Web Start Inc. is hiring you to help them reconfigure their computer network. The company

currently occupies a single floor in a building with 8 offices, each containing a single PC.

Employees share a single network printer and a single file server to store company files. The

company uses a single 12 port switch to connect the office machines, servers, and printer as well

as a single router to connect the companys internal network to the Internet.

The company now wants to expand their business to the second floor of the building that provides

16 more office spaces each equipped with a computer. A second file server and two more network

printers will be added that may be shared by all employees. Each room on the second floor

provides a wall jack for connecting to the network. A network room on the second floor provides

a single patch panel for connecting individual offices. Also, assume that a network bus connects

the patch panel of the first floor with the patch panel on the second floor. No other networking

equipment is available on the second floor.

1. Draw a diagram illustrating the network prior to the expansion, then draw a second

diagram illustrating the new network that meets the requirements specified above. Be

sure that you describe the network devices in your network.

2.

Come up with a cost proposal for each plan using resources on the Internet to determine

the individual network equipment costs. For the proposal, you do not have to consider the

cost of software. Only focus on the cost of networking hardware and patch cables.