Question

A new building is to be constructed for a company and a fast connection between client and server systems within the building should be achieved. As well as the fastest possible connection between the new building and the old building. The new building is also not allowing wireless devices within it for security purposes. What networking components should one consider to achieve what the company wants if a medium sized budgetary constraint was put in place for the new building?

Answer 1

Options:

• Category 6 cable runs for each network device with fiber optic feeds in/out of the buildings.
• Numerous 802.11b wireless access points along with category 5 cable runs between hubs and buildings.  
• Fiber Optic connections to all network device s, e.g. clients and servers.  
• Coaxial cable to all devices on the network with a fiber-optic feed in/out of the office.

Answer:

Category 6 cable runs for each network device with fiber optic feeds in/out of the buildings.

Explanation:

Remember, we are told to consider the fact that the company has a medium-sized budgetary constraint, meaning we should pick an alternative networking component option that is cost-effective and yet serves the same purpose.

Since part of the requirements is that the networking components is a fast connection between client and server systems, a Category 6 (Cat6) cable has the ability to achieve speeds of up to 10 Gbps (Gigabyte per second). Meaning? it can meet the fast connection requirements at a reduced cost.