soumik1979 wrote:
Dear All
I am a network administrator of a small firm having around 120 users.We are shifting to a new office soon.I am planning the lan with 10 2960 and a 3750 switch.The users applications are
1)Users will acces some file server
2)Internal web server Web server
3)Internet and mail users
I shall divide the entire employee into 5 groups
Now i have some questions.
1)The servers will be connecr to 3750 or in a 2960 switch, which will be better.
2)Internet connection will connect to 3750 or 2960
3)My management wants at some portions of the building there should be wireless lan.It will work as a back up .Now how the uplink of the wireless lan will be connected to wired lan.If each access points has an ip then a separate valn is required the access points.
Please help me .If you want any more feedback plz let me know....
1) In a "traditional" design you would connect the servers to an access switch ie. a 2960 in your case. However it depends on throughput/amount of traffic between clients and servers. It may be a better solution to simply connect the servers directly into your 3750 that way you do not have to go from client 2960 to 3750 and down to server 2960 especially as the uplinks between the 2960s and 3750 could be a bottleneck.
Ideally you want to dual hone the servers ie. have 2 NICs and use 2 3750 switches in a stack and connect each server to each 3750 but your budget may not allow this.
2) Internet connection should be connected to the 3750 but hopefully you are going to have a firewall between the internet and your 3750 ie.
2960(s) -> 3750 -> Firewall -> Internet
so the 3750 should be connected to a firewall not directly to the internet.
3) Not sure exactly what you mean. Ideally you want separate vlans for your wireless users. The APs themselves may have a management address and you could use a separate subnet for management addressing of all your network devices.
Jon
