- Gigabit switches ensures that all
bandwidth requirements are met
- There is extra security from external
threats and from within the LAN with the use of firewalls and ACL’s
on the routers
- Only switches were used, no hubs,
dedicated bandwidth to all hosts on the network
- All the rooms in the school that
have been selected have been outfitted with all equipment so that a
computer room can easily be setup with out extra wiring done.
- Extra equipment bought and stored
means less down time if a network device malfunctions.
- Firewall operating systems is open
source therefore free.
- Only Cat 6 cable used throughout
the LAN:
- Cheap implementation
- Good speed/bandwidth (1000 Mbps)
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Easy to administer and replace as needed |
- Cat 6 UTP is not physically secure
as fibre optic cable is
- There is a bottleneck at the firewalls
as it is the only point of access between the LAN and district network
- Switches will create latency on network.
- Due to all the rooms been outfitted
but not being used, there is a lot of equipment not in use as of yet.
- Due to the purchase of extra equipment
that shall not be used immediately the initial cost of the network was
increased.
- Software Firewall has some disadvantages:
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It requires computer resources
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Success is based on user intervention and
monitoring
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You must understand how to configure the
software properly
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It can be disabled by standard hacking
techniques
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