peg@necis.UUCP (Peggy Mancuso) (06/20/91)
Hello, I am a candidate for a graduate degree from Lesley College in
Management. Part of the requirement for degree is completion of a
research project. I would like to ask you to complete the
following questionnaire on local area networks. As a novice to Lan's,
this is a basic study on how Lan's are currently being used in business.
Please email to peg@necis.nec.com. Thank you for your time.
There are just 10 questions.
1. How many different types of local area networks are utilized by
your organization. (One, Two, Three, More than Three)
2. Approximately how many users are connected to each local area
network?
Lan 1 ___
Lan 2 ___ (if applicable)
Lan 3 ___ ( if applicable)
3. Which toplogy best describes your organization's local area network?
If more than one lan , please list additional topologies.
(Bus, Tree, Ring, Star, Other please describe, Unknown)
Lan 1 ____
Lan 2 ____
Lan 3 ____
4. Which medium connects the components of the network? If more than one
Lan, please list additional media. (Twisted pair, Thin ethernet,
Ethernet coax, token ring coax, fiber, Other)
Lan 1 ___
Lan 2 ___
Lan 3 ___
5. Which access control is used. (Token bus, Token ring, CSMA, CSMA/CD
Other, please describe, Unknown)
Lan 1 ____
Lan 2 ____
Lan 3 ____
6. What is the primary business the Lan is being utilized for? Administrative
Support (including wordprocessing, mail, resource sharing) or online
(medical etc.)
Lan 1 ___
Lan 2 ___
Lan 3 ___
7. Would the interruption of the Lan service (eg power outage) immediately
effect the health or safety of the primary business operation for which
the network is being used? Yes No
Lan 1 ___
Lan 2 ___
Lan 3 ___
8. Is an immediate response (60 seconds or less) to and from the file
server critcal to business operation. (eg. Immediate response is required
to and from automatic banking machines.)
Lan 1 ____
Lan 2 ____
Lan 3 ____
9. Is security of data to and from the server critical to the business
operation? (eg. In automatic banking applications, unauthorized users
must be restricted from the network) Yes No
Lan 1 ___
Lan 2 ___
Lan 3 ___
10. Is reliabiltiy of data to and from the server critical to business
operation? (eg. In banking applications data must be 100% accurate)
Yes No
Lan 1 ___
Lan 2 ___
Lan 3 ___
Thank you very much for your time. Results will be posted if interest.