ns of data called packets. Protocols make logical connections between network applications, d! direct movement through the physical network, and minimize the possibility of collisions betweenpackets sent at the same time. Network hardware is made up of the physical components thatconnect computers. Two important components that will carry the computers signals will bewires or fiber-optic cables, and the network adapter, which will access the physical media thatlinks the computers, receives packets from the network software, and transmits instructions andrequests to other computers. Transmitted information is in the form of binary digits, or bits whichthe electronic circuitry can process. The new local area network (LAN) that we are proposing to design will only be a one volumeserver. The directory structure for this server will go as follows: There will be a system directorywhere the queue holds and services the print jobs prior to being printed. A login will beestablished to activate and open a session to the Network Operating System for a user. TheDOS applications available to the public will be Word Perfect, Excel, Power Point, and Lotus1-2-3. A mail directory will be created for users to be able to send e-mail and also retrieve it. The users of this directory structure will be focused around the faculty which will be Heinrichs,Perry, Banerjee, Clapper, and Carland. The faculty will have the rights to the classes that aretaught here at Western Carolina University. These classes will also be used by the students of theComputer Information Systems program. The applications that will be used by the students andfaculty of CIS will be Salsa, CO! BOL, Visual Basic, Database applications, Basic, and Visual/IFPS Plus. In these courses facultycan assign programs or assignments to the students and all they have to do is go to theappropriate class that they are in and get the homework that is do for that certain class. The medium us...
