LAN Operating Systems Scenarios

Read the three scenarios below and answer the questions that follow each scenario.

1. You are the network administrator for a new company that has 10 users and that plans to add 5 more users within a year. The files need to be accessed by all 10 users, and each user must have different security rights.

What kind of network would you install? How would the pieces and components of this network relate to each other? Define each component.
1.2. I would install a client/server network on a local area network (LAN). Every computer connected to the network would have a network interface card (NIC) and through the use of Ethernet cables, connect to the company server. Users would be able to store files and share company resources through the server. Implementing a Windows based operating system on the server will allow for the network administrator to assign different security rights and privileges to different users. I think that for this particular situation I would set up an extended star network. I would choose this one because the business is relatively small and plans to grow, this type of network setup is very easy to add users onto and also still provides the access restriction needed for lower level employees and the ease of access for higher level employees without them being able to see what the other is able to access. “As the name implies, this topology is a star of stars. A central device, usually a switch, sits in the middle. Instead of attached computers forming the star’s arms, other switches (or hubs) are connected to the central switch’s ports. Computers and peripherals are then attached to these switches or hubs, forming additional stars. The extended star is sometimes referred to as a “hierarchical star” because there are two or more layers of stars, all connecting back to the central star (Tomsho, 2011).” I