Western Trucking operates a large fleet of trucks that deliver shipments for commercial shippers such as food stores, retailers, and whole- salers. Their main headquarters building and sec- ondary building are shown in Figure 8-10. They want to upgrade to a faster network. Design a new net- work for them, including the specific backbone and LAN technologies to be used. Assume that the main office building is 170 feet by 100 feet in size and that the secondary building is 100 feet by 50 feet. The two buildings are 100 feet apart. 

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Data HI Security Processing Lobby and Customer reception Service Mail L room Main building E1-529 A Fleet Maintenance Dispatch Information Services Human Resources Accounts Payable and Payroll Accounts Receivable Sales and Marketing Agent operations Parking lot Secondary building FIGURE 8-10 Facility map of the Western Trucking headquarters President's office Conference room Intrastate Operations Interstate Operations Data HI Security Processing Lobby and Customer reception Service Mail L room Main building E1-529 A Fleet Maintenance Dispatch Information Services Human Resources Accounts Payable and Payroll Accounts Receivable Sales and Marketing Agent operations Parking lot Secondary building FIGURE 8-10 Facility map of the Western Trucking headquarters President's office Conference room Intrastate Operations Interstate Operations

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To design a new network for Western TruckingI would recommend the following Backbone Technology The backbone network is the highspeed network that connects all of the LANs in the organizationFor a lar... View the full answer