A single LAN connection links two hundred workstations and four servers to a network of switches. It looks that you are getting too many broadcast packets across your LAN, and you would want to limit this broadcast traffic's effect on your network. To achieve your objective, what measures do you need to take?

1. Please write in complete sentences with as much detail as possible As a network manager, you are responsible for the operation of a network. You notice heavy traffic in a host that is on a TCP/IP network and want to find out the details.  (a) What basic network monitoring tool(s) would you use?  (b) What would you look for in your results?

A network is made up of 70 workstations linked via a router in three distinct places. Both the workstations and servers are connected to the network using 100 Mbps switches. Rewire the workstations' network cards with 1000 Mbps switches to solve two issues. What problems does this update raise? What do you do before you upgrade your network?