Drew Tadgerson Networking Concepts & Apps Week4 Ilab Office Network Expansion MIS589 February 3, 2013 Shaun

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The server load was affected by the increase in the demand or base load placed upon the network. This led to slow pings, increased network traffic, and a lot more collision domains. The network load was severely affected because on the increase in demand within the network. The network was also affected because of the addition of more nodes on the network the traffic is doubled. I would highly recommend the use of Network Load Balancing which scales the performance of a server-based programs and it also helps to evenly distribute the load and traffic through the network. Server load balancing should also be put into place into order to lighten the load that is on the servers. Strategic planning expansion should also be practiced because it is nice to come prepared for the worst instead of just crossing your fingers. I would setup the first server followed by the 30 nodes that I connected to the switch I then put a load onto the network and ran my tests, making sure that the results were positive. Next I would add an expansion onto the network so I added another switch and connected 15 nodes to that. Finally, I would re-run the networks test at which led to the increase in nodes which would put a much higher strain on the network and the server load in general. This looks all good on paper but unfortunately I was unable to complete all the steps. The creation of the network is a little more complicated and required much more practice than I expected.

References: Business Data Communications and Networking 10th Edition by Fitzgerald and Dennis 2009, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.