Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-26 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Larry Letterman"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Chuck, > > Originally I got the oversubscribe numbers from extreme a few years ago... > Now days, with fast switches, it makes no real diference... CL: numbers are always interesting. especially when compared to

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-26 Thread Larry Letterman
Chuck, Originally I got the oversubscribe numbers from extreme a few years ago... Now days, with fast switches, it makes no real diference... the rationale is that all ports wont be active at the same timeso you can oversubscribe the access switches by 3 or 4 to 1 Chuck's Long Road wro

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-26 Thread Garrett Allen
From: "Tom Lisa" To: Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:45 AM Subject: Re: LAN Design [7:54023] > Yes, Sem1 does concentrate on Layer 1. We teach the concepts from the > bottom up. But, as we all know, Top Down Network Design is best. Didn't > someone write a book on

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Tom Lisa
Yes, Sem1 does concentrate on Layer 1. We teach the concepts from the bottom up. But, as we all know, Top Down Network Design is best. Didn't someone write a book on it? All good design starts by getting Layer 8 issues resolved first. Prof. Tom Lisa, CCAI Community College of Southern Nevada

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Abu Mwalie
Chuck, Are you in the US? It mus be deep into the night, though I do not know the time zones there very well (2.15 pm in Japan. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=54183&t=54023 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscriptio

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Larry Letterman"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Jimmy, > > The access switch(users) should not be oversubscribed by more than 3 to > 1in my opinion.. > the total user bandwidth if you have a 12 port switch at 100 mb per port > is 1.2 gb...the switch needs t

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Larry Letterman
Jimmy, The access switch(users) should not be oversubscribed by more than 3 to 1in my opinion.. the total user bandwidth if you have a 12 port switch at 100 mb per port is 1.2 gb...the switch needs to be able to handle at least 400 mb of thruput also the core switches should be faster

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Jimmy wrote: snip for breveity > 300 users on each floor? OK, so you do need some routers or routing switches > in there. Or at least some VLANs to contain the spread of broadcasts. > > > The > > backbone s

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Larry Letterman
No maybe your not, but when we in the real world build networks, cost, politics and budgets come into play as much if not more than the network itself... Larry Letterman Cisco Systems It-Lan Team Tom Lisa wrote: >I'm hurt to say the least. I touch on all of those, albeit briefly. After >all,

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
Jimmy wrote: > > First of all, thank for the wonderful response. > > So from what you all have said. If the user is for normal > purpose like > running some application on servers and access the Internet. > Will a 100Mbps > be sufficient for 300 users. We don't have enough info about the appli

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
Tom Lisa wrote: > > I'm hurt to say the least. I touch on all of those, albeit > briefly. After all, I'm not > teaching CCDA/DP courses. > > Prof. Tom Lisa, CCAI > Community College of Southern Nevada > Cisco ATC/Regional Networking Academy I'm sure experienced, knowledgable professors such a

RE: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread John Brandis
] Subject: Re: LAN Design [7:54023] First of all, thank for the wonderful response. So from what you all have said. If the user is for normal purpose like running some application on servers and access the Internet. Will a 100Mbps be sufficient for 300 users. As for the users, they will be splitted

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Jimmy
First of all, thank for the wonderful response. So from what you all have said. If the user is for normal purpose like running some application on servers and access the Internet. Will a 100Mbps be sufficient for 300 users. As for the users, they will be splitted into several group of around 15-2

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Chuck's Long Road
ent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 3:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LAN Design [7:54023] > > > Thank-you very much for the recommendations for Top-Down Network Design. I > probably don't express my gratitude often enough to the many people who > bought the b

RE: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Tim Medley
] Subject: Re: LAN Design [7:54023] Thank-you very much for the recommendations for Top-Down Network Design. I probably don't express my gratitude often enough to the many people who bought the book. I suspect that we may be helping a Cisco Networking Academy student with homework. ;-) This sounds

RE: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Tim Medley
LOL Tim Medley, CCNP+Voice, CCDP, CWNA Sr. Network Architect VoIP Group iReadyWorld -Original Message- From: Larry Letterman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 12:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LAN Design [7:54023] Chuck's Long Road

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Tom Lisa
I'm hurt to say the least. I touch on all of those, albeit briefly. After all, I'm not teaching CCDA/DP courses. Prof. Tom Lisa, CCAI Community College of Southern Nevada Cisco ATC/Regional Networking Academy Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > Thank-you very much for the recommendations for Top-D

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
Thank-you very much for the recommendations for Top-Down Network Design. I probably don't express my gratitude often enough to the many people who bought the book. I suspect that we may be helping a Cisco Networking Academy student with homework. ;-) This sounds a lot like the exercises they do.

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Larry Letterman
Chuck's Long Road wrote: >CL:my employer has lots of idle sales engineers who would just love to talk >to you, not to mention sell you something :-> > So does Mine :) :Larry Letterman Cisco... Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=54080&t=54023

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Tim Medley"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > 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 Openhei

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Jimmy"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > hmm...Let don't talk about product. Just for a general view. Will a normal > 100Mbps switch able to support 300 user? Is it realistic in real life > application? CL: good idea. so let's start with the fundamentals as I und

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Ken Diliberto
The product makes a big difference. Are you planning to have one switch with 300 ports or 30 switches with 12 ports? Are you planning to use VLANs? If so will there be more than 64? The traffic pattern makes a huge difference as does the network design. If you're using 30 switches daisy-chaine

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Always allow room for growth, I would implement Core gigabit switch that interefaces with at least 3 other switches. Cheers, Joe ""Jimmy"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > If i have to design network for 3 storey on a building. There are around > 200-300 worksta

RE: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Juan Blanco
different approach. Juan Blanco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Garrett Allen Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 6:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LAN Design [7:54023] as a rule of thumb 10mbps ethernet to the user end station is

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Garrett Allen
e. thanks. - Original Message - From: "Jimmy" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 5:17 AM Subject: Re: LAN Design [7:54023] > hmm...Let don't talk about product. Just for a general view. Will a normal > 100Mbps switch able to support 300 user? Is it realistic in real

RE: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Symon Thurlow
: LAN Design [7:54023] hmm...Let don't talk about product. Just for a general view. Will a normal 100Mbps switch able to support 300 user? Is it realistic in real life application? ""Larry Letterman"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Jimmy
hmm...Let don't talk about product. Just for a general view. Will a normal 100Mbps switch able to support 300 user? Is it realistic in real life application? ""Larry Letterman"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > which platform are you going to use for 300 users... >

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Larry Letterman
which platform are you going to use for 300 users... 6500 ? 4006 ? or multiple stackables ? Jimmy wrote: >Let say if i use a 100Mbps switch for 300 user for each floor. Will it be >very slow? How do i really calculate the BW for each user. Doing an >approximation? 100M/300 ? > >Cheers, >Jimmy >

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-24 Thread Jimmy
Let say if i use a 100Mbps switch for 300 user for each floor. Will it be very slow? How do i really calculate the BW for each user. Doing an approximation? 100M/300 ? Cheers, Jimmy ""Jimmy"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > If i have to design network for 3 store

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-24 Thread Larry Letterman
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

RE: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-24 Thread Tim Medley
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