Computer Networks - II — Question 10
Back to all questionsEduminds University of India is starting its first campus in a small town Parampur of Central India with its center admission office in Delhi. The university has 3 major buildings comprising of Admin Building, Academic Building and Research Building in the 5 KM area Campus.

As a network expert, you need to suggest the network plan as per (1) to (4), keeping in mind the distances and other given parameters.
Expected Wire distances between various locations :
| Research Building to Admin Building | 90 m |
| Research Building to Academic Building | 80 m |
| Academic Building to Admin Building | 15 m |
| Delhi Admission Office to Parampur Campus | 1450 km |
Expected number of Computers to be installed at various locations in the University are as follows :
| Research Building | 20 |
| Academic Building | 150 |
| Admin Building | 30 |
| Delhi Admission Office | 5 |
(i) Suggest the authorities, the cable layout amongst various buildings inside the university campus for connecting the buildings.
(ii) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., building) to house the server of this organisation, with a suitable reason.
(iii) Suggest an efficient device from the following to be installed in each of the buildings to connect all the computers :
- GATEWAY
- MODEM
- SWITCH
(iv) Suggest the most suitable (very high speed) service to provide data connectivity between Admission Building located in Delhi and the campus located in Parampur from the following options.
- Telephone line
- Fixed-Line Dial-up connection
- Co-axial Cable Network
- GSM
- Leased line
- Satellite Connection
(i) The cable layout amongst various buildings inside the university campus for connecting the buildings is given below:
Research building - Academic building - Admin building
(ii) The most suitable place to house the server is Academic Building as it has maximum number of computers. Thus, it decreases the cabling cost and keeps the maximum traffic local.
(iii) Switch can be installed in each of building to connect all the computers.
(iv) Satellite connection is the most suitable service to provide data connectivity between Admission Building located in Delhi and the campus located in Parampur.