\ \ Hands-On Projects u 7. Project 1-1 2" During your career in networking, you will frequently need to interpret net: work drawings, if not create them yourself. Although seasoned networking pro- fessionals use software to help them depict a network, many designs start with a simple sketch. To familiarize yourself wth network components and layout, in this project 01 will draw some simple network diagrams. This project requires only pencil and paper If you need help remembering what each network topology looks like, refer to Figure 1.7. 1, On your sheet of paper, draw a basic bus topology with four computers attached to the backbone, or bus. Label the computers A, B, C, and D. 2. Now imagine thatthe user at computer A needs to open a file on computer D, in a peer- to-peer fashion. What path do you think the data will follow from A to D and then from D to A? Add this path, as a dotted line, to your network diagram, 3. On the opposite side of your paper, using no more than half of a page, draw a star topology with four computers attached to a central connectivity device. Label the works stations E, F, G, and H. 4. Imagine that the user at computer E wants to open a file that is on computer Hs hard disk, in a peer-to-peer fashion. With a dotted line, draw the path you think data would take between these two computers. 5. Now add a printer and a server to your star-topology network drawing. With the addition of a server, you have changed the network from a peer-to-peer network to a client/server ‘network. The printer has become a resource that all the workstation users can share, Configured to provide all necessary services tothe entire star ‘opology network, including print and file services. Now if computer G sends a docs ‘Ment to the printer, what Path do you think the document's data will tal Printer? Draw this path as a dotted line on your network, ' ae te 7 Often, modern networks are not simple star, bus imple star, bus, or ring topologies. Sometimes two or the cana, qhaed networks are connected vin a bus to creas anebon topology. On the same sheet of paper, draw a second star topolony sonore that consists of three workstations, labeled I, J, and K, and is linked tora exert connectivity device. 5, Now draw a line berween the rwo connectivity devices to indica « Now daw ne bres ices to indicate a bus-style connection netwoeh, *f Matbased networks. You have now designed a bros nari topology % Suppose that workstation J wants to print to the fants t0 pri printer you added in Step 5, Using a Ree hts daw the path you think workstation J's documens ata ot ts pei, Remember thatthe server sill controls all print functions tox shan network : 10. OF the three different kinds of networks you worked on in this project, which one do you think would allow for the easiest expansion? 11. Considering the amount of hardware and cabling is wolved, whic! would be least expensive to implement? a eee