Network Consultant

Network Consultant

58. You have been contracted to build a network for a multimedia development firm that currently uses a 10-Mbps Ethernet network. The company requires a high-bandwidth network for the multimedia team, which constantly views and manipulates large files across the network. The company is expecting moderate growth. You are to come up with a solution to support the high-band width applications and growth potential of this company.

Required result:

? Increase network bandwidth.

Optional result:

? Support future growth.

? Improve server response time.

Proposed solution:

? Install CAT 5 UTP cable in a star topology with the existing hub.

? Upgrade the workstation’s adapter cards to support 100 Mbps.

? Increase the amount of RAM in the server.

The proposed solution ___________.

A. achieves the required result and both optional results

B. does not achieve the required result but achieves both the optional results

C. does not achieve the required result but does achieve one of the optional results

D. achieves the required result but cannot achieve either of the optional results

E. achieves neither the required result nor either of the optional results

  I chose E for the answer to this problem. I do not think that the proposed changes would affect the overall speed of the network. The CAT 5 UTP cable and the 100 Mbps adapter cards for the workstations allow for future growth, and maybe improved bandwidth in the future, but a network hub or switch is needed to control the flow of the data and to avoid collisions. Also, the physical layout of the network is not stated, and the CAT5 cable is only good for 100m, so it is good for connecting the workstations to the horizontal cable, but it’s the server connection to the hub or bridge, and then the connection from the hub to that horizontal cable (the workstations) that is important. The extra RAM in the server will help, once the whole connection from server to workstation is...