Question1. Briefly describe five important issues associated with network design.
Question2. Draw a diagram of typical hybrid star-bus network topology.
Question3. Explain a good Network Management System (NMS) Environment and describe the factors which make it good.
Question4. In terms of Hardware Redundancy, make a distinction between the following:
(i) Full v/s Differential back up.
(ii) Raid level 1 v/s Raid level 5.
(iii) Fault-Tolerance v/s Redundancy.
Question5. An organization is planning to connect its networks to Internet. The network is located in a four story building. A web server supporting online sales is also connected to this network.
i. Critically discuss the communication channel which will be appropriate for providing this link to the Internet.
ii. The LANs might be extended using wireless technology. Critically evaluate issues associated with wireless LANs.