User Requirements

• 7 to 10 year projected life
  • 100% WAN growth
  • 1000% LAN growth
• Speed
  • 1 Mbps for workstations
  • 100 Mbps for servers
• TCP/IP and IPX
• Frame Relay for WAN transport
• ISDN for WAN backup connection
• PPP authentication
• 2 LANs per room
  • student/curriculum
  • administrative
• Switched LAN infrastructure
• Classrooms
  • 25 workstations per classroom
  • 4 cable runs per classroom
  • switches located in locable cabinets
• File designation is enterprise or workgroup