Not too long ago there was a thread started by a guy who found himself in
layer 8 hell. Some users found out that they had 10mbs NICs while others had
100mbs NICs. Having spend many years in the brokerage business, I am quite
familiar with NIC envy. The brokers would start whining to me about need
faster NIC's so they could get their quotes faster.
I would say that in this day and age any NIC purchased should be 10/100, and
any new backroom equipment should be 100mbs switched. Servers should be
100mbs in any case.
Best way to avoid trouble? No be there!
Just one opinion.
Chuck
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sean
Odom
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 9:12 AM
To: Jeff Walzer; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Great book!
The Cisco recommendations are really for medium to large organizations. My
recommendation for a hundred users (not knowing what the future expansion
plans hold are....
1. If cost is a concern and you can do with 10 Mbps to each desktop go with
1924's and create a trunk between the two 10/100 ports.
2. If you need a little more umph and 10/100 to each desktop go with the
2900XL series.
3. If cost is not a concern and you have expansion plans, go with the 5000
family. They are much more equiped to handle expansion mondules.
By the way. Thanks for the comment. Before deciding on the equipment to
place in your network. Read the first 10 pages of Chapter 10, then decide
on your needs from Chapter 4 which lists all the available Catlayst switches
and their features. I am always available for comments!
Sean Odom, CCNP, MCSE, CNX-EtherII
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Walzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 8:21 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Great book!
Sean,
I just wanted to say congratulations on writing such a great book. The Exam
Prep Cisco Switching book is fantastic.
One question I have (if you don't mind and have the time) is we are
installing a new network from scratch and I was wondering what type of Cisco
switch that I should get for our office. We will have around 100 users with
some web development and coding work being done at our location. I am trying
to follow the Core, Distribution, and Access layer model that Cisco
recommends but the thing is that we are basically a flat network. Right now
I am leaning towards the 3548 XL switches but I am not sure if I need to go
to the 4000 or 5000 series.
Thanks,
Jeff
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