CS101 Assignment No. 4 Announced

Assignment No. 4

Semester: FALL 2010

CS101 Introduction to Computing

Total Marks: 15

 

Due Date:

January 17, 2011

Q # 1:  Suppose ABC Company have an office in Lahore. It has currently 50 computers. Now, Management is going to buy a new building in front of old building. They want to extend their network between these two buildings with 50 new computers. : 

 

Answer the questions given below in scenario described above. (5 * 2 = 10 Marks)

 

(i)                 If they can afford good budget, which cable will be suitable for networking. (You have to provide two best options. Option 1 has higher priority than Option 2)

 

(ii)               Which network Topology will be better in building network in new building.

 

(iii)             Which network Topology will be better in building network between two buildings.

 

(iv)             Which network device(s) will be used to connect two networks?

       v)  If we use wireless network between two buildings, what will be drawbacks or risks? (you have to describe two points)

 

 

Q # 2: Consider following network Topology and answer the questions given below. (5)

(i)                 Identify type/name of topology used in the figure above?

 

(ii)               If we have to decrease network cost then which type of measure (s) / action (s) we must take. (Remember the figure given above while answering this question)

 

Deadline:

Your assignment must be uploaded on or before January 17, 2011.