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Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition)

7th Edition

ISBN:9780133594140

Author:James Kurose, Keith Ross

Publisher:James Kurose, Keith Ross

Chapter1: Computer Networks And The Internet

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem R1RQ: What is the difference between a host and an end system? List several different types of end...

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Passing Lane is a small trucking company in Portland, Oregon. Passing Lane’s information system consists of file servers and workstations in a bus network where freight clerks enter data, track shipments, and prepare freight bills. To perform their work, the clerks obtain data from file servers and use database and spreadsheet programs running on their local PCs to process the data.

At a meeting yesterday, a vendor recommended upgrading the servers to handle a relational database, using a thin client design, and reconfigure the network to a star network with a proxy server to better manage operations with internet links to/from the company’s shippers and customers.

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1. What would be the advantages of implementing the vendor’s recommendations? Are there any disadvantages?

2. Since the firm is expecting to rapidly grow, what other architecture alternative should Passing Lane consider to ensure the new system can grow with the company? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this other alternative?

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