Assignment Description

There is a company which is primarily e-commerce business. It is going through a major transformation because of its expansion. The expansion is due to merger of two smaller businesses to the organisation. Now, the company is moving to a new building having about 100 employees. The new building is of three floors. The ground floor is for reception, foyer and warehouse so there is a need of five data points at reception, four in warehouse and two in foyer. The 1st floor consists of five offices and forty open plan office cubicles. The 2nd floor consists of three rooms, each room have four office cubicles, two offices and thirty open plan cubicles. There is also a meeting room at 2nd floor that requires four data points. Each and every person needs two data points at their desk whether it’s an office, room cubicle or open plan cubicle. Each floor also needs wireless connectivity.

Tasks

This Company needs a new LAN plan, design and implementation before they move to new facility. Imagine that you have been hired by this company to design and install a computer network. Write a report that answers the following questions.

• Your report should include a brief introduction
• All work by others should be properly cited using the IEEE style of referencing.

• Discuss how network standards such as the OSI help to ensure interoperability between products made by different manufacturers.
• Compare the three common network model standards (OSI, the DoD, and the TCP/IP).

• Will it be more efficient to use a synchronous connection or an asynchronous connection?
• What transmission line speed is necessary to support either type of connection? Show all your work.