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Connecting 2, 3 or 4 sites over MPLS

Hi. I have some routing experience but I don't have much experience routing over a service providers MPLS network and had some questions.. Say I had 3 sites in different cities. I want to be able to route my data traffice to each site. I would like to use a MPLS provider. Does the provider...

View Answer   |  Jan 29 2009  1:19 AM GMT
WAN, MPLS, Multiprotocol Label Switching
asked by ChicagoTechie

  5 pts.

How many switches can you have in a network?

What happens if I add more switches in the network? Is there any limitation or any calculation for that?

View Answer   |  Jan 27 2009  2:21 AM GMT
Networking, Networks, Routing and switching
asked by NetworkingATE

  1405 pts.

Merge two companies into one network

The company I work for has decided to merge with its Sister Company on the lower floor. While we share the same room to house our independent servers, both companies have separate physical networks. Each with their own separate File Servers & SQL servers. Allowing Company "A" employees to log...

View Answer   |  Jan 16 2009  10:46 PM GMT
SQL, Server management, Active Directory
asked by PatM

  5 pts.

Setting up a Intranet

HI GUYS, PLS COULD ANYBOODY TELL ME IN ALAY MAN LANGUAGE HOW TO SET UP INTRANET. ALL I HAVE IS A NEW DL 380 SERVER, A WORKING LAN AND A WINDOWS 2003 SERVER. FRM KENNY

View Answer   |  Jan 16 2009  5:27 PM GMT
Intranet, Network design, Network administration
asked by Dmanter

  5 pts.

WAN design and implementation

I am about to embark on a major project. There is a new organization with 7 sites without a single computer or LAN. I want to setup LAN in each of the sites, and then setup WAN to connect all sites. And there will be few remotes users that will connect to the branch network that they belong to. And...

View Answer   |  Jan 11 2009  5:39 PM GMT
LAN, WAN, Network design
asked by Ss14

  25 pts.

How to connect a server using DSL routers

My company is having 30 users at different different location all of them is having separete DSL routers with a VPN tunnel ... And i wanted to connect them to the main server and create a active directory to deny using the cdrom,startmenu, flash drive, games and etc they should only use the company...

View Answer   |  Dec 20 2008  5:09 PM GMT
Active Directory, Routers, VPN
asked by Sufisnetwork

  5 pts.

How to connect two separate Branch Office networks together?

What is the good and easy way to approach solve the problem of connecting two networks based in two different branches.What are the requirements that I need to furnish and make my small office to be a good highfy company .We run a development in the other branch and need to be connected for further...

asked by Ayesh

  25 pts.

How to configure a small office network with Windows Server 2008

i am vista user, my office have 6staff ( maximum are using XP sp2 os) and i would like to get information about the set up of server 2008. i have server and it is not configured for log in to it, i have connect server into network. yes they can connect server as usual they connect in LAN to other...

View Answer   |  Dec 16 2008  9:11 AM GMT
Windows XP, LAN, Network design
asked by LigHTrAy

  5 pts.

SFP module and Optical Fibre Cable

HI TO ALL...I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE FOLLOWING QUESTION. I HAVE A 48 PORT HP PROCURVE SWITCH THAT NEEDS TO BE CONNECTED WITH A 24 PORT HP PROCURVE SWITCH USING A GIGABIT SFP MODULE.THE OPTICAL FIBRE PATCH CABLE IS 62 AND A HALF MULTIMODE SC-LC CONNECTOR TYPE CABLE.THE SFP MODULE HAS A TRANSMITTING...

View Answer   |  Dec 14 2008  3:47 PM GMT
Switches, Cabling, Optical fiber
asked by Kaktrap

  5 pts.

Server sizing tools and approaches

what is an effective server sizing tool/approach that will enable my company to buy Hardware that will host future applications which are not yet procured with great deal of accuracy?

View Answer   |  Dec 14 2008  9:23 AM GMT
Server management, Capacity planning, Network design
asked by Badooriq8

  35 pts.

