#network-design

How-to: Building a Linux Network for Our Company – Where Do I Start? #dev #computers #programming

Building a Linux Network for Our Company – Where Do I Start?

This is going to be a somewhat loaded question. I am programming in a company that has been around since 1962. A lot of things, especially computer / network stuff, is very dated. Let me give a bit more background.

The company already operates a Windows server. On the server, many computers have files in shared network drives, and…

Fixed: Can someone tell me what is meant by "layer 2 adjacency"? #answer #development #solution

Can someone tell me what is meant by "layer 2 adjacency"?

I am working on designing the logical topology for a new data center rollout. I’m reading “Cisco Data Center Infrastructure 2.5 Design Guide” and going with the multi-tier design. There are multiple options for this design, including looped layer 2 and loop-free.

The benefit of the looped design, it says, is layer 2 adjacency for servers…

Fix: Are VLANs necessary for my environment? #development #programming #computers

Are VLANs necessary for my environment?

Greetings.

I’m the new network manager for a school. I’ve inherited an environment made up of several Windows servers, about 100 Windows clients, ten printers, one Cisco router, six Cisco switches, and 1 HP switch. Also, we’re using VoIP.

There are four floors in our building. The hosts on each floor are assigned to a separate VLAN. An office on the first…

Fixed: Network design help needed (main office + branch offices + central server) #it #development #fix

Network design help needed (main office + branch offices + central server)

I have a head office and a number of suboffices. Both head office and suboffices need to access some corporate server, which is physically in the head office. But suboffices should not be able to access head office or each other. Suboffices are at the substantial distance of each other and from the head office (many kms).

Fix: When/why to start subnetting a network? #solution #answer #fix

When/why to start subnetting a network?

Under what conditions does one start to consider subnetting a network?

I’m looking for a few general rules of thumb, or triggers based on measurable metrics that make subnetting something that should be considered.

-Adam

Answer [by Alnitak]: When/why to start subnetting a network?

If it’s a single site, don’t bother unless you’ve got more than several…

How-to: When/why to start subnetting a network? #programming #computers #development

When/why to start subnetting a network?

Under what conditions does one start to consider subnetting a network?

I’m looking for a few general rules of thumb, or triggers based on measurable metrics that make subnetting something that should be considered.

-Adam

Answer [by Alnitak]: When/why to start subnetting a network?

If it’s a single site, don’t bother unless you’ve got more than several…

Solution: Network Diagramming Software, FREE or Open-Source #solution #computers #dev

Network Diagramming Software, FREE or Open-Source

There are lots of Network Diagramming Software, but it doesn’t satisfies me. In a reason that it’s not free.

I need a Network Diagramming Software that can design both Logical and Physical, and it should be FREE or Open-Source. Anybody knows.

Thanks.

Answer [by Matt Simmons]: Network Diagramming Software, FREE or Open-Source

Dia (http://projects…