Wireless Network Advantages And Disadvantages

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The network can be linked from the new building to the existing building by having either fiber or couple of copper wire (twisted pair cable) provided that the new building has installed the switch to actually connect the network. The copper wire that be previously mention is either CAT5 or CAT5e type or any other version. A wireless connection also can be used to link the network. Thus the matter of question here is to which one to be use to link the network. The scenario that be given is there is an old building and a new building and we want to link the network from old to new. Thus, the answer either using fiber optic, copper wired (twisted pair cable) or wireless connection. To discuss further which one to use, there is a few factors that need to be considered when choosing the appropriate cable namely, size, cost, reliability, speed, and electrical interference. From the cost aspect, there is no budget constraint stated in the scenario. If there is no limit to cost, so the fiber optic is the one to be chosen. There are a few advantages of using fiber optic. First, the fiber optic is immune to electromagnetic interference. Meaning, there is no possibility of crosstalk to happen when using fiber optic. Even the thunderous weather will not affect the transmission rate of the fiber optic. Next advantage is the distance capability. Assuming both building situated maybe 200 or 300 meter from each other. According to (ecmag.com, 2000), Cat 5 (or enhanced Cat 5 or Cat 6) has a 90-meter distance limitation, which equals 295 feet. That includes the length of the cable running up and down walls to avoid HVAC systems, fluorescent lights, electrical cables, etc. While for fiber optic, the distance can be up to 2km or more. But if the di...

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...he router is connected to the print server and through all 50 PCs directly or wirelessly, they can use the printer and the printer will only print from its respected level. The switch will also connect to the wireless access point (WAP) through the wireless router. Then, the wireless network will act as a backup to connect to the internet when there is a problem with the Ethernet cable of the PCs. Thus, approximately 50 PCs will connect using cable and every PC will have a wireless adapter to allow it to connect wirelessly to the internet if there is problem in the Ethernet cable. The layout is the same for all level. All the routers from each level will connect to the server room in level 2 by using cable rather than wireless. All of the level will be linked together by a central router on level 2 and then connect to the modem and finally to the internet.

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