100noobsdead
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:10 PM
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I am trying to understand what a network diagram consist of to give me ideas for my project. Or basically how i should do the drawing. I have an idea but need more help.
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Re:where is a good place to view a network map?
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:27 PM
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here is an old version of my network diagram if you wanna see how i did it. Need to update it though, have added many things since then.
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Re:where is a good place to view a network map?
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:47 PM
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Re:where is a good place to view a network map?
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:17 PM
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GLIFFY?! MOOSE! Why didn't you tell me about that?! I downloaded Visio and wasted at least a week trying to figure out how to make a network map, and come to find out it's that easy?!
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Re:where is a good place to view a network map?
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 11:22 PM
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i got visio thats easy but i need to see other peoples set ups to see what the relations are between each node. thanks for the info. i will be getting visio started here shortly and may need assistance on my DMZ. new to networking but not PC building. I will put up a picture of my setup here shortly if you guys can pic at it and tell me what i need help on, I will very much appreciate it. thanks,
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Re:where is a good place to view a network map?
Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:02 AM
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Ok i tried making good use of my DMZ. I have a very limited knowledge on diagrams, but please tell me what looks wrong. thanks
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Re:where is a good place to view a network map?
Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:30 AM
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the DMZ should come before the others, acting like an internet gateway, rather than a cluster somewhere attached after it. Here is a pretty good link.
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Re:where is a good place to view a network map?
Thursday, March 18, 2010 4:42 AM
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the way he has it is fine. generally from what i have read DMZ should hang off the main network router, before an actual firewall since anything should be able to access those devices, however some rules still apply. another thing i notice, with as many workstations as there are listed, your hanging the entire network off a single switch. what happens if that switch goes down??? everyone will lose internet access. Same goes for router, does it have enough bandwidth for 100PC's plus webtraffic and such? is this design hopefully gonna go into production somewhere, apartment complex/business? try and include as much detail as humanly possible, will make your life easier. Heck when i laid out my recent network topology i filled like 4 sheets of paper with details.
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Re:where is a good place to view a network map?
Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:42 AM
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Moose is right, that seems like far too many things connecting to a single router. It seems like it would be a little more reliable, at the least, to have a second line incoming, so that there can be more bandwidth for internet usage, and provide a redundant network situation. I see it already,,, someone online late... "Look, i know it is 3 in the morning, but i want my internet for, stuff" Moosey has helped me before, and the fine details made it easier on him... i think
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Re:where is a good place to view a network map?
Sunday, March 21, 2010 2:26 PM
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Setting up VLANs would help break up that broadcast domain
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