{"id":846,"date":"2025-04-20T21:40:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T21:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/epres010\/?p=846"},"modified":"2025-04-20T21:51:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T21:51:06","slug":"it-315-hands-on-exercise-4-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/epres010\/2025\/04\/20\/it-315-hands-on-exercise-4-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"IT 315 &#8211; Hands-On Exercise 4 Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Discuss your approach to designing the network for Hands on #4. In separate paragraphs with questions listed provide answers to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>(1) How does the topology of the network cabling influence how the rooms will be interconnected?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>(2) What is the topology of your network?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>(3) Of the switches in your budget, which switches are &#8220;core&#8221; and which are &#8220;workgroup&#8221;?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">Approach: My approach for Hands-On Exercise #4 has two general aspects. The first is to focus on all the necessary materials for finishing the cabling throughout Constant Hall. I&#8217;m focusing on having there be just enough or a little bit extra with the materials for a fitting price. The second aspect is to make sure that the switches have the appropriate specifications to handle the traffic for the network. This is to ensure that there are both proper connection and data flow.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"user_content enhanced\" data-resource-type=\"discussion_topic.reply\" data-resource-id=\"2439763\" style=\"position: relative;min-height: 5px;max-width: 100%\"><strong>(1) How does the topology of the network cabling influence how the rooms will be interconnected?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"user_content enhanced\" data-resource-type=\"discussion_topic.reply\" data-resource-id=\"2439763\" style=\"position: relative;min-height: 5px;max-width: 100%\">The most significant aspects of how topologies influence the interconnectedness of rooms is data flow and the layout of the devices. Because there is a range in how little or how much data is moving at one point, a topology needs to be both simple enough to where there is not excessive space for traffic, but also complex enough to manage all different forms of traffic without significant issue. The more complex the physical layout of a location, the more complex the topology needs to be to account for it. Furthermore, depending on the number of devices like routers, servers, computers, and outlets, they are large factors in how many switches and necessary cabling are needed to connect everything.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"user_content enhanced\" data-resource-type=\"discussion_topic.reply\" data-resource-id=\"2439763\" style=\"position: relative;min-height: 5px;max-width: 100%\"><strong>(2) What is the topology of your network?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"user_content enhanced\" data-resource-type=\"discussion_topic.reply\" data-resource-id=\"2439763\" style=\"position: relative;min-height: 5px;max-width: 100%\">The topology I\u2019ll be using for my network is an extended star topology. This is due to the requirement of having both a \u201ccore\u201d and \u201cworkgroup\u201d switches that need to connect across the entire building. It also helps to retain connectivity by having the switches connect both with the \u201ccore\u201d switch and each other, so if a \u201cworkgroup\u201d switch fails, the network can still function. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"user_content enhanced\" data-resource-type=\"discussion_topic.reply\" data-resource-id=\"2439763\" style=\"position: relative;min-height: 5px;max-width: 100%\"><strong>(3) Of the switches in your budget, which switches are &#8220;core&#8221; and which are &#8220;workgroup&#8221;?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"user_content enhanced\" data-resource-type=\"discussion_topic.reply\" data-resource-id=\"2439763\" style=\"position: relative;min-height: 5px;max-width: 100%\">The \u201ccore\u201d switch for my network is the S3900-48T6S-R switch with 6 SFP ports and the \u201cworkgroup\u201d switches will be the S2805S-48T4S<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>switch. With these switches, I will have flexibility when it comes to the interconnectedness of my network. However, while these are the initial choices, I may end up changing them if another option appears or if I need a better \u201ccore\u201d or \u201cworkgroup\u201d switch for my diagram.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-1vx9cwx-view--block\" style=\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;max-width: 100%;overflow: visible;font-size: 16px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discuss your approach to designing the network for Hands on #4. In separate paragraphs with questions listed provide answers to: Approach: My approach for Hands-On Exercise #4 has two general aspects. The first is to focus on all the necessary materials for finishing the cabling throughout Constant Hall. I&#8217;m focusing on having there be just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/epres010\/2025\/04\/20\/it-315-hands-on-exercise-4-discussion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IT 315 &#8211; Hands-On Exercise 4 Discussion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24915,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/epres010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/epres010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/epres010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/epres010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24915"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/epres010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/epres010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":854,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/epres010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions\/854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/epres010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/epres010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/epres010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}