Computer Networking 1

SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. Ravya Industries has set up its new centre at Kaka Nagar for its office and web based activities. The
company compound has 4 buildings as shown in the diagram below:

Raj Fazz
Building Building

Harsh Jazz
Building Building

Centre to centre distance between various buildings is as follows:

Harsh Building to Raj Building 50 m

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Raj Building to Fazz Building 60 m
Fazz Building to Jazz Building
Jazz Building to Harsh Building
25 m
170 m
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Harsh Building to Fazz Building 125 m
Raj Building to Jazz Building 90 m
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Number of Computers in each of the building is as follows:

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Harsh Building 15
Raj Building 150
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Fazz Building 15
Jazz Building 25

(a) Suggest a cable layout of connections between the buildings.

(b) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., building) to house the server of this organization with a
suitable reason.

(c) Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification:

(i) Internet Connecting Device/Modem (ii) Switch
(d) The organization is planning to link its sale counter situated in various parts of the same city,
which type of network out of LAN, MAN or WAN will be formed? Justify your answer.
Ans. (a) The layout is:
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Raj Fazz
Building Building

Harsh Jazz
Building Building

(b) The most suitable place/block to house the server of this organization would be Raj Building, as
this block contains the maximum number of computers, thus decreasing the cable cost for most
of the computers as well as increasing the efficiency of the maximum computers in the network.
(c) (i) Raj Building
(ii) In both layouts, a hub/switch each would be needed in all the buildings, to interconnect the

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group of cables from the different computers in each block.

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(d) The type of network that shall be formed to link the sale counters situated in various parts of the
same city would be a MAN, because MAN (Metropolitan Area Networks) are the networks that
link computer facilities within a city.
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3. The Great Brain Organization has set up its new Branch at Srinagar for its office and web based
activities. It has 4 Wings of buildings as shown in the diagram:
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Wing Z Wing Y
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Wing X
Wing U

Center to center distance between various blocks

Wing X to Wing Z 50 m
Wing Z to Wing Y 70 m
Wing Y to Wing X 125 m
Wing Y to Wing U 80 m
Wing X to Wing U 175 m
Wing Z to Wing U 90 m
Number of Computers:

Wing X 50
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Wing Z 30
Wing Y 150
Wing U 15

(i) Suggest most suitable cable layout of connections between the Wings and topology.
(ii) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., Wing) to house the server of this organization with a
suitable reason, with justification.
(iii) Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification:
(1) Repeater
(2) Hub/Switch
(iv) The organization is planning to link its head office situated in Delhi with the offices at Srinagar.
Suggest an economic way to connect it; the company is ready to compromise on the speed of
connectivity. Justify your answer.
Ans. (i) The layout option 1 for star topology is:

Wing Z Wing Y

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Wing X Wing U
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(ii) Wing Y, as it has largest number of computers.

(iii) (1) Repeater. It is used if the distance is higher than 70 m. It regenerates data and voice signals.
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(2) Hub/Switch. It is better to place in nearby buildings. The maximum distance covered by an
active hub is about 2000 ft.
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(iv) The economic way to link between Delhi and Srinagar is Radio Wave or Satellite Link or WAN
because they have reasonably high speed of data transmission and as they are easy to install,
they can travel long distances and penetrate buildings easily.
4. “Learn Together” is an educational NGO. It is setting up its new campus at Jabalpur for its web
based activities. The campus has 4 compounds as shown in the diagram below:

Resource Main

Training Finance

Center to center distance between various Compounds as per architectural drawings (in Metre) is
as follows:

Main Compound to Resource Compound 110 m

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Main Compound to Training Compound 115 m

Main Compound to Finance Compound 35 m
Resource Compound to Training Compound 25 m
Resource Compound to Finance Compound 135 m
Training Compound to Finance Compound 100 m

Expected Number of Computers in each Compound is as follows:

Main Compound 5
Resource Compound 15
Training Compound 150
Finance Compound 20

(a) Suggest a cable layout of connections between the compounds.

(b) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., compound) to house the server for this NGO. Also, provide
a suitable reason for your suggestion.

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(c) Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification:
(i) Repeater
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(d) The NGO is planning to connect its International office in Mumbai, which out of the following
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wired communication links, will you suggest for very high speed connectivity?
(i) Telephone Analog Line
(ii) Optical Fiber
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(iii) Ethernet Cable

Ans. (a) The cable network layout is:
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Resource Main Resource Main

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Compound Compound Compound Compound

• • •
Or
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Training Finance Training Finance
Compound Compound Compound Compound

(b) Training Compound, as it contains maximum number of computers.

