Network Topology and Factory Floor
The worksheet for this project could be completed as follows:
1. Will this be a peer-to-peer or server-based network?
Answer: The discussion of ENormInc’s requirements requires access to two separate centralized databases; this implementation obviously involves a server-based network.
2. If it’s server-based, how many servers will be attached to the network?
Answer: Two servers.
3. How many computers will be attached to the network?
Answer: Counting the servers, and assuming all 20 workstations are attached in each factory floor work cell, a total of 92 computers (two servers, 50 front-office employee workstations, and 40 factory floor employee workstations).
4. What applications will the office computers run? The factory floor computers?
Answer: The office computers will run word-processing and spreadsheet software and client
Database software to access the two databases; the factory floor computers need access only to the inventory database; each server will support its local database.
5. What topology works best for the offices given the availability of wiring closets? What Topology works best for the factory floor, given its need for constant reconfiguration?
6. What kind of connection must you use to link the Allegheny Street and Mongahela locations?
Answer: The availability of wiring closets for the office workstations indicates that a physical star topology will work (and indeed, these topologies are the most commonly used in that kind of office situation); the need for constant reconfiguration on the factory floor indicates that a flexible solution is required. Normally, this requirement dictates wireless or bus topology solutions. A physical bus topology might be flexible, but it’s not nearly as flexible as a wireless topology, and physical bus topologies are obsolete. Wireless is probably the best way to go.
Explanation about the print screen (packet tracer output)
ENorm Inc. would do well with a Mesh
1. Will this be a peer-to-peer or server-based network?
Answer: The discussion of ENormInc’s requirements requires access to two separate centralized databases; this implementation obviously involves a server-based network.
2. If it’s server-based, how many servers will be attached to the network?
Answer: Two servers.
3. How many computers will be attached to the network?
Answer: Counting the servers, and assuming all 20 workstations are attached in each factory floor work cell, a total of 92 computers (two servers, 50 front-office employee workstations, and 40 factory floor employee workstations).
4. What applications will the office computers run? The factory floor computers?
Answer: The office computers will run word-processing and spreadsheet software and client
Database software to access the two databases; the factory floor computers need access only to the inventory database; each server will support its local database.
5. What topology works best for the offices given the availability of wiring closets? What Topology works best for the factory floor, given its need for constant reconfiguration?
6. What kind of connection must you use to link the Allegheny Street and Mongahela locations?
Answer: The availability of wiring closets for the office workstations indicates that a physical star topology will work (and indeed, these topologies are the most commonly used in that kind of office situation); the need for constant reconfiguration on the factory floor indicates that a flexible solution is required. Normally, this requirement dictates wireless or bus topology solutions. A physical bus topology might be flexible, but it’s not nearly as flexible as a wireless topology, and physical bus topologies are obsolete. Wireless is probably the best way to go.
Explanation about the print screen (packet tracer output)
ENorm Inc. would do well with a Mesh