Need ya help guys on a project idea

**eminem** · 8th October 2003

Hi guys, doing my final year of computer science honours degree & need to do a fairly advanced project. Im into networking and want to get into networking as a career hopefully. Id like to do somin with Wireless networks. This is as far as i can go so need some ideas from u guys on a project in either the networking direction or if not anything else to do with computers. Has to be fairly advanced. The less programming the better. Anyway thanks for looking in and plz reply.

EM.

p.s. if u need any info jus pm us. thanks

BM · 8th October 2003

Not sure how advance you need.

Why not design a network for a made up company. I am doing a CCNA and at the end of the course you have to design a network for a group oh schools. This has to include LANs WANs, topology, hardware, router config, protocols, VLans etc. It all has to be presented as though we were professionally presented to a company.

BM

**[Slip]** · 8th October 2003

Could try doing the differences with encryption and wireless networks and how the encryption affects speed of xfer etc

Loads of stats you could do for that and testing and theoires etc

jsut the sort of shit academics like to see!

**unclex** · 8th October 2003

Yep wireless is the future - go for that - if you need any help - give me a shout

I hope you like Linux

Including in your network security and ID systems etc

much more fun.

**eminem** · 8th October 2003

Nice1 guys, thanks for the responses

BitchMonkey :

thanks m8, ive done CCNA, unfortunately the final practical design wont be enuff for the project spec. Thanks for the idea though.

[Slip]:

This sounds interesting dude, would be more of a written approach for the final product with the comparisons etc...

unclex:

nice1 m8, will defo giv u a shout, ive used red hat a while bak, don't know it as thorough as windows though, i defo wan do somin with wireless nets, wud like some practical parts to carry out aswell, any ideas.

EM.

**unclex** · 8th October 2003

Maybe think about a security audit project and the placement of wireless AP's in a large building

think of the legal issues with regards to this type of audit work and how you would carry it out.

kit needed

5 AP's in one building over three floors

The placement of AP's and how they should be placed with regards to security - eg Firewalls, VPN etc within the network.

The placement of an IDS

MAC filtering of users

Encription

etc etc etc

:rtfm

**unclex** · 8th October 2003

:oops :milk :shutup

**eminem** · 8th October 2003

dat sounds very interesting m8, tink ill giv it a go, gona do some researh, will get in touch with u if i get stuck

if dats ok

EM.

**eminem** · 8th October 2003

oh yeh, will need to have somin runnin like a custom made program/database as its part of the requirements aswell.

EM.

**wizer** · 9th October 2003

er im not sure i understand what you actually need to do.. BUT why not make a project for providing wireless networks for small housing estates or blocks of high rise flats. i.e bringing them broadband and maybe incorporating a security system into it