Question

A campus network is a private local area network (LAN) or a collection of linked LANs that

serves a business, government agency, institution, or similar entity. In this sense, a typical

campus consists of a cluster of buildings next to one another. While the end-users on a campus

network may be more geographically distributed than on a single LAN, they are often not as

dispersed as they would be on a wide area network (WAN). Campus networks at colleges and

universities link administrative buildings, housing halls, academic buildings, libraries, student

centers, sporting facilities, and other structures affiliated with the campus within a particular

town or neighborhood. Corporate campus networks link critical departments and staff

members to one another.

You are required to study the networking facility of your Campus and write a report keeping

(but not limited to) the following:

1. Number of labs, library, student/faculty halls and other areas, if any.

2. How they are interconnected w.r.t. Wired or wireless connections or both.

3. How many devices are interconnected, and what is the scalability of the underlying

network.

4. Topology or topologies.

5. A table of hardware and software used for interconnects with their specifications.

6. A graphical/pictorial layout/architecture.

7. Recommendations for improvements.