Your organization opened seven new branch offices in five states. Each branch office has five floors. All of
the branch offices use the same Internet domain name. The organization has approximately 25 servers
and anticipates that an additional 30 servers should be purchased. The organization is planning to provide
network services for about 5,000 users. All users require access to the Internet. Certain resources, such
as printing and file sharing, will be centralized.
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Complete the following for this assignment:
Perform the following tasks:
Estimate the quantity of connectivity devices (routers, switches, and so on) that will be needed to link all of
the branches.
Provide your rationale for choosing each device
Using Visio, provide a network design (a diagram or diagrams) that shows interconnectivity among the
branches.
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