Voice Over IP

Proposed by Tom Anderson, Craig Schurr, Heather Hapes, Anthony Lucas, and Mauro Gonzalez

Project Summary

• Voice Over IP(VoIP) is a new technology that is quickly being adopted and improved by many telecommunications companies.

• VoIP allows a subscriber to use a typical internet connection to place telephone calls without having to use a traditional telephone system.

Project Summary

• The two main companies that currently provide this service is AT&T and Vonage, these are mostly centered around large metropolitan areas.

• Nex-Tech Rural Telephone company is determined to bring these “large city luxuries” to small town folk.

• Nex-Tech currently uses VoIP in their offices but would like to provide it to their customers.

VoIP Network

Project Summary

• Our main goal is to set up a lab in order to test

quality of service • load tests that we will create to see how much traffic the

network will handle and how much bandwidth will be

required on a LAN/WAN that is under stress

• We will also test the security of the systems in order to

provide the best service possible to the customer and offer

the highest level of privacy.

Equipment• The equipment that will be used will be from Cisco

Systems as they have proved to be the most reliable and also the systems we are most familiar with. • Cisco 831 router, Pix Firewall, a Cisco switch and IP phones.

• All systems will run the most current Cisco IOS available. The lab will also include software to track, and monitor traffic, in addition to tools to test the security and vulnerabilities of the setup.

Objectives: Setup Voice Partition on Server

• Setup a partition on the Nex-Tech server that will allow us to emulate a VoIP provider. This server is running the Sun Solaris 9 operating system.

The Hardware specs include:• Hard Drive(s): Up to Four Hot swappable SCSI hard

drives• Ram: 8Gb maximum• Processor(s): Two 1.5GHz

Objectives: Setup Lab Equipment

• The lab equipment will be setup at the Hays Nex-Tech location.

• We will be working along side Eric Helm and Chris Robben of Nex-Tech, he will provide access to the lab.

Analysis of VoIP Security

• packet sniffing software to test the vulnerabilities of the network. The end product will be a reliable and secure implementation for Nex-Tech’s future clients.

• Traffic monitoring will be a sub-area in two of our objectives.

• Through traffic monitoring we will be able to provide greater security and better Quality of Service.

QoS Testing

• Every member of the group has a laptop which will be used to create traffic. This will test the load capabilities of the system and also the capability of the bandwidth that is available.

• Four of the laptops run Windows XP

• One runs Mac OS X;

• Also distro version of Linux called Knoppix will also be used because many quality testing tools are Linux based.

Timeline

• February:• Proposal for Nex-Tech Panel• Setup Physical Lab; configuration of Router, Switch,

and etc.

• March:• Finalize configuration and installation of software• Begin load test and research

• April:• Make changes to the network based on results of

testing• Finalize all testing and modifications and Backup

network configurations.

Timeline

• April and May:• Deadlines:• Complete website• Collect all data gathered including video and

photographs of lab as the project progressed• Complete Final written draft of all findings and tests.• Turn in final written draft to Nex-Tech• Present to Nex-Tech Panel• Final Capstone Presentation at Fort Hays State

University

Budget

Expense Description Cost Totals

Salary

Tom Anderson (20%) $800

Anthony Lucas(20%) $800

Heather Hapes(20%) $800

Craig Schurr(20%) $800

Mauro Gonzalez(20%) $800

Salary Total $4000

BudgetEquipment

To be Provided by Nex-Tech $0 $0

Misc. Expenses

Print Material $100

Business Meals $150

Transportation Costs $275

Total Misc. Expenses $525

Grand Total $4,525

Team QualificationsTom Anderson• Tom is currently working toward his Bachelor’s Degree in

Information Networking and Telecommunications with an emphasis in Networking. Tom has several years of experience with networking at Hutchinson Community College. He is also actively pursuing CCNA and CCNP certifications. He plans to attain his Cisco Wireless LAN Design Specialist certification as well as Cisco Wireless LAN Support Specialist.

Anthony Lucas• Anthony is currently attending his last semester at Fort Hays

State University to complete his degree in Information Networking and Telecommunications with an emphasis in Networking.  He has several years experience as a network administrator for several small networks including three businesses, and one school district.  He is also pursuing the CCNA and CCNP certifications and has extensive experience with wireless networks.

Team QualificationsHeather Hapes• Heather is currently working toward his Bachelor's Degree in Information

Networking and Telecommunications with an emphasis in Networking, also has plans to pursue Computer Forensics. Heather has several years of experience with networking at Finney County asan intern, and also currently works at Nex-Tech on the Internet Help Desk. She is also actively pursuing CCNA and CCNP certifications as well as certifications in Computer Forensics. She plans to pursue a career in Computer Forensics with either a regional or a governmental agency.

Craig Schurr• Craig is currently working toward his Bachelor’s Degree in Information

Networking and Telecommunications with an emphasis in Networking. He is also actively pursuing CCNA and CCNP certifications. He plans to attain his Cisco Wireless LAN Design Specialist certification as well as Cisco Wireless LAN Sales Specialist, and Cisco Wireless LAN Support Specialist.

Mauro Gonzalez• In May 2005, Mauro will have his Bachelor’s Degree in Information

Networking and Telecommunications with an emphasis in Networking. He has an Associate’s Degree in Science. Some certifications that Mauro holds are A+ and Network + and Security+. Mauro also has seven years of experience in working with computers. During the summer of 2005, Mauro hopes to earn his CCNA certification

The End

• The group has a diverse range of qualifications and a history of great teamwork.

• Collectively we have 20 years of networking experience.

• As a group we vow to provide you with our highest quality of work in hopes that this may create a relationship between your company and our group.