Re: Networking hardware suggestions...
From: Al Dykes (adykes_at_panix.com)
Date: 02/06/04
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Date: 6 Feb 2004 12:59:51 -0500
In article <bvhuog$981$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>,
Walter Roberson <roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> wrote:
>In article <ue_Sb.1509$ow4.394@twister.socal.rr.com>,
>Tod DeBie <tod_debie@hotmail.com> wrote:
>:I am working with a guy that needs some new networking gear.
>
>:I'd like to put all new gear in, here are a my requirements in order of
>:importance:
>
>:1. Rock solid reliability...no reboots required.
>:2. SNMP support, so I can tell if it has a problem.
>:3. VPN client and server in hardware so I can connect all of the sites
>:without having to use PC VPN software.
>:4. POP3 email virus filtering, etc.
>:5. 1 or 2 - 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports.
>
Split the GB requirement out from the VPN/router requirement.
Use a 10/100/1000 switch for the desktops and servers in each branch
it but for the uplink to the DSL anything more than 10MB is
unnecessary. Use managed switchs to give you a point to monitor
the LAN activity at each branch.
You'll use VPN software on your PC if you're working from outside your
office. w2k and later have it built-in, but there are add-on
packages, also. Use a laptop configured with VPN and some management
tools and you'll be able to manage your whole network from a Starbucks
(make sure you pay attention to WiFi security when not using the
VPN.)
Depending in the type of DSL you have at each office the uplink speed
can be a real bottleneck. Cheap sDSL (128kb uplink/15mmb downlink)
can be misleading becasue when you are browsing the internet it looks
so darn fast.
Netmeeting is neat for handholding users, enable it on all the
desktops and you'll be able to watch what the user is doing instead of
having them explain it over the phone, then take over the keyboard and
mouse and fix the problem.
>:Any suggestions on hardware to meet these requirements? I'd like to keep
>:the whole thing in the $2,000 range.
>
>Cisco does not have any equipment that does email virus filtering.
>Also, as I recall, Cisco does not have any equipment in the $666 price
>range ($2000 / 3 offices) that has any gigabit ports at all
>[unless perhaps in their Linksys subsiduary.]
>
>For the first three points, the closest Cisco match would be
>a 827, 837, or SOHO 97. The 827 is an older model no longer being
>improved; the 837 and SOHO 97 are current models.
>
>The PIX 501 would handle points 1 and 3, but it's SNMP support
>is not very extensive -- for example, you cannot get per-tunnel
>statistics via SNMP on any PIX, and you can't get a list of
>current connections. I don't know how extensive the SNMP
>support is on the 837 or SOHO 97.
>--
> IEA408I: GETMAIN cannot provide buffer for WATLIB.
-- Al Dykes ----------- adykes@panix.com
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