The city of Hastings, KY wants to set up a secure WAN to connect all of their government buildings. They also want to provide free and secure wireless access to the residents that live within the downtown city limits (the free wireless access should provide access to the residents of local government services and general Internet access). The city currently uses leased lines through the local phone company to connect the 10 government buildings. They also want to provide access to the schools in the city; 5 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and 2 high schools. The total student population is approximately 9,600. By setting up their own WAN they expect to save at least 50% over the cost of the leased lines that they currently utilize. Below is a map of the city with the government building locations, and the schools. The T1 lines, there is only 1 line that connects the buildings in the sequence shown (blue lines), cost $347 per month per connection (each building has at least 1 connection, some have 2 each in and out is one connection). When you recommend a new solution, consider redundancy/fault tolerance, cost, and suitability for the city. Also, each school is connected to the closest city government building using a leased line that costs the same as the T1 lines ($347 per month).

Determine the following:

1.) What type of media (cable, could be wireless) could the city use to connect the sites. The sites are no more than mile away from each other.

2.) Come up with a price list for the project. Assume that consulting costs are $150 per hour, and installation and configuration costs are $100 per hour. Estimate the number of hours (you will need to guess) that it would take to implement your solution, be very specific on the number of hours for each task, including planning.

3.) Write up your recommendations in report format, with diagrams of the changes and recommendations. Include equipment lists, software upgrades that you recommend, etc.

4.) When recommending equipment for the wireless public network, what type of configuration would you recommend?