Alice's restaurant supply offers a line of specialty food products to institutional

customers and restaurant chains. the firm prides itself on using only the finest ingredients and preparation methods. the owner, alice burns, hired you as an it consultant to her plan the system architecture for a new wlan that will connect employee computers to the wired network. she asked you to start with the following questions:

1. what wireless standards could be implemented in the new system? what are the pros and cons of each standard?
2. choose a wireless standard to implement in alice's restaurant supply, and explain your choice.
3. suppose that microwave ovens and cordless telephones are used extensively in some parts of the facility. would that affect your ieee 802.11 amendment choice? what standards would not be a good choice in this type of environment?
4. suppose that the new wlan will also provide roaming services for employees who must use portable computers and tablets in many warehouse locations. which wireless topology would be the best choice? explain your answer

Local area networks use many of the same network technologies and the internet, only on a smaller scale. devices that access lans are equipped with a network interface that contains circuitry for wireless or wired connections. devices also have a physical address, in addition to the ip addresses acquired from a dhcp server. the most popular wired technology is . the most popular wireless technology is , which can be configured as a(n) or star topology. setting up a lan and configuring its router is fairly easy. the first step is to change the standard to one that is secure. next, create a(n) that uniquely identifies the network by name. it is also important to activate wireless to prevent wireless signals from being intercepted during transmission. a limited-access network can be created for visitors to use. by activating , the router will be able to assign ip addresses to each device that joins the network. to connect to a secure lan that is protected by encryption, an encryption , or password, is required. lans can be used to access data collected by iot devices and the networks that tie these devices together. technologies such as rfid, nfc, bluetooth smart, zigbee, and z-wave offer -power links, essential for battery-powered devices that can’t expend excess amounts of energy transmitting data.