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Building No. of Computers
Main 150

Admin 75

Finance 50
Academic 60

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 1
university,

(c) Suggest the placement of following devices with justification: 1

1. Switch/Hub
2. Repeater 1

(d) Suggest the technology out of the following for setting-up very fast Internet
connectivity among buildings of the university 1

1. Optical Fibre
2. Coaxial cable

3. Ethernet Cable

Ans (a) Star topology

(1 mark for drawing correct layout)

(b) Server should be placed at Main Building as it has the maximum number of
computers.

(1 mark for correct answer)
(c) Hub/Switch each would be needed in all the buildings to interconnect the group

of cables from the different computers in each building

A repeater needs to be placed along the wire between main building & finance
building as the distance between them is more than 70 mtr.

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