Business Driven Technology
Business Driven Technology
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ISBN: 9781259567322
Author: Paige Baltzan Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Network configuration type for global manufacturing:

  • For the given scenario, the company uses the star topology network configuration.
  • Reasons for choosing star topology:
    • All orders re processed through the central location.
      • The central location shares the production to different plants.
      • Each plant completed its own production and transmitted back to the central location for processes the given order.
    • Hence, using star topology, each computers share data through the central device.
      • Example for central device is hub or switch.

Needed Bandwidth:

  • If the company uses standard “802.3u”, then the bandwidth is 100 Mbps.
  • If the company uses standard “802.3z”, then the bandwidth is 1000 Mbps.
  • If the company uses standard “802.5”, then the bandwidth is 4 Mbps and 16 Mbps.

Data collection:

  • Central repository
    • Gathers data of payroll and accounting from each plant and then transmitted to the given central location...

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