Communication issues in determining departmental local area networks requirements

One of the major issues when configuring networks is about the way in which the decision on what kind of a network to install is made. The Electrical Engineering Department at Southern University has recently gone through this process. This paper addresses the related network design issues as a class project simulation of the different network designs. The simulation details the network simulation and the network connectivity issues. A comparison of the various designs is presented and the reason for the choice of the final configuration is also given.