Question

Meticulous EduServe is an educational organization. It is planning to setup its India campus at Chennai with its head office at Delhi. The Chennai campus has 4 main buildings - ADMIN, ENGINEERING, BUSINESS and MEDIA.

Block to Block distances (in Mtrs.)

From	To	Distance
ADMIN	ENGINEERING	55 m
ADMIN	BUSINESS	90 m
ADMIN	MEDIA	50 m
ENGINEERING	BUSINESS	55 m
ENGINEERING	MEDIA	50 m
BUSINESS	MEDIA	45 m
DELHI HEAD OFFICE	CHENNAI CAMPUS	2175 km

Number of computers in each of the blocks/Center is as follows:

ADMIN	110
ENGINEERING	75
BUSINESS	40
MEDIA	12
DELHI HEAD	20

1. Suggest and draw the cable layout to efficiently connect various blocks of buildings within the CHENNAI campus for connecting the digital devices.
2. Which network device will be used to connect computers in each block to form a local area network?
3. Which block, in Chennai Campus should be made the server? Justify your answer.
4. Which fast and very effective wireless transmission medium should preferably be used to connect the head office at DELHI with the campus in CHENNAI?
5. Suggest a device/software to be installed in the CHENNAI Campus to take care of data security.

Answer 1

1. Bus Topology
2. Switch
3. Admin block, as it has maximum number of computers.
4. Microwave
5. Firewall