I have recently been hired by the Communications Advisory Agency, CAA and have been asked to examine the current system used by A.A Builders and advise them on their LAN requirements.

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Introduction

Aim

I have recently been hired by the Communications Advisory Agency, CAA and have been asked to examine the current system used by A.A Builders and advise them on their LAN requirements.

A.A Builders is a company, that designs/manufactures and sell household fixings and furniture. They have a number of sites situated across the country and a main headquarter on the outskirts of the city.

This report contains a suitable network system designed for A.A. Builders to suit their present and future needs.

This report is based upon my recommendations and will be discussed when the advisory teams meet to finalise the situation and make recommendations.

Overview of the present scenario

The A.A Builders main site covers 16 acres of land, and has some PCs on the site, as well as a mainframe. The mainframe runs the database for stock control, and is very limited and not connected to a network.

On the same site there is a an Office Block, which accommodates 40 people with a variety of admin duties, such as, Accounts, Typing Centre, Pay Department, and Credit Control.

The Executive block is also on