... connection between the server and the annexe so that data and Internet access would be available to the users located within the annexe. This would be done with fibre-optic cabling and using a bridge to inter-connect the two LANs that I will create. (1 in the main building and the other in the annexe.) With the fibre optic connection in mind, I must make sure that the bridge and hubs for the annexe have fibre optic capabilities otherwise the connection would fail. The main advantages of the star topology that I have chosen are that it is easy to install and wire up, if one of the computers on network fail it will not bring the whole network down with it and finally it would be easy to add more computers to the network provided that there is enough room to accommodate them. There are a couple of possible flaws ...

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