Users must able freely share and access data

„ Part A: Networking scenario #1

Your company has over 2000 employees and grows at an average rate of 50 employees per month. You have offices at five different locations spread across the United States. You plan to use secure connections established through high-speed Internet connections as your communications backbone between the offices. Network users will need easy access to shared resources, primarily shared files and printers. Security is not an overriding concern.

5. How do security requirements impact your architecture selection?

„ Part B: Networking scenario #2

You need to support 20 users in three locations. There are 5 employees in the Chicago office, 6 in the St. Louis office, and 9 in the Dallas office. Chicago and St. Louis connect to Dallas through dial-up router connections that provide connectivity on an as-needed basis. Each office also connects to the Internet through a high-speed, full-time connection. Security is a primary concern and access to shared resources must be strictly controlled.

1. Which network architectures could support the configuration requirements? Why would you use these and not the other available architecture(s)?