Meticulous EduServe is an educational organization. It is planning to setup its India campus at Chennai with its head office at Delhi. The Chennai campus has 4 main buildings - ADMIN, ENGINEERING, BUSINESS and MEDIA.
Block to Block distances (in Mtrs.)
From |
To |
Distance |
ADMIN |
ENGINEERING |
55 m |
ADMIN |
BUSINESS |
90 m |
ADMIN |
MEDIA |
50 m |
ENGINEERING |
BUSINESS |
55 m |
ENGINEERING |
MEDIA |
50 m |
BUSINESS |
MEDIA |
45 m |
DELHI HEAD OFFICE |
CHENNAI CAMPUS |
2175 km |
Number of computers in each of the blocks/Center is as follows:
BLOCK |
NO OF COMPUTERS |
ADMIN |
110 |
ENGINEERING |
75 |
BUSINESS |
40 |
MEDIA |
12 |
DELHI HEAD |
20 |
a) Suggest and draw the cable layout to efficiently connect various blocks of buildings within the CHENNAI campus for connecting the digital devices.
Answer
Answer by student
The network topology that can be used to efficiently connect various blocks of buildings within the Chennai campus for connecting the digital devices is bus topology .
Detailed answer by teachoo
A network topology is the physical arrangement of the cables and devices in a network. A possible topology for a campus network is the bus topology , where all the devices are connected to a single cable, called the bus or backbone. The bus topology has the following benefits:
- It is simple and easy to install
- It requires less cable length and cost
- It allows easy addition and removal of devices
So, the correct answer is bus topology .
