Fundamentals of Local Area Networks

1. A family wishes to connect several devices to share an internet connection and a Bluetooth wireless printer. They have three personal computers. One is in the same room as the printer. The other two are together in another room. In addition, they want to utilize the network for an internet-enabled television and a VoIP phone. †¢Describe what network device or devices you would recommend they purchase and explain why. My recommendations for this family are to subscribe to a cable internet or DSL service provider. They will need a modem which acts as the gateway for their network.I would have then purchase a wireless Concurrent dual band 802. 11n router and wiring that connect the modem to the router. This would allow them to connect all of their devices over a wireless network and would enable them to send print jobs to the printer through the Bluetooth connection; they will be able to connect their internet-enabled TV thru the wireless network. I would recommend them to purch ase a VoIP phone that can be connected into their computer or router. I feel that this would be the simplest solution for this family. Describe the media utilized. The type of media that will be utilized is wireless 802. 11 for the network and 802. 15. 3 for the Bluetooth printer (Kay, 2006). 2. An enterprise level company wishes to set up a network to support several hundred business users as well as manufacturing equipment in a new building. Describe what network device or devices you would recommend they purchase and explain why. My recommendations would be they purchase: Network switch this is a network appliance used for routing information from one computer to another similar.Routers act as a network gateway, and are often used between an organization's local network and the Internet this would give them a good firewall. Bridges help to direct the traffic over the network. Cat 6 cabling will be used to connect each work station. Fiber-optic cabling will be used to connect hubs to each other. Servers they will manage the access service in the network. †¢Make a list describing different common types of server applications. File serving allows users to share information over the network.The main purpose of a file server is to reduce the amount of storage programs, applications, and files take up on a client’s workstation. A file server can also house database table information (White, 2011). Mail serving is a computer that keeps a record of each email that goes in and out of the network (White, 2011). Print serving usually a computer that is connected to one or more printers that other client workstations can connect to, that accepts print jobs and sends them to the appropriate printer or assigns the print jobs the appropriate priority (White, 2011).Video/media serving this allows for streaming of videos on demand, and for the storage, and recall, of digital media, including pictures, music, and videos (White, 2011). Monitoring and Distributed P rocessing can s be utilized to monitor network resources and health, but when workstations are idle, the processor’s power can be put to good use by applying that power to other processes, thus by increasing overall efficiency (White, 2011). †¢Show which of these applications would you combine together on a single server and which you would use separate servers for.Explain your choices of which to combine and which to leave separate. The applications I would combine are the mail serving, file serving, video/media serving because combining these file will save a lot of storage space. This is the setup we have at my job and it works well. 3. For the network that you have chosen to characterize, identify all network devices utilized and explain the purpose of each in the network. The following devices make up my network a cable modem, this act as the gateway to the internet.A wireless router this device connects all the computers and printer to my network, allowing them to communicate and access the internet. Through the wireless access to the network, they will also have access to the print server, which is housed on the main computer, and thus the printer. References: Kay, R. (2006). UWB, Bluetooth and IEEE 802. 15. 3 Retrieved from: http://www. computerworld. com/s/article/110298/UWB_Bluetooth_and_IEEE_802. 15. 3 White, C. (2011). Data Communications and Computer Networks. (6th ed. ).Cengage Learning. Unit 5 Assignment Rubric Project Requirements|Possible Points|Earned Points| A family wishes to connect several devices to share an internet connection and a bluetooth wireless printer. They have three personal computers. One is in the same room as the printer. The other two are together in another room. In addition, they want to utilize the network for an internet-enabled television and a VoIP phone. Describe what network device or devices you would recommend they purchase and explain why. Also describe the media utilized.Note, you are not required t o detail the topology utilized, but thinking about this will help you to choose and justify your device choices. |15|| An enterprise level company wishes to set up a network to support several hundred business users as well as manufacturing equipment in a new building. Describe what network device or devices you would recommend they purchase and explain why. Note, you are not required to detail the media or topology utilized, but thinking about these will help you to choose and justify your device choices. 15|| Make a list describing different common types of server applications. Show which of these applications you would combine together on a single server and which you would use separate servers for. Explain your choices of which to combine and which to leave separate. |10|| For the network that you have chosen to characterize, identify all network devices utilized and explain the purpose of each in the network. |15|| Total (Sum of all points)|55|| Point deducted for spelling, gra mmar and/or APA errors|| Adjusted Total points|||