A software development company currently has a total of 80 employees in the following departments:
- Software development: 60
- Human resources: 5
- Accounting: 5
- Sales and marketing: 10
The company is growing fast and may add 2 departments and 50 people in the next year. Assume that this is a new company, and it does not have a network. As a network consultant, you are asked to integrate a network solution into the company with the following requirements:
- Recommend the network topology (both logical and physical) for the network. Explain your reasoning.
- Select the types of network devices that are used in the network.
- Create a diagram to show the network topology. You do not need to represent all of the PCs. Two or three PCs will be enough for each department.
- Are there any issues or considerations to integrate your recommendations into the current company's environment? Why or why not?