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Nt1310 Unit 3 Lab 8.1

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This is a network proposal to connect six computers and two printers. The purpose of the project is to ensure the six employees can be able to; share files electronically print to both laser printers access each other's calendars and share an Internet connection. Requirements
Network Interface Card
A network interface card is already present in the computers. The purpose of the network card is to enable the computers to connect together using a protocol in order to transfer packets of data. In order to connect the computers, a form of connection is required that links the computers. In this case the form of connection used will be ethernet (Science - Opposing Views, 2014).
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Microsoft Office Professional 2013 contains the drivers and software needed to connect the printers to the computers. Outlook Express software will be required for the purpose of sharing a calendar.
Accessing files
Once one of the computers is properly configured as a file server, users can access the storage by mapping the drives on the respective computers. The file server will be mapped as a drive and users can store, edit and access files directly from the shared storage disk. The disk will be connected to each computer. For example, when a user needs to access any file from the file server, he/she can access the drive that will now be mapped on the every computer (Science - Opposing Views, 2014).
Printing
Once the printers have been configured to the print server. The six computers will be connected to the server through LAN. When a user prints a document, the computer will first connect to the server, after which the server sends the print job to the allocated printer. Each computer will be allocated a printer. One of the printers will be primary, and the second one the secondary.

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