Your organization opened seven new branch offices in five states. Each and every branch office consists of five floors. All the branch offices use the similar Internet domain name. The organization consists of around 25 servers and anticipates which an additional 30 servers must be purchased. The organization is planning to give network services for around 5,000 users. All users need access to the Internet. Certain resources like printing and file sharing will be centralized. Members of your group must do the following:

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By using the scenario and assignment information in the Assignment Description, describe with your group how you must divide the tasks evenly among the members. Perform the given tasks: Estimate the quantity of connectivity (routers, switches and so on) devices that will be required to link all the branches. Give your rationale for selecting the quantity of each device. Estimate the number of DNS servers and the kind of DNS server which will be installed in each branch. Propose the connectivity and bandwidth for each branch and give your reasoning behind the recommendation. By using Microsoft Visio, give a network design (a diagram or diagrams) which shows interconnectivity among the branches.