The National Informatics Centre, Western Region, (WR) has successfully implemented a state-of-the-art Local Area Network (LAN) in Udyog Bhavan, Pune. This is the first LAN of its kind under NICNET which was installed in October 1996 and is operating successfully.
The main components of a structured cabling system are CAT 5UTP Cable; Ether Switch; Ether Hub; Information outlet; Jack Panel; Mounting Cord The LAN is capable of supporting transfer speeds up to 100 Mbps between clients and servers. This system is cost effective, offers quick migration to new technology and is easy to trouble shoot in case of network failure.
The system installed at NIC (WR) Pune consists of a Georim Edt Etherswitch having 16 numbers of 10 base T ports. A total of 6 servers, 1 router and 4 numbers of 10 base T Etherstax hubs each supporting 16 ports are connected to the switch as shown in the diagram.
The backbone of the LAN is CAT 5 cable with 45 Information outlets for connecting to either a Server, a Windows based client or LTS. The dumb terminals are connected to 5 numbers of 16 port LTS installed in each floor of the premises. As the demand for higher bandwidth increases, the same network with a few changes will support up to 100 Mbps data transfer.
Presently there are over 120 dumb terminals and 6 Windows based clients accessing resources like Oracle 7.2, Basis Plus and Internet Web browsing from 12 servers either connected directly to the switch or hub. This Intranet has resulted in effective utilization of resources with almost negligible down time and has opened up Internet access to a large number of employees in the building.