Network Construction Lab
Objective
Take a bunch of random bits of hardware (switches, Raspberry Pi computers, and servers) to build out a network from scratch to illustrate what goes into building a network. The project will cover topics like:
- the process of laying out a network
- coming up with names for the devices
- devising an IP addressing scheme
- firewalls
- DNS
- DHCP
- VLAN
- VPN
- virtual machines
- routing
Draft diagramDesign
Concepts & Terms
During the course of the project, a number of concepts and terms were mentioned in passing that could not be covered in detail because of the very short amount of time available during the Excelerator program. This section is a list of those items along with definitions and/or pointers to further information.