ITFN 1502 Home Assignment 4
Name: _______
10 points each except #4, #5 and #6, which are worth 20, 25 and 25 points
respectively.
1.
a) What is the importance of a network server?
b) What different kinds of netwo
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ITFN 1502 Home Assignment 4
Name: _______
10 points each except #4, #5 and #6, which are worth 20, 25 and 25 points
respectively.
1.
a) What is the importance of a network server?
b) What different kinds of network servers are available?
c) What are the different levels of RAID, and what does each do?
2.
a) What are the main characteristics of a circuit-switched network? What are its
advantages and disadvantages?
b) What are the main characteristics of a datagram packet switched network?
What are its advantages and disadvantages?
c) What are the main characteristics of a virtual circuit packet-switched network?
What are its advantages and disadvantages?
3.
a) What are the main advantages and disadvantages of:
b) What are the differences between RIP and OSPF?
c) What are the basic goals of Dijkstra’s least cost algorithm?
4. Draw a wireless LAN topology with two access points, one LAN, six workstations (3
connected via each access point). Also, include a router from LAN cloud to allow
Internet connectivity. Finally explain the steps that your workstations must
perform within your basic service set (BSS) to get into the Internet including the
protocols to be used at each step. NOTE: You may use any drawing software or
hand draw and include the scanned picture here.
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