Question

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Networks
Use a pencil and paper or a computer-based drawing program, and diagram the LAN (local area network) described below. You will read and analyze the description below and then draw your LAN based on the description. Upon completion of your drawing, you will discuss how to change the LAN into a WAN.

Scenario: A small photocopying business

Elements your LAN must include:

Four computers: These computers connect to a network server and are for the public to use to upload their files.
Photocopy machine: This server is connected to the business's high-capacity networked photocopy machine, which works like a regular industrial/business copy machine, but also takes "orders" from the network server.
One employee business computer: This computer is connected to the network server for files that need to be sent digitally to the high-capacity photocopy machine.
One employee internal computer: This computer is for interoffice communication and business functions such as accounting. This computer is connected to an applications server that houses the business's application software, including its word processor, accounting software, and so on.
One server for Internet orders: This server copies orders that come in from other businesses via the Internet. Customers submit their orders via an Internet application that submits the file and sends the requests directly to the business to be retrieved by the copy machine operator (orders go directly from that server to the copy machine, which has its own monitor and displays jobs from customers in the shop and jobs from the Internet that are waiting to be processed).
Your diagram must show the computers, the connection from the computers to the network, and the network servers. You may use a simple rectangle shape to represent each computer and the other components, but please label the shapes. Use straight lines to represent the wires (connections) and network servers.

At the bottom of the drawing, include a two- to four-sentence description of what could be changed to make this LAN a WAN.

Answer 1

To convert the LAN into a WAN, the following changes could be made:

A WAN connection would need to be established between the LAN and other remote locations using technologies such as leased lines, satellite links, or the internet.

The LAN's central server would become the WAN's central hub, allowing communication and data sharing between different locations of the business.

Additional networking devices such as routers, switches, and hubs may be required to connect the LAN to the WAN and provide connectivity between different locations.

The WAN may require additional security measures, such as firewalls and virtual private networks (VPNs), to ensure that data remains secure during transmission over the wide area network.

The WAN may also require additional bandwidth and higher-capacity network components to support the increased data traffic and larger number of users across multiple locations.