Introduction to Computer Networks — Question 1
Back to all questions"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 :
| From | To | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Work Office | Back Office | 110 m |
| Work Office | Factory | 14 km |
| Work Office | Corporate Office | 1280 km |
| Back Office | Factory | 13 km |
In continuation of the above, the company experts have planned to install the following number of computers in each of their offices :
| Work Office | 200 |
| Back Office | 115 |
| Factory | 67 |
| Corporate | 75 |
(i) Suggest the kind of network required (out of LAN, MAN, WAN) for connecting each of the following offices:
- Work Office and Factory
- 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 ?
- Switch/Hub
- Modem
- Telephone
(i) The kind of network required are:
MAN should be used as the distance between the work office and factory is 14 km, which is greater than the geographical extent of LAN.
LAN can be used as the distance between the Work Office and Back Office is less than 1 km.
(ii) Switch/Hub