Question

Event Horizon Enterprises is an event planning organization. It is planning to set up its India campus in Mumbai with its head office in Delhi. The Mumbai campus will have four blocks/buildings - ADMIN, FOOD, MEDIA, DECORATORS. You, as a network expert, need to suggest the best network-related solutions for them to resolve the issues/problems mentioned in points (I) to (V), keeping in mind the distances between various blocks/buildings and other given parameters. 

Block to Block distances (in Mtrs.)

From	To	Distance
ADMIN	FOOD	42 m
ADMIN	MEDIA	96 m
ADMIN	DECORATORS	48 m
FOOD	MEDIA	58 m
FOOD	DECORATORS	45 m
MEDIA	DECORATORS	42 m

Distance of Delhi Head Office from Mumbai Campus = 1500 km Number of computers in each of the blocks/Center is as follows:

ADMIN	30
FOOD	18
MEDIA	25
DECORATORS	20
DELHI HEAD OFFICE	18

(I) Suggest the most appropriate location of the server inside the MUMBAI campus. Justify your choice. 

(II) Which hardware device will you suggest to connect all the computers within each building? 

(III) Draw the cable layout to efficiently connect various buildings within the MUMBAI campus. Which cable would you suggest for the most efficient data transfer over the network? 

(IV) Is there a requirement of a repeater in the given cable layout? Why/ Why not? 

(V) A) What would be your recommendation for enabling live visual communication between the Admin Office at the Mumbai campus and the DELHI Head Office from the following options: 

a) Video Conferencing 

b) Email 

c) Telephony 

d) Instant Messaging 

OR 

B) What type of network (PAN, LAN, MAN, or WAN) will be set up among the computers connected in the MUMBAI campus?

Answer 1

(I) ADMIN Block as it has maximum number of computers. 

(II) Switch

(III)

Cable: Coaxial cable

(IV) There is no requirement of the Repeat as the optical fibre cable used for the network can carry the data to much longer distances than within the campus.  

(V) (A) (a) Video Conferencing 

OR 

(B) LAN