Week 2: Lan Topologies Assignment It 237

Week 2: LAN Topologies Assignment

IT 237

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Associate Level Material

Appendix D

LAN Topologies Assignment

Create visual examples of your answers to the questions for projects 3-1, 3-2 and 3-3 of Guide to Networking Essentials by copying and pasting the provided shapes below—such as a bus, ring, star, or mesh—into a Microsoft® Word document.

Note. You will need to use the Draw feature in Microsoft® Word to create lines between the shapes, and you might have to use some shapes more than once.

Your network consists of four servers. Each server has three NICs. Server A is connected to servers B, C, and D. Server B is attached to C and D. Server C is attached to server D. No hub is used. All cabling is CAT 3 UTP crossover cables.

What is your physical topology?

Mesh is the physical topology. In mesh topology every computer is linked to every other computer.

Your network consists of a 24-port bridge, two servers, and 15 workstations. Each computer interfaces with the bridge using its own segment of CAT 5 twisted-pair cable, which is terminated at both ends with RJ-45 connectors.

What type of physical topology do you have?

Bus is the physical topology. The ends must be terminated in bus topology.

Your network’s physical topology is that of a star configuration. From time to time, each workstation will hold a packet called a token, during which time it will transmit data and then pass the token along to the next workstation.

What is the logical topology of your network?

Logical Ring Topology. In logical ring topology it configures similar to star topology. This topology uses tokens that pass from one workstation to the next.

Case Project 3-1

Old-Tech Corporation has 10 computers in its main office area, which is networked in a star topology using 10 Mbps Ethernet hubs, and wants to add five computers in the manufacturing area. One problem with the existing network is data...