CCNA Case Sudy Assignment HELP!! lol

Discussion in 'General Cisco Certifications' started by roost3r, Dec 31, 2005.

  1. roost3r

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    Hi all hope you are all well and had a nice xmas.
    Im back again for a bit of help if thats OK

    I am currently studying CCNA through the cisco academy and i am at the end of first semester and i have to do a case study which i am struggling with a little and would appreciate any ideas for what i have to do.

    Basically i have to design a network for a company,it has to have 7 subnets which i can calculate no probs but where i confuse my self is with what hardware to use. I realise each subnet will need a router interface in order for the subnets to communicate with one another, but what is the best way to do this. do i just find a router with 7 or more ethernet ports and then have a switch for each subnet to connect to it?? or is there a better way. i am going to use cat 6 cabling running at 100 mbps and then for server room i will have gigabit ethernet in full duplex mode but although i understand the concept and theory of it obviously i havent designed a full network before and am unsure of what routers or switches to use

    hope ive made sense lol heads a bit mashed today

    any ideas would be appreciated

    thanks a lot

    roost3r
     
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  2. simongrahamuk
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    simongrahamuk Hmmmmmmm?

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    Sound simillar to something was given in CCNA2.

    I will PM you with the details.

    8)
     
  3. simongrahamuk
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    simongrahamuk Hmmmmmmm?

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    What you need to use is called VLAN Trunking.
     
  4. roost3r

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    thanks very much for your help simon feel a bit calmer now lol

    all the best for new year too

    roost3r
     
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  5. mickeypendu

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    Interesting scenario.

    I would look at the switching method using say cisco 2950 switches which run at 10/100 with trunking between the swtches if needed using 802.1q (the trunking method used on the 2950). You can create a seperate VLANs for each subnet therefore seperating their collision domains.
     
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  6. Jakamoko
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    Jakamoko On the move again ...

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    Some great advice on your first couple of posts there, mickeypendu. If you get a chance, why not pop up and say hello in our New Members area, and get to meet the rest of the Guys here. :)
     
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  7. roost3r

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    Back Again lol

    Thanks everyone for there help so far

    ive decided to do 2 different networks(one vlan and one traditional Lan)

    Im just bit stuck in the best way to do the traditional lan

    if i have 7 subnets within one building and i need them to be able to communicate with one another what is the best way to do this without using a Vlan set up and only using routers and switches. Im just unsure, i know that i will need a router inteface for each subnet but what is the best way to do this?

    any ideas would be appreciated as im on the last stretch of the assignment and i am really happy with it so far and couldnt of got this far without help off everyone here

    thanks

    roost3r
     
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  8. mickeypendu

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    If I get you right your traditional network would be a legacy network were users connected to a hub, which may of been connected to some kind of bridge or router (if wide-area connectivity was required). Multiple hubs were interconnected to allow more users on the same segment. However with the cascading hubs there would be a bigger collision domain resulting in problems in your network hence the advent of VLANs which could seperate these large collisions domains.

    Cisco.com is always a good place to do research although finding stuff can be difficult. However try this link:

    http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/idg4/nd2012.htm

    Hope it helps.
     
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  9. simongrahamuk
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    simongrahamuk Hmmmmmmm?

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    The only forseable way that I can think of to do that without using VLANS would be to have each subnet connected to a router configured with access lists?

    As I don't think that you can get a router with 7 ethernet ports on it you may have to use several routers linked through serial links.

    8)
     
  10. mickeypendu

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    If you still intend to use routers then simon's comments are more than valid.

    You can add a number of modules to your router in order to attain your 7 ethernet ports e.g 2600, 4000 or the larger 7000 series (might be over doing a bit).

    Then you will need to configure your router and hosts (including their default routes) in order for traffic to flow between the different subnets.

    :D
     
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  11. roost3r

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    thanks very much both of you i think weve got there lol
    i have used cisco 2600 routers with ethernet modules installed and then configured them correctly.

    thank you so much for your help i very much appreciate it i couldnt of did this without your help

    thanks again

    roost3r
     
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  12. simongrahamuk
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    simongrahamuk Hmmmmmmm?

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    Thats what we're here for! :wink:
     
  13. mickeypendu

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    I hope you get an A+ for your work.

    :D
     
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