Q)Your sister is building a new two story house
which measures 50 feet long by 30 feet wide and wants to network her family’s
three computers together. She and her husband are both consultants and work out
of their home in the evenings and a few days a month. Each has a separate office with a computer,
plus a laptop from the office that they occasionally use. The kids also have a
computer in their playroom. They have several options for networking their
home:
a) Wire the two offices and
playroom with Ethernet cat5e and put in a 100Base-T switch.
b) Install one Wi-Fi access
point ($85) and put Wi-Fi cards in the three computers (the laptops already
have Wi-Fi)
c) Any combination of these
options
There are many possible solutions to this
problem. What would you recommend,
considering their current hardware configuration as well as potential
expansion? Justify your recommendation.
Sol:
The
best possible solution is to go for installation of Wi-Fi access points followed
by installation of Wi-Fi cards for the desktop computers. Anyways laptops will
definitely have Wi-Fi inbuilt so there is no need for separate installation of
the cards in laptops. The reason behind this is looking at the future
definitely the desktops are getting replaced by laptops. Also laptops are
portable, which means we can carry them any where we need but if they are
connected to some network cables then we will not be able to access the network
wherever we carry the laptops. Also in case of desktops if we place it in 1st
floor but tomorrow we need it in the last floor then there is need to work on
the network connectivity in it only labor is involved in shifting but network
connectivity is always there since it is independent of the location within the
office campus or two story house limits. Hence the recommendation here is to go
for Wi-Fi connection.
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