DESIGNING A LOCAL AREA NETWORK

1.                       ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENT.

2.                       CONNECTIVITY AND SECURITY.

3.                       REDUNDANCY.

4.                       BANDWIDTH.

5.                       POWER.

6.                       STANDARD AND MAINTENANCE.

7.                       NETWORK MANAGEMENT TOOLS.

8.                       DATE RECOVERY.

9.                       FUTURE GROWTH OF THE NETWORK.

10.               EXISTING CABLE PLANT.

DEVICES REQUIRES FOR A LAN

SWITCHES,ROUTERS, SERVERS,PATCH PANELS,CABLES(STP/UTP),NIC(FE/GE),FIREWALLS,ACCESS POINT,POWER,OPERATING SYSTEM(SERVER/END USER),PHASE PLATES.

THREE LAYER                  COLLASPSED CORE

CORE                                    CORE

DISTRIBUTION                    ACCESS

ACCESS