You are designing a network for a retail customer; they plan to have 5 locations initially with the main store acting as the warehousing depot. Within the next year they are planning to expand to another 3 locations. All locations will be located in Ontario.
Within each store there will be 3 main requirements, Internet access via the central warehouse, inventory control and point of sale. Each retail store will have 8-10 employees at most.
- What type of network design would you propose? Why? Provide a network diagram showing the proposed topology.
- What bandwidth would you recommend at each location? Why? Explain
- What routing protocol would you recommend for this network? Explain the reasons for your selection; refer to the specific features of the protocols that influenced your selection.