Hi Nicolas,
A word of advice since I was part of a team that did such a project. Since
the token-ring network surely would have evolved into a much bigger
enterprise than what it originally was, the first thing to do would be to
determine traffic patterns. This can be done using an analyser such as a
Sniffer. This has to be done over a period of time to accurately graph
traffic trends, such as, at various times of the day, for instance.
More often than not, such an exercise points to some very obvious
sub-optimal traffic patterns and server placements which may have remained
unnoticed as the network evolved. This can be optimized thereby reducing
broadcasts and unnecessary network traffic resulting in a cleaner and
relatively problem-free network. This is the planning part and often gets
overlooked. And this would also give you more insight into your network and
its traffic patterns and can be helpful for deploying any new
software/application in future.
Most of the problems that we faced were in the conversion of
desktops/laptops from Token-Ring to Ethernet. This involves loading up new
network drivers and a slew of application and software-related problems. So
roll up your sleeves. It will be a lot of fun and learning too.
Aziz S. Islam
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Nicholas Pandola
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 7:48 PM
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Subject: Token ring to Ethernet coversion
Hi,
I am working on a token ring to Ethernet upgrade 2000 users. I would =
like to know if anybody out there has preformed this type of conversion =
before and what where the main issues. I know that MTU. and =
Fragmentation will be a major concern. My feeling on this is that once =
the servers get converted to Ethernet that the issues should be =
alleviated. The design we have is that server's tie into 6509's =
directly on one side and on the user side, tie into a 2980 which connect =
to a 6509 though a fiber trunk. =20
Thanks=20
Nicholas
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