(c) (i) A Repeater should be placed when the distance between any two connecting computers
exceeds 70 m.
(ii) Every compound will need one Hub/Switch, to send signals to all of the workstations
connected to it.
(d) (ii) Optical Fiber.
5. Hindustan Connecting World Association is planning to start its offices in four major cities in India
to provide regional IT infrastructure support in the field of Education & Culture. The company has
planned to set up its head office in New Delhi at three locations and has named its New Delhi
offices as “Sales Office”, “Head office” and “Tech Office”. The company’s regional offices are located
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at “Coimbatore”, “Kolkata” and “Ahmedabad”. [

A rough layout of the same is as follows:

INDIA New Delhi

Block
SalesB Block
HeadB
Office Office
Tech
Ahmedabad Office
Office Kolkata
Office

Coimbatore
Office

Approximate distance between these offices as per the network survey team is as follows:

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Place From Place To Distance
Head Office
Head Office
Sales Office
Tech Office ho
10 KM
70 Meter
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Head Office Kolkata Office 1291 KM
Head Office Ahmedabad Office 790 KM
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Head Office Coimbatore Office 1952 KM

In continuation of the above, the company experts have planned to install the following number of
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computers in each of their offices:

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Head Office 100

Sales Office 20
Tech Office 50
Kolkata Office 50
Ahmedabad Office 50
Coimbatore Office 50

(i) Suggest network type (out of LAN, MAN, WAN) for connecting each of the following set of their
offices:
• Head Office and Tech Office
• Head Office and Coimbatore Office
(ii) Which device will you suggest to be procured by the company for connecting all the computers
within each of their offices out of the following devices?
• Modem
• Telephone
• Switch/Hub
(iii) Which of the following communication medium, will you suggest to be procured by the company
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for connecting their local offices in New Delhi for very effective and fast communication?
• Ethernet Cable
• Optical Fiber
• Telephone Cable
(iv) Suggest a cable/wiring layout for connecting the company’s local offices located in New Delhi.
Also, suggest an effective method/technology for connecting the company’s regional offices-
“Kolkata”, “Coimbatore” and “Ahmedabad”.
Ans. (i) Head Office and Tech Office. MAN
Head Office and Coimbatore Office. WAN
(ii) Switch/Hub
(iii) Optical Fiber
(iv) Cable/wiring layout is shown in right:

INDIA
New Delhi

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SalesB
Office
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HeadB
Office
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Tech
Office
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Ahmedabad Kolkata
Office Office
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Coimbatore
Office
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6.Expertia Professional Global (EPG) is an online corporate training provider company for IT related courses.
The company is setting up its new campus in Mumbai. You as a network expert have to study the
physical locations of various buildings and the number of computers to be installed. In the planning
phase, provide the best possible answers for the queries (i) to (iv) raised by them.

Physical Locations of the blocks of RCI

Administrative Building Faculty Recording Block

Finance Building
Building to Building distances (in Mtrs.)
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From To Distance
Administrative Building Finance Building 60
Administrative Building Faculty Recording Building 120
Finance Building Faculty Building 70

Expected number of computers to be installed in each Building:

Buildings Computers
Administrative Building 20
Finance Building 40
Faculty Recording Building 120

(i) Suggest the most appropriate building, where EPG should plan to install the server.
(ii) Suggest the most appropriate building to setup cable layout to connect all three buildings for
efficient communication.
(iii) Which type of network out of the following is formed by connecting the computers of these

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three buildings?
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LAN
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WAN
(iv) Which wireless channel out of the following should be opted by EPS to connect the students
from all over the world?
• Infrared
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• Microwave
• Satellite
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Ans. (i) The most suitable building to house the server of this organization would be Faculty Recording
Building, as this building contains the maximum number of computers.
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(ii) The most suitable cable layout is :

Administrative
Faculty Recording

Finance Building
(iii) LAN (iv) Satellite
7. Xcelencia Edu Services Ltd. is an educational organization. It is planning to set up its India campus at
Hyderabad with its head office at Delhi. The Hyderabad campus has 4 main buildings – ADMIN,
SCIENCE, BUSINESS and ARTS. You as a network expert have to suggest the best network related
solutions for their problems raised in (i) to (iv), keeping in mind the distances between the buildings
and other given parameters. [AI 2015]
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HYDERABAD Campus DELHI

