Design and Implementation of Electronic Infrastructure For Academic Establishment

TL;DR

This paper details the design and implementation of a private intranet infrastructure for an academic department, improving document handling efficiency and establishing a foundation for fully electronic departmental operations.

Contribution

It presents a practical approach to building a departmental intranet using simulation and real hardware, demonstrating improved operational efficiency in an academic setting.

Findings

Intranet system operated successfully for one semester.

System provided faster, cheaper, and simplified departmental services.

The infrastructure is a step toward full electronic departmental management.

Abstract

Most establishments including academic institutions under goes the lengthy process of study-based document handling such as direct mailing, indexing and tracking. This daily task is time consuming and resource-intensive. Using a private network dedicated for such document management would benefit the establishment increasing operational efficiency. In this study, the Information and Communication Engineering (ICE) Department was used as a model to determine the requirements needed to build the intranet network. A packet tracer simulator was used to build a virtual intranet architecture.Then the simulation report was examined to ensure optimum functionality. Upon establishing a stable behavior an intranet infrastructure building commenced using the available hardware components and software.The system architecture was based on Windows 2012R2 server to manage 3 separated sub-networks connected to three switches and one router. Running the intranet for one semester proved its success in providing a fast, cheap and simplified service for all department needs. The accomplished system is a step forward to achieve a full electronic department in scientific establishments.