NTC/362
June 8, 2015
Professor Fernando Casafranca
Kudler Fine Foods Specialty food store, Kudler Fine Foods is a provider of domestic and imported foods. Located in the San Diego area, Kudler Fine Foods now has three locations. The original location was opened in La Jolla, and within three years two additional locations opened, second location in Del Mar and later the third in Encinitas. Each store has approximately 8,000 square feet of retail space located in a fashionable shopping center (UoP, 2011). With its recent growth, Kudler Fine Foods (KFF) has a need to be able to communicate readily between the three locations and would like to do so using current technology. Currently each location has a DSL connection …show more content…
With some types of WAN interfaces, an external device such as a modem (Analog, Cable, or DSL) will be required to connect the router to the local point of presence (POP) of the service provider (orbit-computer-solutions.com, 2013). A core router is a router within the middle point of the WAN rather than at either end. The core router will be able to support multiple interfaces of the highest speed in use in the WAN core, and will have the ability to forward IP packets at the highest possible speeds throughout the system (orbit-computer-solutions.com, …show more content…
Wireless technology has grown to include additional communication media such as satellite communication connections and infrared laser communication. Within the wireless technology is the Local Area Networks. When a wireless hub or router is employed, the LAN can become a WLAN. The definition of a LAN is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area. LAN’s are prevalent in an office setting, schools, and within a home. A LAN is in contrast with a WAN or Wide Area Network, due to its limited area of coverage. A WAN is a computer network that covers a much larger area, such as a metropolitan area. KFF’s new WAN will employ leased lines to connect the network of computers. Businesses often use WANs to relay data between employees, customers and suppliers regardless of geographical location. Many businesses use the Internet as the backbone for their