| dc.description.abstract | The revolution in computer networking technology today demands for high bandwidth,
short response time, reliable network, guaranteed application services and optimum LAN traffic
flow. Organizations require optimum network performance to support their business operations
and changing customer needs. Therefore, analysis of network performance is very important to
maintain and improve network efficiency from time to time.
The project set out to analyze network structure and design of Kimathi University
College of Technology (KUCT) in relation to gauging some various aspects of network
performance that included database response times in various locations of the university, critical
university applications like smart card usage and the high bandwidth research lab that ought to
have optimum and exciting browsing experience due to the very nature of their existence.
Various network designs were simulated vis-e-vis the existing network designs and the
results were compared. The construction of the networks is based on aggregate information
gathered from some selected production networks and is a representation of the status of our
campus networks.
The results have been used for recommendations of the KUCT future network design if
the optimal performance need to be attained. The results of the final simulations shows a clear
difference of the current design and what is desired for the network perpetuation.
The load balancing has been enhanced by utilising normal distribution that populates EIGRP
interfaces that achieves less response time in the database application and significant reduction
of WAN link utilization due to utilization of firewall policy. This further reduces application
responses of FTP and HTTP which are the parameters under scope. | en |