ADMIN
Head Office
ARTS

SCIENCE
BUSINESS

Shortest distances between various buildings:

ADMIN to SCIENCE 65 m
ADMIN to BUSINESS 100 m
ADMIN to ARTS 60 m
SCIENCE to BUSINESS 75 m
SCIENCE to ARTS 60 m
BUSINESS to ARTS 50 m

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DELHI Head Office to HYDERABAD Campus 1600 Km

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Number of computers installed at various buildings are as follows:
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ADMIN 100
SCIENCE 85
BUSINESS 40
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DELHI Head Office 20

(i) Suggest the most appropriate location of the server inside the HYDERABAD campus (out of the
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4 buildings), to get the best connectivity for maximum number of computers. Justify your
answers.
(ii) Suggest and draw the cable layout to efficiently connect various buildings within the HYDERABAD
campus for connecting the computers.
(iii) Which hardware device will you suggest to be procured by the company to be installed to
protect and control the internet users within the campus?
(iv) Which of the following will you suggest to establish the online face-to-face communication
between the people in the Admin Office of HYDERABAD campus and DELHI Head Office?
(a) E-mail (b) Text Chat
(c) Video Conferencing (d) Cable TV
Ans. (i) ADMIN building as it contains maximum number of computers
(ii) The cable layout is:
SCIENCE

ADMIN BUSINESS

ARTS
(iii) Firewall or Router. (iv) (c) Video Conferencing
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8. Uplifting Skills Hub India is a knowledge and skill community which has as aim to uplift the standard
of knowledge and skills in the society. It is planning to setup its training centers in multiple towns
and villages pan India with its head offices in the nearest cities. They have created a model of their
network with a city, a town and 3 villages as follows.
A_CITY B_HUB

Head Office VILLAGE 3

VILLAGE 2
B_TOWN

VILLAGE 1

As a network consultant, you have to suggest the best network related solutions for their issues/
problems raised in (i) to (iv) keeping in mind the distances between various locations and other
given parameters.
Shortest distances between various locations:

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VILLAGE 1 to B_TOWN 2 KM

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VILLAGE 2 to B_TOWN 1.0 KM
VILLAGE 3 to B_TOWN 1.5 KM
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VILLAGE 1 to VILLAGE 2 3.5 KM
VILLAGE 1 to VILLAGE 3 4.5 KM
VILLAGE 2 to VILLAGE 3 2.5 KM
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A_CITY Head Office to B_HUB 25 KM

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Number of computers installed at various locations are as follows:

B_TOWN 120
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VILLAGE 1 15
VILLAGE 2 10
VILLAGE 3 15
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Note:
• In Villages, there are community centers, in which one room has been given as training center
to this organization to install computers.
• The organization has got financial support from the government and top IT companies.
(i) Suggest the most appropriate location of the SERVER in the B_HUB (out of the 4 locations), to
get the best and effective connectivity. Justify your answers.
(ii) Suggest the best wired medium and draw the cable layout (location t location) efficiently connect
various locations within the B_HUB.
(iii) Which hardware device will you suggest to connect all the computers within each location of
B_HUB?
(iv) Which server/protocol will be most helpful to conduct live interactions of Experts from Head
Office and people at all locations of B_HUB?
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Ans. (i) The server should be placed in B_TOWN town as it contains maximum number of computers and
closest to all other locations.
(ii) The best wired medium is Optical Fibre cable or CAT6 cable. The cable layout is:
B_HUB

VILLAGE 3

B_TOWN VILLAGE 2

VILLAGE 1

(iii) Switch or HUB.

(iv) Video Conferencing or VoIP.
9. Hi Standard Technologies Ltd. is a Mumbai based organization which is expanding its office set-up
to Chennai. At Chennai office compound, they are planning to have 3 different blocks for Admin,
Training and Accounts related activities. Each block has number of computers, which are required
to be connected in a network for communication, data and resource sharing.

