I have 3 halls. The labs have 8 PC’s each. Offices have 2, admin have 4 and in room I is where I am going to have the main internet feed (T3 line to 100baseT). 2 of my halls have 2 floors(identical) and the 3rd hall has one floor. The distance between the floors is 4 meters. There are about 500 meters to cover. I choose fiber for a physical network or would using 5 segments be better. I found distance to be a problem with the 100baseT technology, because in order to connect Hall A and B to room “I” where the main Internet frame is located we will need to have repeaters every 100 meters to cover a distance of about 500 meters. Can we go for five segments or do we choose fiber? How would I then design the network.
