THOUGHT QUESTIONS

1. Which Web site had most of the media listed above?

I honestly used Amazon and Ebay for them, and cross referenced price. On both you could find new and used routers. Depending on shipping, your cost might go up. Unless you are an Amazon Prime member then you only pay the annual cost for that and get upgrades in shipping included in your membership.

2. Were there a variety of Cisco routers/switches for you to choose from? Why?

There was a variety. There were still g routers out there and to be honest, I don’t know why. They are old tech and n routers are the way to right now. Maybe older systems can’t see n routers? Either way, there are tons of n routers out there to choose from. Why Cisco? In my experience as technician for Comcast I have seen the frailties of other companies’ hardware. Rarely do I have to trouble shoot the customers router, they are that good and stable.

3. Do hardware purchases or salaries for IT workers demand a greater share of the total cost of ownership for an IT infrastructure at a typical medium-sized company? Why?
I believe the answer should be yes. As technology grows, as it’s done exponentially in the past 2 decades, having proper IT service can make or break a company doing business that involves any sort of communication via a network. When problems arise, or new equipment is added, it has to be setup and running in a way that benefits the company and workers ASAP.

4. Is it less expensive for companies to install wired or wireless networks? Why?
It is less expensive to run wirelessly, and that is if you break down the amount of users. Depending on the size of the wired network, you are limited to whatever is plugged in. If your wireless router is connected you can have as many connections as you want, but will be limited on speed as users increase. Wire is always more expensive to run if not