Asked to design a LAN for a very successful CPA firm with five departments in one building and a total of 560 employees. Currently, the firm has no networked computers, and it is open to any suggestions your team can offer. The firm does have a few requirements:
•It wants to make sure that it can easily expand its LAN in the future without exorbitant costs and moving a lot of equipment.
•Every department must have very fast access to the LAN.
•The LAN must remain up at all times.
•Must use Windows XP operating system.
As a team, determine what kind of LAN will your team design for this company.
Deliverable Instructions:
•Devise and prepare a 5-6 page proposal.
•Use your group discussion board or group virtual classroom to discuss the approach your team will take.
•create a 1 page executive summary to summarize your design, and 3 to 5 page paper with diagrams about the detailed network design.
•Put them into one Word document.