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FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
NETWORKS 512
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2 SEMESTER ASSIGNMENT
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QUESTIONS [100 MARKS]
QUESTION ONE (90 MARKS)
1.1 Structured Cabling is defined as building or campus telecommunications cabling infrastructure that
consists of a number of standardized smaller elements (hence structured) called subsystems.
With the aid of detailed and fully labelled diagrams, describe how you would use the principles of
structured cabling to setup a professional computer network for the user who posted their request
online (…see below).
We have a small three-story building. My husband is a small-business owner. We have decided to
network all three floors of this building. We still don't know how to network all three floors of the main
office...
We are going to set up a small wired networks (LAN, Fast Ethernet) in each floor. There are 8 PCs and a
printer on the first floor. There are 4 PCs and a printer on the second floor. There are 2 PCs and a printer
on the top floor.
We still don't know how to network all three floors of this building...??? We are thinking of Power-line,
Phone-line Networking, however they are still slower than Fast Ethernet, aren't they???
We don't mind for running cables across the floor between computer in the same room.
We have to hire a professional and install the Cat 5 cabling in the walls of the main office, and connect
the cable to special RJ-45 wall boxes, haven't we...?
Today, I just read this article, http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-7605_7-5136234-2.html?tag=dir
"Hide the cables wherever you can, such as in plastic tubing, under wall molding or carpeting, in a drop
ceiling, inside conduits, or snaked through baseboard heating units. Putting them inside the walls is
expensive, and it locks in a floor plan."
I don't know what to do any more... Please tell us the way to network all three floor of this small
building, if you know the best! If somebody else here knows the price to install cables in a small building,
please tell us approximately. Based on your information, we will budget again for hiring a professional.
Any assistance which you can give me would be gratefully appreciated.
To tell the truth, I have ever taken computer network classes at a college ago... That's why I am asking
you guys here about our building before we actually hire a cable installer.
Am I right or wrong...? Would you please check them together with me?
1. There 8 PCs and a printer on the first floor.
I connect 3 desktop computers, a printer to a switch.?@?@I connect this switch to a router.?@?@Then I
plug a Wireless Access Point like Linksys (BEFW11S4) 802.11b Wireless Access Point for 5 laptop
computers into a router.?@?@Finally I connect this router to ISP provided broadband modem, which let
our LAN connect to Internet.
I will have several computers hooked together on a Fast Ethernet network and want to add a wireless
hotspot to the mix.?@?@It will be nice to have laptop computers for 5 marketing personnel, I think.
2. There are 4 PCs on the second floor.
I connect a server, 4 PCs and a printer to a switch. Then I connect this switch to a router. And then I
connect this router to a modem, which connect our LAN to Internet.
3. There are 2 PCs on the top floor
Simply, I connect 2 desktop computers and a printer to a switch. Then I connect this switch to a router,
and then I connect this router to ISP provided broadband Modem which connect to Internet.
What do you think...?
I am looking forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely…
This is a real request by a blog user on
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TOTAL: 100 MARKS
