You have been asked by Thrift Towne, a local charity retail organization, to install a network...

 

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You have been asked by Thrift Towne, a local charity retail organization, to install a network in its downtown office. It currently has four PCs, all of which were donated and came with the Windows 7 operating system, a 1 GHz processor, 1 GB of memory, and an 80 GB hard drive. None of the PCs has any network interface card installed. It also has a donated switch with 8-ports and only one very basic printer (the printer does not have any network interface card, so you cannot connect the printer to the network directly, but it can be connected using a USB cable to a computer). Thrift Towne's owners are not very concerned about security because the network will share only staff schedules and inventory information (customers remain anonymous and are not tracked) between its PCs. Thrift Towne uses mostly volunteers to run its stores, and the volunteers are not technical experts, so they are hoping for a solution that doesn't require any complex maintenance. In addition, Thrift Towne doesn't have lots of money to spend on this project. In short, the owners have asked for a simple, inexpensive solution. So: 1. What type of network would you recommend and why? 2 Points 2. What kind of additional equipment (s) would Thrift Towne have to purchase to make your solution work? 2 Points 3. What role (or roles) would you assign to each of the four workstations? 1 Point 4. What will you do so that any workstation can use the printer? 1 Point 5. If, in the future, the company wants to secure its network, then what do they need to do? Describe your answer by drawing a network diagram. Use proper symbols to draw the diagram as discussed in class. You can use the online tool: https://app.diagrams.net/ Any hand-drawn diagram will receive a zero. 4 Points You have been asked by Thrift Towne, a local charity retail organization, to install a network in its downtown office. It currently has four PCs, all of which were donated and came with the Windows 7 operating system, a 1 GHz processor, 1 GB of memory, and an 80 GB hard drive. None of the PCs has any network interface card installed. It also has a donated switch with 8-ports and only one very basic printer (the printer does not have any network interface card, so you cannot connect the printer to the network directly, but it can be connected using a USB cable to a computer). Thrift Towne's owners are not very concerned about security because the network will share only staff schedules and inventory information (customers remain anonymous and are not tracked) between its PCs. Thrift Towne uses mostly volunteers to run its stores, and the volunteers are not technical experts, so they are hoping for a solution that doesn't require any complex maintenance. In addition, Thrift Towne doesn't have lots of money to spend on this project. In short, the owners have asked for a simple, inexpensive solution. So: 1. What type of network would you recommend and why? 2 Points 2. What kind of additional equipment (s) would Thrift Towne have to purchase to make your solution work? 2 Points 3. What role (or roles) would you assign to each of the four workstations? 1 Point 4. What will you do so that any workstation can use the printer? 1 Point 5. If, in the future, the company wants to secure its network, then what do they need to do? Describe your answer by drawing a network diagram. Use proper symbols to draw the diagram as discussed in class. You can use the online tool: https://app.diagrams.net/ Any hand-drawn diagram will receive a zero. 4 Points