Pat’s Engineering Works is a small company that specializes in complex engineeri
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Question
Pat’s Engineering Works is a small company that specializes in complex engineering consulting projects. The projects typically involve one or two engineers who do data-intensive analyses for companies. Because so much data are needed, the projects are stored on the company’s high-capacity server but moved to the engineers’ workstations for analysis. The company is moving into new offices and wants you to design the network. It has a staff of 8 engineers (which is expected to grow to 12 over the next 5 years) plus another 8 management and clerical employees who also need network connections but whose needs are less intense. Design the network (network equipment, cabling, etc.). You need to include a diagram.
Explanation / Answer
The recommended design should be based on the Rock-based collapsed backbone network design or on the VLAN based collapsed backbone network design.