1- what media are the floors going to coonect with? 2- what are the core routers/switches going to have installed( gig or copper)? 3- what apps are going to be on the floors and the admin floor ? 4- what protocols are running on the network? 5- is it all going to be layer 3 or a mix of L3 and L2 ?
Larry Letterman Data Center Design and Implementation Team Cisco Systems, San Jose Tim Medley wrote: >If you are serious about designing this netwoek and designing ir correctly >for scalability and functionality, pick up a good network design book. > >My reccomendation is Top Down Network Design, by Priscilla Openheimer. U >have two copies one at home and one at the office, I refer to this tome >quite often. Great book, excellent methodology. > > > >Tim Medley, CCNP+Voice, CCDP, CWNA >Sr. Network Architect >VoIP Group >iReadyWorld > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jimmy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 11:01 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: LAN Design [7:54023] > > >If i have to design network for 3 storey on a building. There are around >200-300 workstations in 2 storey each. Is it advisable to use Ethernet to >link them up. As for the other storey it is for admin purpose. The distance >is around 150m between the further storey. However it is possible to put a >switch/router at the middle for interconnect. > >Cheers, >Jimmy -- Larry Letterman Network Engineer Cisco Systems Inc. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=54032&t=54023 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]