tmfk said:
Sourav Karmakar said:
i want to create a model of a software company with 3 buildings in a particular city connected to each other.. so my question is what are the devices required to create the network... please elaborate with the functionality of each! thank you...
I think it might depend on how close the buildings are to one another and how many hosts are you looking at? Are they next to each other in a campus-like setting or are they geographically separated by a distance greater than a couple hundred feet? How many hosts total will there be? If there are less than 253 hosts, and the buildings are close, you can have all 3 buildings as part of the same network. If they are isolated from one another, or you will have a lot of hosts then you will probably need at least one router for each building. Routers connect different networks together. At the very least, you will probably want a switch in each building that can handle vlans and that allow you to configure port security. Try to think about your topology and how you can implement that topology given your environmental and geographical constraints. Also use Cat 6 ethernet cable if your budget is not an issue, rather than Cat 5e, as it will last longer and wont need to be replaced as soon. Chapter 1 in Accessing the WAN (Vachon & Graziani) by Cisco press (ISBN-13 978-1-58713-205-6) gives some great examples of precisely what you are looking for. Have fun with it.
Thank you for your suggestion.. now we are onto the last phase where i have to play the role of Chief operating officer.. which includes Deployment, installation of the hardware and software and total time required to procure and set up.. here a list: server(AD,Back up,web & Mail,antivirus),switches,routers,fiber optic cable,cat-6 cable,pcs,laptops,wifi access point,ILL(Internet lease line),firewall,software.. can you briefly tell me how to proceed???