Question 5

Produce a design of your school’s computer

network.

By Sabby
 PC PC PC PC

HUB Printer
PC Cleeland Site

PC PC PC PC

Dandenong High

Fibre optic cable

Switch connecting D.H.S to
Cleeland.

Internet

File Print
Serve Serve
r r Wireless Router
 Question 6

Choose 1 of transmission media

and make a presentation.
 Fibre optic cabling
• Fibre optic is by far the least common of the three types of cabling. Fibre
optic cabling is usually found where long cable lengths are required, where
extremely high speed is desired (at extremely high cost), or where there are
many environmental difficulties.
• Traditional copper-based cables such as twisted pair or coaxial cables are
very susceptible to radiation and other environmental difficulties.
• Fibre optic cable is much less susceptible to these environmental difficulties
because it uses light signals rather than electrical signals.
• Light signals offer much more protection from environmental interferences
than electrical signals.
• Fibre optic is used when long lengths of cable are required because it is able
to sustain longer distances without environmental interruption.
•  Each segment of fibre optic cable must be connected at each end with a
special fibre optic connector. 
• As shown in the Figure below, a fibre optic network is configured in a ring
topology. In the event that the fibre optic cable is cut or broken, the network
will cease to operate. (Most fibre optic installations actually include two rings
in order to provide redundancy and fault tolerance.)
 Question 7
• Compatibility of components – The compatibility of components are very
important because using incompatible equipment may stop working after
while or may damage other equipment also.
• Bandwidth – The bandwidth is also very important because if the bandwidth
is not enough for the network then the application will open slowly taking
more time and will also affect the efficiency of the network.
• Ability to produce required information – If the required information is not
produced then the network will be of no use and will not effective to produce
a required solution.
• Cost – Budget is also to be kept in mind when purchasing or selecting
network hardware and software.
• Need to secure confidential information – Security is another main issue
while building a new network. The information sent over the network should
be secure and should not be read by other than the owner of the content.
• Ability to fulfil required functions – If the network is not well efficient and is
not producing solution to the problems it’s been made to produce then it no
longer efficient and effective.
 Question 8
• TCP/IP, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol,
is the most common protocol used today; it’s the protocol
upon which the Internet is built. TCP/IP was originally
designed in the 1970's to be used by the Defence
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the
Department of Defence (DOD) to connect systems
across the country. A requirement of this design was for
the ability to cope with bad network conditions. An
advantage of TCP/IP is that it is routable or can be
passed beyond a router. A router is a network device
that connects two or more networks together. The router
that all traffic it allows to cross is destined for the network
on the other side of the network prior to allowing it to
cross. TCP/IP’s largest disadvantage is that it requires
quite a bit of configuration prior to use.
 Question 8 (cont)
• IPX/SPX, Internet work Packet
Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange,
is the protocol most commonly used with
Novell Netware. IPX/SPX is a very fast
and highly established protocol, but is not
used on the Internet. Novell developed
IPX/SPX for use in Netware. Like TCP/IP,
IPX/SPX is routable and requires some
configuration, though nowhere near as
much as TCP/IP.
 Question 8 (cont)
• NetBEUI, NetBIOS Extended User
Interface, is a transport protocol that is
commonly found in smaller networks.
NetBEUI is an extremely quick protocol
with very little overhead that was first
implemented with LAN Manager products.
NetBEUI is not routable and requires little
configuration, if any at all.
 Question 9
Operating system Manufacturer Architecture
Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft 64 BIT
server
Mac OS X Apple Inc. 64 BIT
Netware 5.0 Novell 64 BIT

Digital UNIX Compaq 64 BIT

AIX NIX IBM 64 BIT

Solaris 3.5 UNIX Sunsoft 32/64 BIT

FreeBSD 3.2 Wind river 32/64 BIT

 Question 10
• Hub – Provides common connection for devices in
a network.
• Switches – Joins multiple computer and server
together at a low level networking protocol layer.
• Router – It joins two network together at a given
protocol layer.
• Fibre optic links – Transfer information by
converting electrical signals to light signals.
• Proxy server – It filters what is allowed into the
network.