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Network Layout Question, please need your advice
We have a small lab that we recently expanded to seven computers and we need
to design and layout our network across a two-room facility. In the main room, their are five computers, and one printer is shared them. Our printer is connected directly to a network hub. We have another room with two computers that are specialized systems that control lab tools. We often each work from our own computers and use a remote desktop session on the specialized lab computers to manipulate experiments in the lab. What would be the best network layout for our situation? Would you use a star topology or a ring? Can you please explain to me the best way to do this? |
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Network Layout Question, please need your advice
Jaley Martin wrote:
We have a small lab that we recently expanded to seven computers and we need to design and layout our network across a two-room facility. In the main room, their are five computers, and one printer is shared them. Our printer is connected directly to a network hub. We have another room with two computers that are specialized systems that control lab tools. We often each work from our own computers and use a remote desktop session on the specialized lab computers to manipulate experiments in the lab. What would be the best network layout for our situation? Would you use a star topology or a ring? Can you please explain to me the best way to do this? There seems to be very little to recommend a ring network topology. Among other disadvantages, consider that one malfunctioning workstation can cause problems for the entire network. What you probably should do is to replace your hub with a switch and connect all of the devices to the switch (i.e., a star configuration). A switch is a more intelligent network device than a hub, and the network is less likely to suffer data packet collisions, and thus will be faster. See, e.g., http://www.duxcw.com/faq/network/hubsw.htm or any of the myriad of other hits from http://tinyurl.com/yzgf7nn Switches are not very expensive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...845522&name=No You need one with 8 or more ports, e.g.,: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833122006 -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html |
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Network Layout Question, please need your advice
Jaley Martin wrote:
We have a small lab that we recently expanded to seven computers and we need to design and layout our network across a two-room facility. In the main room, their are five computers, and one printer is shared them. Our printer is connected directly to a network hub. We have another room with two computers that are specialized systems that control lab tools. We often each work from our own computers and use a remote desktop session on the specialized lab computers to manipulate experiments in the lab. What would be the best network layout for our situation? Would you use a star topology or a ring? Can you please explain to me the best way to do this? There seems to be very little to recommend a ring network topology. Among other disadvantages, consider that one malfunctioning workstation can cause problems for the entire network. What you probably should do is to replace your hub with a switch and connect all of the devices to the switch (i.e., a star configuration). A switch is a more intelligent network device than a hub, and the network is less likely to suffer data packet collisions, and thus will be faster. See, e.g., http://www.duxcw.com/faq/network/hubsw.htm or any of the myriad of other hits from http://tinyurl.com/yzgf7nn Switches are not very expensive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...845522&name=No You need one with 8 or more ports, e.g.,: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833122006 -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html |
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Network Layout Question, please need your advice
What you probably should do is do your own homework.
Star/Ring topology? They're seriously still teaching that stuff? "Jaley Martin" Jaley wrote in message ... We have a small lab that we recently expanded to seven computers and we need to design and layout our network across a two-room facility. In the main room, their are five computers, and one printer is shared them. Our printer is connected directly to a network hub. We have another room with two computers that are specialized systems that control lab tools. We often each work from our own computers and use a remote desktop session on the specialized lab computers to manipulate experiments in the lab. What would be the best network layout for our situation? Would you use a star topology or a ring? Can you please explain to me the best way to do this? |
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Network Layout Question, please need your advice
What you probably should do is do your own homework.
Star/Ring topology? They're seriously still teaching that stuff? "Jaley Martin" Jaley wrote in message ... We have a small lab that we recently expanded to seven computers and we need to design and layout our network across a two-room facility. In the main room, their are five computers, and one printer is shared them. Our printer is connected directly to a network hub. We have another room with two computers that are specialized systems that control lab tools. We often each work from our own computers and use a remote desktop session on the specialized lab computers to manipulate experiments in the lab. What would be the best network layout for our situation? Would you use a star topology or a ring? Can you please explain to me the best way to do this? |
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Network Layout Question, please need your advice
Hi
In case of small networks using Windows there are basic two layout. 1. Using peer-to-peer Network. 2. Using a network around a Server (Like Windows 2008). Geographical placing of the computers is not relevant to the topology per-se. With today Wireless and internet, you can use the above even if the computers are spread all over the world. Jack (MS, MVP-Networking). "Jaley Martin" Jaley wrote in message ... We have a small lab that we recently expanded to seven computers and we need to design and layout our network across a two-room facility. In the main room, their are five computers, and one printer is shared them. Our printer is connected directly to a network hub. We have another room with two computers that are specialized systems that control lab tools. We often each work from our own computers and use a remote desktop session on the specialized lab computers to manipulate experiments in the lab. What would be the best network layout for our situation? Would you use a star topology or a ring? Can you please explain to me the best way to do this? |
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