You Decide

You Decide

First, I would like to break down the terminologies used in the given solutions for the Leonard Cooper Charter School. Topology is the basic geometric layout of the network. This is the way the computers are interconnected on the network. You should always distinguish the difference between logical and physical topology. A logical topology is how the network works. The physical topology is how the network is physically installed. Ethernet’s logical topology is a bus topology.

There are different types of Ethernet. One type is the 10Base-T which runs on very cheap twisted-pair cable up to 100 meters (10 Mbps) using a UTP at 3 cable. 100Base-T is the most common form of Ethernet with a maximum data rate of 100 Mbps using a UTP cat 5 cable. 1000Base-T and 1000Base-F runs at 1Gbps which is also called 1GbE, 10GbE, and 40GbE. This Ethernet type can use the half-duplex approach for Ethernet but most use full duplex. They are designed to run over fiber-optic cables and can also use twisted-pair cables. These Ethernet bases can use UTP cat 5, cat 5e, cat 6, and cat 7, or fiber cables.

To address the issues mentioned by Helen Ross, I would recommend the category 6 cabling for the print server. This selected technology would be sufficed for the printer issue. Radio wireless media is wireless radio transmission. The radio uses a specific frequency range that transmits at very low power and designed to transmit the signal for a short distance. Alfred Wingfield would also be satisfied with this technology. It is a topology design using a fiber 1000Base-T Ethernet cabling on a 24 port hub/switch.

John Fischer’s complaint was that the network ran too slow when he tried to retrieve data. Selena Daniels had similar concerns with the network speed during first login and system access. A good solution to their problem would be to use the category 5 cabling for the file server. Infrared wireless media transmit low frequency light waves to carry data through the air...