Drawbacks and benefits of a peer to peer network

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Assume you have been asked by Champions, a local charity retail organization, to install a network in its downtown office. It currently just received the donation of four PCs running Windows XP Home Edition. All PCs are configured as follows:

Pentium 4 at 3.0 GHz, 100 GB IDE hard drive, 512MB of memory, floppy drive, CD-ROM, 64MB Video Memory, 1 parallel port, 1 serial port, four USB 2.0 ports.

Question1. Describe to Champions the drawbacks and benefits of a peer-to-peer network. What can be shared between hosts?

Question2. What hardware would you need to network these PCs?

Question3. Specify your recommended topology, access method, speed and media.

Question4. Describe reasons for these recommendations.

Question5. Describe how to share and map folders? Include screenshots.

Question6. Explain the benefits of introducing a network operating system into their environment.

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