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Cookies are Us runs a series of 100 cookie store across the midwetern United States and Central Canada. At the end of each day, the stores express-mails a diskette or 2 of sales and inventory data to headquarters, which uses the data to ship new inventory and plan marketing campaigns.

They have decided to move data over WAN or the Internet. What type of WAN topology and service or Internet connection would you recommend?

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A case study on using WAN technology. Discusses STAR topology.

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A WAN or wide-area network connects geographically distinct locations using local area network and enterprise-wide topologies. The WAN topology that is chosen varies depending on the numbers of sites that must be connected, the distance between the sites, and the existing ...

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