Help with LAN Design & Products (Not For Profit Organisation)
So while its not windy and my busted foot is still mending I am assisting a startup not for profit organisation to set up a new network.
They have been given a donation to buy hardware, software etc. Some of this software is available from Microsoft and Cisco and other partners at a generous discount.
I just need to pic some brains of what is appropriate given some parameters - which I'll post if anyone bites
Mate what size network are you looking at setting up? ie. How many terminals ect. Is it a Fibre or Copper connection to the office?
I'd be going with your first scenario Rod.
2x 877w connected to a 2960-S switch ( this switch has both gigabit ethernet and POE) and then Set up your 3 VLANs and us the cisco 802.11 Access points to give you your wireless.
I'm also pretty sure that the 2960 switches allow you to set up a single port to connect to 2 vlans (have seen it used to connect a voip phone and then a pc from the phone using a single data outlet). So this may allow you to set up the book keepers terminal for both vlans.
I hope this helps alittle mate, i havent played with cisco stuff in 5 years and only use 3com and Nortel switches these days. http://www.lammle.com/index.html used to very helpful when i was stuck for ideas aswell. He writes the text books for cisco courses and is usually more that happy to help people out with questions such as yours.
Thanks
The first scenario seems the easiest, just wasnt sure about the 2 routers on at the same time (although I have seen some cisco diagram with that setup)
I might fire off an email to the person you suggested and see if I get some traction there as well.
Had the local IT shop chasing this for me as well - had them stumped for a while.
The devil is always in the details - I would hate to buy the gear and then have the cisco tech turn up and say "Oh you should bought the blah blah blah one instead"
Any chance of a diagram showing what you want?
What are the requirements (not the solution)?
I used to be a guru with this stuff, but am not up to date with the small access stuff these days.
One thing I can say, is sometimes the cheap netcomm or equivalen ADSL modems are surprisingly well featured, easy to use, and very cheap to replace. It may pay to use one or two of these instead of a cisco solution as they are easy to change or replace, whereas the cisco setup will require someone to really know what they are doingwell. I myself have a bunch of cisco adsl routers lying around but I use a generic adsl modem as its easier to configure.
In a similar vein, the generic gigabit switches you can buy are cheap to setup, but often don't support vlans. If you need VLANs, then I guess you need to get the cisco stuff. If you don't you might better off with the generic stuff although the prices on the site you listed are very cheap.
I have a type writer,dial telephone and a full box of stamps you can buy for really cheap.
They will do all you need but just a little bit slower.
Family has been crook for 3 days...
F i n a l l y got a call from a Cisco presales rep on friday... Apparently these will do the job:
Cisco 2960-S Series 24-Port Gigabit Power over Ethernet Switch
Cisco 877W# Router for ADSL and Wireless Applications
Cisco 870 Series 32-MB Flash Memory Module
2 x Cisco Aironet# 1140 Series b/g/n Access Point
2 x Cisco Aironet# Power Injector for 1140 Series
VLANs as discussed, 1000mb internal network with 300mb wireless.
Now just gotta configure it
Current setup moving into a new room so it wont be under someones desk keeping the feet warm.
Thanks all for your help - seabreeze as usual
Anyone want in on the config [}:)]