Computer Networks - II — Question 5

"New York Avenue" is planning to expand their network in India, starting with two cities in India to provide infrastructure for distribution of their canned products. The company has planned to set up their main offices in Ahmedabad, at three different locations and have named their offices as "Work Office", "Factory" and "Back Office". The company has its Corporate Unit in Delhi. A rough layout of the same is as shown below:

Approximate distance between these offices is as follows :

In continuation of the above, the company experts have planned to install the following number of computers in each of their offices :

(i) Suggest the kind of network required (out of LAN, MAN, WAN) for connecting each of the following offices:

1. Work Office and Factory
2. Work Office and Back Office

(ii) Which one of the following devices will you suggest for connecting all the computers within each of their office units ?

1. Switch/Hub
2. Modem
3. Telephone

(iii) Which of the following communication media, you will suggest to be procured by the company for connecting their local offices in Ahmedabad for very effective (High Speed) communication ?

1. Telephone Cable
2. Optical Fibre
3. Ethernet Cable

(iv) Suggest a cable/wiring layout for connecting the company's local office units located in Ahmedabad. Also, suggest an effective method/technology for connecting the company's office unit located in Delhi.

(v) Which one of the following devices will you suggest for connecting all the computers within each of their offices ?

1. Switch/Hub
2. Modem
3. Telephone