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As a network consultant, you have to suggest the best network related solutions for them for issues/

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problems raised in (i) to (iv), keeping in mind the distances between various blocks/locations and
other given parameters.
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CHENNAI Office MUMBAI

Admin Accounts
Block Block Head Office
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Training
Block
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Shortest distances between various blocks/locations:

Admin Block to Accounts Block 300 metres

Accounts Block to Training Block 150 metres
Admin Block to Training Block 200 metres
MUMBAI Head Office to CHENNAI Office 1300 metres
Number of Computers installed at various blocks are as follows:

Training Block 150

Accounts Block 30
Admin Block 40
(i) Suggest the most appropriate block/location to house the SERVER in the CHENNAI Office (out
of 3 blocks) to get the best and effective connectivity. Justify your answer.
(ii) Suggest the best wired medium and draw the cable layout (Block to Block) efficiently connect
various locations within the CHENNAI office compound.
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(iii) Suggest a device/software and its placement that would provide data security for the entire
network of the CHENNAI office?
(iv) Suggest a device and the protocol that shall be needed to provide wireless Internet access to all
smartphone/laptop users in the CHENNAI office.
Ans. (i) The server should be placed in Training Block as it contains maximum number of computers and
closest to all other locations.
(ii) The best wired medium is Optical Fibre cable or CAT6.
The cable layout is: CHENNAI Office

Admin Accounts
Block Block

Training
Block

(iii) Firewall should be placed with the server at the Training block.

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(iv) Device Name: Wi-Fi Router or WiMax.
Protocol : TCP/IP or VOIP
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10. Sanskar University of Himachal Pradesh is setting up a secured network for its campus at Himachal
Pradesh for operating their day-to-day office & web based activities. They are planning to have
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network connectivity between four buildings. Answer the question (i) to (iv) after going through
the building positions in the campus & other details which are given below:
Main
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Admin Building
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Academic
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Finance
The distances between various buildings of university are given as:-
Building 1 Building 2 Distance (in mtrs.)
Main Admin 50
Main Finance 100
Main Academic 70
Admin Finance 50
Finance Academic 70
Admin Academic 60
Number of computers:-
Building No. of Computers
Main 150
Admin 75
Finance 50
Academic 60
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As a network expert, you are required to give best possible solutions for the given queries of the
university administration:-
(a) Suggest cable layout for the connections between the various buildings.
(b) Suggest the most suitable building to house the server of the network of the university.
(c) Suggest the placement of following devices with justification:
1. Switch/Hub
2. Repeater
(d) Suggest the technology out of the following for setting-up very fast Internet connectivity among
buildings of the university
1. Optical Fibre
2. Coaxial cable
3. Ethernet Cable
Ans. (a) Star Topology.
The layout is: Main
Building

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Admin

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Finance
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(b) Server should be placed at Main Building as it has the maximum number of computers.
(c) 1. A Switch/Hub each would be needed in all the buildings to interconnect the group of cables
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from the different computers in each building.

2. Since the cabling distance between Main building to Finance is quite large, so a repeater
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would ideally be needed along their path to avoid loss of signals during the course of data
flow in this route.
(d) 1. Optical Fibre

PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Ravya Industries has set up its new centre at Kaka Nagar for its office and web based activities. The
company compound has 4 buildings. The organization is planning to link its sale counter situated in
various parts of the same city. Which type of network out of LAN, MAN or WAN will be formed?
Justify your answer.
2. Raj Kamal International School is planning to connect all computers, each spread over distance within
45 metres. Suggest an economical cable type having high speed data transfer, which can be used to
connect these computers.
3. Ms. Rani Sen, General Manager of Global Nations Corporate, recently discovered that the
communication between her company’s accounts office and HR office is extremely slow and signals
drop quite frequently. These offices are 125 metres away from each other and connected by an
Ethernet cable.
(i) Suggest her a device which can be installed in between the offices for smooth communication.
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(ii) What type of network is formed by having this kind of connectivity out of LAN, MAN and WAN?
4. Which wireless communication channel is most appropriate in each of the following
situations?
(i) Communication in a hilly area.
(ii) Very fast communication between two offices in two different countries.
5. Why a switch is called an intelligent hub?
6. Identify the following device:
(i) A device that is used to connect different types of networks. It performs the necessary translation
so that connected networks can communicate properly.
(ii) A device that converts data from digital bit stream into an analog signal and vice versa.
7. Write one advantage and one disadvantage of using optical fiber cable.
8. Workalot Consultants are setting up a secured network for their office campus at Gurgaon for their
day-to-day office and web-based activities. They are planning to have connectivity between 3 buildings
and the head office situated in Mumbai. Answer the questions (i) to (iv) after going through the
buildings positions in the campus and other details, which are given below:
Gurgaon Campus
Head Office