Multiple Networks

Hi, I'm a bit new to networking... I'd like to ask for for from you guys out there... I want to set up 3 networks for our school - 2 in the computer lab and 1 in the office... However, I'd like that to assign 192.168.1.x to Lab1, 192.168.2.x to Lab2 and 192.168.3.x to the office for easy...

View Answer   |  Dec 13 2008  2:28 AM GMT
Routers, Subnets, Network design
asked by SirJhun

  5 pts.

Can two switches, having VLAN defined in each, communicate without the help of Layer-3 device?

If in a single L2 Switch, IPs of the same range can communicate - then what's the need of creating a VLAN for different IP range? Can two switches (having VLAN defined in each) communicate without the help of Layer-3 device? Thank you.

View Answer   |  Dec 11 2008  8:02 PM GMT
Switches, VLAN, Network design
asked by NetworkingATE

  1405 pts.

Creating a Trust between two networks on two routers on same floor

I have two networks -- the first is 192.168.1.1/24 and the other is 192.168.33.1/24. Each network has it own DSL modem/router for Internet connection and are Windows domains (diffrent domain names). The two routers are physically near (50cm) and the two networks are sharing the same floor. I need...

View Answer   |  Dec 11 2008  7:58 PM GMT
Routers, Network design, Network management
asked by NetworkingATE

  1405 pts.

What to do about cabling long distances and signal strength fading?

I made a connection using Cat 6 SYSTIMAX cable from the server switch to the next repeater, which is 85 meters - and then to the next point it is 50 meters and then 50, then 50. The problem is the signal strength is not that strong and its on and off. What do you advise me to do? Thank you.

View Answer   |  Dec 10 2008  7:52 PM GMT
Cabling, CAT 6, Network design
asked by NetworkingATE

  1405 pts.

DSL router and Print Server with 8 PCs and 3 printers / hardware question

i have about 5 pc's at home for my wife and family (5 of us) and we all use the computers daily. compaq, dell, desktop and laptop. i have one cannon printer mp3000 color printer. we plan on buying two more new printer. we currently have bellsout/att dsl service. i have a d-link four port...

View Answer   |  Dec 9 2008  3:55 AM GMT
Routers, Home networks, DSL routers
asked by Mrlarsh

  5 pts.

How organizations deal with network design for disaster recovery

I am looking for some information about how organizations deal with network design for disaster recovery. Specifically, my issue is about DNS domains, and whether to have a single network with a redundant warm site in a single domain shared by production processing, requiring unique IP addresses...

View Answer   |  Dec 2 2008  10:53 PM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Networking, DNS
asked by NetworkingATE

  1405 pts.

How to improve this network design

here's the network diagram of my company's small network. i want to improve this network design in order to protect it from external threats. please tell me what would be the best place for a router and which router (please specify the model) would be best suitable for this small setup. upon your...

View Answer   |  Dec 2 2008  6:32 PM GMT
Routers, Network architecture, Network design
asked by Faisal7977

  5 pts.

Merging two networks

Hi, I am working in real State Company, which is part of one big group. we have 50 users here and small server room for back and internet. we are running internet trough wireless link from our big group head office and email exchange is also there, we have only baby Domain Controller. i have also...

View Answer   |  Nov 23 2008  9:10 AM GMT
DHCP, Internet access, Network design
asked by Kashu81

  5 pts.

Getting it all to work together - Network design

l am setting up a very basic network but still need to be reassured, my network consists of all the following which should all be used 6 computers 24 port switch 24 port pathcpanel router modem one storage rack the only pice that has put me off is the patch panel as l honestly and embarrasingly...

View Answer   |  Nov 22 2008  11:54 PM GMT
Switches, Routers, Network hardware
asked by Clivaldo

  5 pts.

Transition From Workgroup to Domain During Building Transition

My company presently occupies 2 buildings in the same city with a third smaller building on the same lot as the main office. The main office houses 51 XP workstations networked through Cisco switches on static IP addresses. We have 2 databases that interlink for maintaining customer data and...

View Answer   |  Nov 10 2008  4:57 PM GMT
Active Directory, Storage, Database
asked by SBIT

  40 pts.

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