""Steve Watson"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > This was not a comparison of network design methodologies, it was mean > to be humorous (I totally agree with the top down process). The idea of > "build a network and they will come" simply does not work!
CL: au contraire, mon ami! I give you the small brokerage firm I used to work for. Filled with unsophisticated users. When I arrived there was no WAN and no LAN to speak of - the so called LAN was dictated by the quote service vendor. I put in a real LAN with e-mail. That took off like crazy. I put in a real WAN with the branches able to send e-mail to eachother, and that took off even crazier. I put in an internet connection, and sure there was the usual crap with people checking out the adult entertainment, but you know, I had guys who could prior to my arrival couldn't tun their computers on going out and finding some realy nice investment sites and services that helped them tremendously in their business. At the time of my leaving, the LAN./WAM was starting to show signs of stress. In the course of my cetification pursuit, I have learned all the things I did wrong. But I gotta say, you have to start someplace, and it remains true that if the facilities exist, the user community will find a lot of ways to use those facilities. > > The context of the other book was that no network will function properly > if Layer 1 is not designed correctly. > > BTW, how many is too many? :-) > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Priscilla Oppenheimer > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 2:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Network Design... Hmmm [7:44417] > > At 08:49 PM 5/17/02, Steve Watson wrote: > >I am reading Priscilla's book "Top Down Network Design" for the second > >time for a refresher and decided to hit the pool after I got home. > > Thanks for reading Top-Down Network Design. I hope you had a nice swim > and > didn't drink too many beers at the pool. ;-) > > >On > >the way out I looked on my book shelf and saw "Advanced IP Network > >Design" that I haven't had a chance to look at yet. So I took it to the > >pool with me. When lo and behold, what did I read on page 5, "The best > >place to start when designing a network is at the bottom". > > Out of context, this is completely meaningless. What else does it say? > > > > > > >Food for thought :-) > > > > > > > >Steve > ________________________ > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44477&t=44417 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
