Question

ABC Pvt Ltd. is a leading global IT solutions provider. The company’s head office is located in Mumbai while its Regional Office is in Jaipur. The Mumbai office consists of four departments: Administration, Sales, Development, and Support.

The distances between these departments, as well as between Mumbai and Jaipur, are as follows:

Administration to Sales	60 meters
Administration to Development	90 meters
Administration to Support	120 meters
Sales to Development	50 meters
Sales to Support	70 meters
Development to Support	45 meters
Mumbai Office to Jaipur Office	1400 kilometers

The number of computers in each department/office is as follows:

Administration	120
Sales	40
Development	70
Support	25
Jaipur Office	50

As a network engineer, you have to propose solutions for various queries listed from I to V.

1. Suggest the most suitable department in the Mumbai Office Setup, to install the server. Also, give a reason to justify your suggested location.
2. Draw a suitable cable layout of wired network connectivity between the departments in the Mumbai Office.
3. Which hardware device will you suggest to connect all the computers within each department?
4. Suggest the most appropriate type of network (LAN, MAN, WAN) to connect the Mumbai Head Office and Jaipur Regional Office.
5. When a signal is transmitted through a wire from Administration department to Support department, its strength reduces. Which device would you suggest the company use to solve this problem?

Answer 1

1. The server should be installed in the Administration department, as it has the most number of computers.
2. Cable Layout
   
3. Switch/Hub
4. WAN (Wide Area Network), as the offices are located in different cities.
5. Repeater