Setting up a high school network.

Senior Angelo · Mar 30, 2014

I'm attempting to set up a school network for a high school with more than a thousand students. I have the basic idea for what I need but I'm not really a network guy and never really understood how to set up a network. If anyone could help me with this I would gladly appreciate it.

corroded · Mar 30, 2014

lol... budget?

Contact these guys and ask for a presales engineer...
http://www.engeniustech.com/

I'd like a crack at it myself, I'm in the San Francisco Bay area... PM me if this is where you are...

ex_bubblehead · Mar 30, 2014

That's not a job for an amateur. You need to contact someone locally that has the necessary knowledge and experience to handle a job that large.

Senior Angelo · Mar 30, 2014

ex_bubblehead :

I forgot to specify that this is my final for a course that I am taking. I'm not setting up a network for an actual high school.

airewalker · Mar 30, 2014

Isn't that cheating?

Senior Angelo · Mar 30, 2014

airewalker :

As my professor likes to say, "if you're not cheating, you're not trying".

airewalker · Mar 30, 2014

What do you need to do? Just the VLANs and subnets? All the equipment? Servers? Active Directory?

ex_bubblehead · Mar 30, 2014

Senior Angelo :

In that case you should already have the requisite knowledge to complete this assignment. Unless of course you haven't been paying attention in class. If you have a specific question then ask it. However, questions of a general nature, as your OP is, is simply asking us to do your homework for you. You will never learn anything that way.

ex_bubblehead · Mar 30, 2014

Senior Angelo :

Find another professor.

corroded · Mar 30, 2014

look at the EnGenius stuff... They have switches with hand off all the Access Points and all the WiFi rigging needed. I use them for "industrial" implementations. Awesome stuff. ( I also teach Networking...)

Senior Angelo · Mar 30, 2014

ex_bubblehead :

I have been paying attention I just really have trouble understanding servers and the requisites to set it up, I have all of the basic hardware, such as desktops, but when it comes to attempting to getting switches, servers, firewalls, etc. I just end up screwing something up. Essentially all I am asking for is some help setting up a network for a school.

Senior Angelo · Mar 30, 2014

airewalker :

Pretty much just all the equipment for the network.

corroded · Mar 30, 2014

do you have the Cisco "Packet Trace" tool? It allows you to build virtual networks (with Cisco equipment :-( ) but it works pretty good.

basic setup:
WAN source -> Firewall -> [Router <-> Authentication Point (Server)] -> Switch -> Cable Plant -> Access Points ~> End Points

What are you missing and how detailed do you need to be?

ex_bubblehead · Mar 30, 2014

Senior Angelo :

That would suggest that you've chosen the wrong path. Still, if you have specific questions (".... all I am asking for help setting up a network for a school" is not a specific question) then tell us what you've done and exactly where you are having difficulties. The folks here will be more than happy to guide you. However, no one here will do the work for you.

Senior Angelo · Mar 30, 2014

corroded :

I just need hardware that will work together.

corroded · Mar 30, 2014

now the fun is... What is your professors preferred vendor? Cisco, Juniper, SonicWall...

I use Juniper for Firewall/Router and Engenius for WiFi, D-Link Green Switches...

Senior Angelo · Mar 30, 2014

corroded :

Cisco.

Senior Angelo · Mar 30, 2014

ex_bubblehead :

Of course not, I wasn't expecting anyone to just do the work for me, I was just hoping for some incite. And the class isn't necessarily for networking. The class was for the past semester PC trouble shooting and repairing, but unfortunately there was a budget drop and the networking and repair class was put together and this semester was networking which I'm not good at.

Senior Angelo · Mar 30, 2014

corroded :

I also have to factor in things like security locks, TVs, printers, etc. other than the computer themselves.

corroded · Mar 30, 2014

Get Packet Tracer and use the options that is comes with, check them out off the cisco site and then turn in the Packet Tracer layout... He will be impressed, especially if you get it to work in Packet Tracer. (about it: http://www.packettracernetwork.com/ )

I downloaded it and AV scanned it just now from here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4CjGsNlfXWyRXUwSnNCT2pUT2M/edit

Senior Angelo · Mar 30, 2014

corroded :

Thanks for the help man.

corroded · Mar 30, 2014

PT is a powerful tool that a lot of Network instructors try to hide from Students... Personally I want all my students to have ever tool out there to try and then go with what works for them...

Good Luck... PM me with your grade...

bill001g · Mar 30, 2014

Packet tracer is only a tool that helps to a point learn how to configure routers. This is mostly used to learn the commands to pass the ccna test it is very limited in its actual abilities it only supports a subset of the commands. Most times GNS3 is a better tool since it actually runs a IOS image but it is also a limited tool used for passing certifications mostly.

What he is asking for is a design not details on how to implement. It is a person that knows the requirements that would have to select from all the solutions. I would suspect they have been give some guidance in the class.

Otherwise if there are no design or budget constraints just buy bunch of cisco nexus 7718 and put them in every room and cable them together with the newest 40g optics and run 10g to every desktop just for fun. I promise this solution will solve any requirement but nobody can afford it.

corroded · Mar 30, 2014

this is a class... I was able to justify using Fiber to the desktop in 1998 in a networking class, the instructor loved it.

Pooneil · Mar 31, 2014

airewalker :

If it is attributed, then it is research. In reality at the high school level, no one is expecting the student to engineer a complete system. I did plenty of papers that included interviewing professionals and incorporating the results into my work. Noted and documented.

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