#NETWORKING PROJECTS LIST SOFTWARE#

Cat 6e cabling will be utilized throughout the buildings to provide the fastest speed of data transmission available. There will be running, on average, 14 runs of Category 6 Ethernet connecting each room to the MDF or IDF in that building. We will use 12 strand out to the internet and 6 strand between buildings. From our MDF to each IDF, we will use multimode duplex fiber. We will be using duplex fiber because while single fibers can be used to send and receive information, duplex fiber is much more efficient. We chose this because single mode fiber has a smaller diameter and thus the light cannot bounce back and forth off the sides. We will use single mode duplex fiber to connect our MDF to the world. Fiber will link the MDF, in the Art/Music Room building, with the IDF’s in the other buildings. We will start with the private fiber uplink line coming into the building. The first item we considered was the cabling. Each building must be networked within the building and between the buildings to enable students, staff, and administrators the ability to communicate both internally and externally. The buildings included in this project were the Library/Classroom building (two floors), the Multipurpose Room building, and the Art/Music Room building. This building project includes three buildings as part of a larger campus. The Network Design Plan for Bel Aire Elementary presented an interesting challenge. By networking the building, the design team has provided shared access to equipment such as printers, scanners, and other hardware. It must be able to provide for the various needs of all who utilize it, for all the various purposes that might be demanded of it, from accessing student information and collaborative learning to virtual field trips, podcasting, student productions, guest speakers and shared scheduling.

#NETWORKING PROJECTS LIST SOFTWARE#

This network design must also support the software needs of the regular classroom teachers, Art, and Music. As elementary schools utilize more and more media-rich content, a network that can support large amounts of data transmission seems prudent and necessary.

We recognize that the stakeholders desire the most robust, flexible, reliable, and fastest networking that money can buy.

In designing the appropriate network for Bel Aire Elementary School, the design team of Hall, Morgan, and McGaw considered the current and potential future needs of the students, staff, and administration utilizing the school buildings.

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