Question

MakeInIndia Corporation, a Uttarakhand-based IT training company, is planning to set up training centres in various cities in the next 2 years. Their first campus is coming up in the Kashipur district. At the Kashipur campus, they are planning to have 3 different blocks for App development, Web designing, and Movie editing. Each block has a number of computers, which are required to be connected to a network for communication, data, and resource sharing. As a network consultant of this company, you have to suggest the best network-related solutions for the issues/problems raised in questions keeping in mind the distances between various blocks/locations and other given parameters.

Distance between various blocks/locations:

Block	Distance
App development to Web Designing	28 m
App development to Movie Editing	55 m
Web designing to Movie Editing	32 m
Kashipur Campus to Mussoorie Campus	232 km

Number of computers

Block	Number of Computers
App development	75
Web Designing	50
Movie editing	80

1. Suggest the most appropriate block/location to house the SERVER in the Kashipur campus (out of the 3 blocks) to get the best and most effective connectivity. Justify your answer.
2. Suggest a device/software be installed in the Kashipur Campus to take care of data security.
3. Suggest the best-wired medium and draw the cable layout (Block to Block) to economically connect various blocks within the Kashipur Campus.
4. Suggest the placement of the following devices with appropriate reasons:
   a. Switch/Hub
   b. Repeater
5. Suggest a protocol that shall be needed to provide a Video Conferencing solution between Kashipur Campus and Mussoorie Campus.

Answer 1

1. The movie editing block is the most appropriate to house the server as it has the maximum number of computers.
2. Firewall
3. Ethernet Cable
   Layout:
   
4. The switch/hub will be placed in all blocks to have connectivity within the block. 
   The repeater is not required between the blocks as the distances are less than 100 mts.
5. Protocol: VoIP