a campus network,
specifically is customized for Jaber Ibn Hayyan Medical University. The reason is because the university is
newly opened and it lacks the presence of such a type of fully-service data center network. All the outcomes
and the design have been conducted using simulation platform provided by Cisco called Packet Tracer (PT)*.
Moreover, for backbone parts of the suggested network, actual comparison tests are done utilizing University
of Kufa current Cisco platform infrastructure for more accurate results.
ER  -