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Chapter 1
Planning a Network Topology
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at customer sites, and the ability to demonstrate the operation of the
company’s
software products. The salespeople are therefore equipped with notebook com-
puters, which they use in the office and while traveling.
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A research and development laboratory where scientists and programmers can
work together to explore new ideas and create new products. The people in
this
department need powerful computers and large amounts of network bandwidth
for their software testing procedures, but above all, they require a secure
net-
work so that there is no possibility of competitors learning about products
in
development.
Taking these requirements into account, answer the following questions about
the
design of this network:
1. Specify which floor of the building is best suited for each of the three
departments
listed and give your reasons why.
2. Which of the three departments to be housed in the new building could
best make
use of a wireless network medium? Why?
3. Which of the three floors has the most secure cable installation at the
present time?
Why?
4. Assuming that you plan to use Ethernet throughout the building, which
variant
would you use on each floor? Why?
5. Apart from the computers themselves, what connectivity components must
Lit-
ware install on each of the three networks in the building to make it a
functioning
Ethernet network?
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