CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS :
Ayurveda Training Educational Institute is setting up its center in Hyderabad with three specialized departments for Orthopedics, Neurology, and Pediatrics along with an Administrative office in separate buildings. The physical distances between these department buildings and the number of computers to be installed in these departments and administrative office are given as follows. You, as a network expert, have to answer the queries as raised by them in (i) to (iv).
Shortest distances between various locations in meters:
| Administrative Office to Orthopedics Unit |
55 |
| Neurology Unit to Administrative Office |
30 |
| Orthopedics Unit to Neurology Unit |
70 |
| Pediatrics Unit to Neurology Unit |
50 |
| Pediatrics Unit to Administrative Office |
40 |
| Pediatrics Unit to Orthopedics Unit |
110 |
Number of Computers installed at various locations are as follows :
| Pediatrics Unit |
40 |
| Administrative Office |
140 |
| Neurology Unit |
50 |
| Orthopedics Unit |
80 |
(i) Suggest the most suitable location to install the main server of this institution to get efficient connectivity.
(ii) Suggest the best cable layout for effective network connectivity of the building having server with all the other buildings.
(iii) Suggest the devices to be installed in each of these buildings for connecting computers installed within the building out of the following:
(iv) Suggest the topology of the network and network cable for efficiently connecting each computer installed in each of the buildings out of the following:
Topologies: Bus Topology, Star Topology
Network Cable: Single Pair Telephone Cable, Coaxial Cable, Ethernet Cable.