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“MUMBAI” Building
“GREEN”
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Building Building
“BLUE” “RED”
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Distances between various buildings:

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Building “GREEN” to Building “RED” 110 m

Building “GREEN” to Building “BLUE” 45 m
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Building “BLUE” to Building “RED” 65 m

Gurgaon Campus to Head Office 1760 km
Number of Computers:
Building “GREEN” 32
Building “RED” 150
Building “BLUE” 45
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(i) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e. building) to house the server of this organization. Also, give
a reason to justify your suggested location.
(ii) Suggest a cable layout of connections among the buildings inside the campus.
(iii) Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification:
1. Switch
2. Repeater
(iv) The organization is planning to provide a high speed link with its head office situated in MUMBAI
using a wired connection.
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Which of the following cables will be most suitable for this job?
1. Optical Fibre
2. Co-axial Cable
3. Ethernet Cable
9. SunRise Pvt. Ltd. is setting up the network in the Ahmadabad. There are four departments named as
MrktDept, FunDept, LegalDept, SalesDept.

MrktDept FunDept

LegalDept SalesDept

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Distance between various buildings is given as follows:

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MrktDept to FunDept 80 m
MrktDept to LegalDept 180m
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MrktDept to SalesDept 100 m
LegalDept to SalesDept 150 m
LegalDept to FunDept 100 m
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FunDept to SalesDept 50 m
Number of Computers in the buildings:
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MrktDept 20
LegalDept 10
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FunDept 08
SalesDept 42
(i)
Suggest a cable layout of connections between the Departments and specify topology.
(ii)
Suggest the most suitable building to place the server with a suitable reason.
(iii)
Suggest the placement of i) modem ii) Hub /Switch in the network.
(iv)
The organization is planning to link its sale counter situated in various part of the same city/
which type of network out of LAN, WAN, MAN will be formed? Justify.
10. Indian School, in Mumbai is starting up the network between its different wings. There are four Buildings
named as SENIOR, JUNIOR, ADMIN and HOSTEL as shown below:

SENIOR

JUNIOR

ADMIN

HOSTEL
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The distance between various buildings is as follows:

ADMIN TO SENIOR 200 m

ADMIN TO JUNIOR 150 m
ADMIN TO HOSTEL 50 m
SENIOR TO JUNIOR 250 m
SENIOR TO HOSTEL 350 m
JUNIOR TO HOSTEL 350 m

Number of Computers in Each Building

SENIOR 130
JUNIOR 80
ADMIN 160
HOSTEL 50

(b1) Suggest the cable layout of connections between the buildings.

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(b2) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e. building) to house the server of this school, provide a
suitable reason.
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(b3) Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification.
• Repeater
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• Hub/Switch
(b4) The organization also has Inquiry office in another city about 50-60 Km away in Hilly region.
Suggest the suitable transmission media to interconnect to school and Inquiry office out of
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the following .
• Fiber Optic Cable
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• Microwave
• Radio Wave
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11. Ayurveda Training Educational Institute is setting up its centre in Hyderabad with four specialized
departments for Orthopedics, Neurology and Pediatrics along with an administrative office in separate
buildings. The physical distances between these department buildings and the number of computers
to be installed in these departments and administrative office as given as follows. You as a network
expert have to answer the queries as raised by them in (i) to (iv).

Administrative
Block

Orthopaedic
Unit Pediatrics
Unit

Radiology
Unit

Distance between various buildings is given as follows:

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Administrative Office to Orthopaedics Unit 55

Neurology Unit to Administrative Office 30
Orthopaedics Unit to Neurology Unit 70
Pediatrics Unit to Neurology Unit 50
Pediatrics Unit to Administrative Office 40
Pediatrics Unit to Orthopedics Unit 110
Number of Computers installed at the various locations are as follows:
Pediatrics Unit 40
Administrative Office 140
Neurology 50
Orthopaedics Unit 80
(i) Suggest the most suitable location to install the main server of this institution to get efficient
connectivity.
(ii) Suggest the best cable layout for effective network connectivity of the building having server

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with all the other buildings.

within the building out of the following:

• Gateway
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(iii) Suggest the devices to be installed in each of these buildings for connecting computers installed
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• Modem
• Switch
(iv) Suggest the topology of the network and network cable for efficiently connecting each computer
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installed in each of the buildings out of the following:

Topologies : Bus topology, Star Topology
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Network Cable: Single Pair Telephone Cable, Coaxial Cable, Ethernet Cable
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