CS 101 Assignment # 4

Cs101 Assignment#4 Solution

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)

• Twisted Pair
• Optic Fiber

Twisted Pair has higher priority than Optic Fiber.

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

• Star network topology will be better in building network in new building.

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

• Tree network topology will be better in building network between two buildings.

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

• Switch
• Bridge
• Router

These are the network devices which 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)

• Interruption
• Low speed
• High cost

Question no.2 Solution

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

• Mesh topology is used in above figure.

(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)

• We convert it into star topology.