Question

1. Structured Cabling is defined as building or campus telecommunications cabling infrastructure that consists of a number of standardized smaller elements (hence structured) called subsystems.

With the aid of detailed and fully labelled diagrams, describe how you would use the principles of structured cabling to setup a professional computer network for the user who posted their request online (…see below).

We have a small three-story building. My husband is a small-business owner. We have decided to network all three floors of this building. We still don't know how to network all three floors of the main office…

We are going to set up a small wired networks (LAN, Fast Ethernet) in each floor. There are 8 PCs and a printer on the first floor. There are 4 PCs and a printer on the second floor. There are 2 PCs and a printer on the top floor.

We still don't know how to network all three floors of this building...??? We are thinking of Power-line, Phone-line Networking, however they are still slower than Fast Ethernet, aren't they???
We don't mind for running cables across the floor between computer in the same room.
We have to hire a professional and install the Cat 5 cabling in the walls of the main office, and connect the cable to special RJ-45 wall boxes, haven't we...?

I don't know what to do any more... Please tell us the way to network all three floor of this small building, if you know the best! If somebody else here knows the price to install cables in a small building, please tell us approximately. Based on your information, we will budget again for hiring a professional.

That's why I am asking you guys here about our building before we actually hire a cable installer.
Am I right or wrong...? Would you please check them together with me.

   1. There 8 PCs and a printer on the first floor.

I connect 3 desktop computers, a printer to a switch.?@?@I connect this switch to a router.?@?@Then I plug a Wireless Access Point like Linksys (BEFW11S4) 802.11b Wireless Access Point for 5 laptop computers into a router.?@?@Finally I connect this router to ISP provided broadband modem, which let our LAN connect to Internet.

I will have several computers hooked together on a Fast Ethernet network and want to add a wireless hotspot to the mix.?@?@It will be nice to have laptop computers for 5 marketing personnel, I think.

2. There are 4 PCs on the second floor.
I connect a server, 4 PCs and a printer to a switch. Then I connect this switch to a router. And then I connect this router to a modem, which connect our LAN to Internet.

3. There are 2 PCs on the top floor

Simply, I connect 2 desktop computers and a printer to a switch. Then I connect this switch to a router, and then I connect this router to ISP provided broadband Modem which connect to Internet.
What do you think...?

Answer 1

Solution ::

Let me explain the below scenario one by one:

A common solution: Use one WLC(Wireless Link Control) and 3 Access Points for each floor, to make every thing wireless.

Case 1:

1. There 8 PCs and a printer on the first floor.

I connect 3 desktop computers, a printer to a switch.?@?@I connect this switch to a router.?@?@Then I plug a Wireless Access Point like Linksys (BEFW11S4) 802.11b Wireless Access Point for 5 laptop computers into a router.?@?@Finally I connect this router to ISP provided broadband modem, which let our LAN connect to Internet.

I will have several computers hooked together on a Fast Ethernet network and want to add a wireless hotspot to the mix.?@?@It will be nice to have laptop computers for 5 marketing personnel, I think.

Answer: If you are willing to connect desktops and printer to switch then it is fine and then connect it to router and then ISP link.

For the next section of your suggestion as the multiple system needs to be hooked wirelessly for buiseness setup WLC and APs are very good.

2. There are 4 PCs on the second floor.
I connect a server, 4 PCs and a printer to a switch. Then I connect this switch to a router. And then I connect this router to a modem, which connect our LAN to Internet.

Answer: This set up seems good but if you are also willing to make a client- server model in this then you can make server as primary and other clients as slave with the help of network expert, rest setup is ok.

3. There are 2 PCs on the top floor

Simply, I connect 2 desktop computers and a printer to a switch. Then I connect this switch to a router, and then I connect this router to ISP provided broadband Modem which connect to Internet.

Answer: This setup is looking good.

Finally the conclusion is that you can also manage these setup with one central system as making middle floor as primary and rest secondary you can use one multi-port switch and connect each desktop with that (large Cabling cost incured in this ), and for wireless you can setup one WLC and multiple APs based on your requirement.

Thank you::::