Problem
Maggie's Electronics is a manufacturing firm that has recently undergone some expansion. Originally, they had one location with 2 buildings: 1 office building and a manufacturing plant but since have added another location. The original location of the company is in Dallas with 150 computers in the office building and 50 computers in the plant. The new location is in Phoenix with one office building that will house 75 computers. Currently, Dallas is running 10BaseT within each building. The networks at this location are heavily overloaded. In Phoenix, there is no network installed at this time; the building is an older structure and did not come with any network infrastructure. There is currently no network connection between the buildings in Dallas, but this is one objective in building the new network. There is also no WAN connection between Dallas and Phoenix, but this is another objective of the company.
A. What network devices do you recommend the company use to connect the LANs within the buildings?
B. What type of WAN connection should the company use to connect its two locations?