Development of Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure in School using an Approach of the Network Development Life Cycle Method

Abstract

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become an essential requirement for the wider community, including in the educational environment. ICT has a vital role in supporting activities ranging from planning, operations, supervision, analysis to evaluation. In recent years, ICT has been considered mandatory for its existence in the educational environment. ICT can simplify the activities of teaching and learning process (TLP). ICT also closes distances apart and maintains the quality of TLP standards. This paper will describe the results of ICT development in a school using the approach method of network development life cycle. The result is that the connection to one Internet service provider being split into two networks, i.e. wired and wireless local area network. The selected bandwidth management methods are both simple queue and per connection queue. Besides, the terrace area on the 1st and 2nd floor can be served with very good to excellent quality. Whereas the terrace area on the 3rd floor can only catch low-quality signals without Internet connection. Moreover, applying the same service set identifier and password to both wireless routers allows users to handover between two wireless networks without having to re-register and reconnect to the serving network.