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You are working for a company that is composed of three departments: general support, marketing, and sales. General support occupies the first floor, while marketing and sales are on the second floor. General support has 28 workstations, marketing has 10 workstations, and sales has 30 workstations. Some applications require that data be transferred between departments, but generally each department has its own applications. Everyone needs access to the Internet, the company internal Internet (intranet), and e-mail.

Questions

1. Design a local area network solution for this company showing the locations of all workstations and interconnecting devices, such as hubs, switches, and routers, if any are used. Show also the connection that provides Internet access.

2. Discuss the type of local area network wiring you would recommend and provide reasons to support your recommendation.

3. Also, discuss the type of local area network topology and protocol that you would recommend.

4. Draw a floor plan for each floor. If possible, show both floor plans on one page. Use the following assumptions:

· Available hubs and switches have a maximum of 24 ports.

· Some software applications and large data sets reside on departmental servers.

· To support e-mail, a server is needed.

· To support the company intranet, a server is needed.

· The company does not have an unlimited budget but is willing to invest in quality technology.

NB: See marking criteria below for distribution of marks

 

1.

Marking criteria for Assignment 2:

Example of marking criteria is shown in following table. Marks are allocated as follows:

Note: The marking criteria varies for each assignment

 

Section to be included in the report

Description of the section

Marks

 

Introduction

Outline of the report

5

 

Q1

– Provides a clear and well thought-out pictorial   representation of the design as per specification

20

 

Q2

– Provides a concise and convincing argument for   recommending the local area network wiring

5

 

Q3

– Provides a clear and convincing argument for recommending   the topology and protocol

5

 

Q4

– Provides detailed floor plans that into consideration the   given assumptions

15

 

Conclusion

Provides a comprehensive summary of the work done

5

 

Reference style

Follow IEEE reference style

5

 

Total

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