Bead Bar Network Paper

BEAD BAR NETWORK PAPER

BEAD BAR NETWORK CONSULTANT

6/1/2008

IT-205

CELESTA J. BLAKE

As the Bead Bar’s IT consultant, I Arda Kayayian have several suggestions to develop a high level computer network for this growing enterprise. I will be covering the network topology that best suits the needs of the Bead Bar and accommodate its growth as a company and corporation.

Julia, the chief financial officer spoke with Meredith, and has some ideas of the type of network they are interested in implementing for the Bead Bar. According to Meredith; “…we are leaning toward a wireless network for headquarters. We have nine desktop computers and two notebook computers. Each runs on Windows XP. The desktop computers have USB slots; the notebook computers do not. The computers are located in different rooms. Since we are looking for a wireless network, I would recommend products from LINKSYS. Specifically; the LINKSYS Wireless – N-Gigabit router Wrt310N model. With this router there will be easy access for all employees to access the system and database from multiple locations. The Bead Bar is just beginning to really go global, and before they know if their business will really take off on the World Wide Web they should keep costs at a minimum. Therefore, I believe the Bead Bar should use a bus topology. In a bus topology, all of the devices on a network are connected to a common central cable called a bus or backbone. A backbone is the main portion of a computer network that is capable of carrying the majority of traffic on the network (Malaga, 2005). The backbone is commonly used to connect large networks or companies together. The major advantages of the bus topology are that it is relatively inexpensive and it is easy to add new devices to the network by simply connecting them to the bus. If the main cable fails, however, the entire network will shut down, and it may be difficult to determine why the cable failed. Due to its low cost and simple configuration, the bus topology would be the appropriate choice for the Bead Bar.

I recommend a client/server type of architecture for the Bead Bar. It will help to control that can operate what feature, and will allow organized information from clients to be sent. In networks with client/server