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2011-07-07 11:03:13 UTC
is that a logical question? I don't know.
Here is the real question -
You have been asked to help upgrade the LAN at a very successful CPA firm
with five departments in one building and a total of 560 employees. Although
the firm’s employees understand accounting, they haven’t spent much time
improving their network. Currently, it runs 10Base-T Ethernet and relies on
35 hubs to connect every user workstation to the network. Most of these
workstations were purchased within the past two years, when the firm experi-
enced a growth spurt. The hubs are connected to the backbone via switches.
The CPA firm wants to upgrade its LAN, but not at great cost. It also wants
to ensure that it can easily expand its LAN in the future. It has already
decided to use a version of Linux as its network operating system. What kind
of LAN will you design for this company? Describe its physical and logical
topologies, what access method it will use, and what Physical layer standard
this access method should rely on. What types of infrastructure upgrades are
necessary to implement your suggested network?