Network infrastructure

  • Hi All,

    I've joined a company that had to relocate offices very quickly last year, the Network was "created" overnight, and the network admin is out of their depth, so when I query the speeds witnessed during simple tasks such a copying a PDF from one location to another all I get is the Network speed should be 1Gb/sec, so.....

    Are there any decent forums/books/websites out there for the 'Accidental Network Admin'??

    Thanks for your time

  • When it comes to networks, and network speeds, there are so many factors involved that it's just not as easy as saying that something should be 10/100/1000 speeds.

    Here's an example...LAN:

    - NIC: (whose are you using and what speed is it. At this point in time in history - obviously some speedy Ethernet NIC with TCP/IP configured. Is it V4 or V6 of the IP protocol?).

    - Switches/Routers: Cisco? Assuming so, is this just a single site? Or is it part of a Metropolitan Ethernet Network? So many variables there.

    - Desktop OS / Server OS: What versions, patch levels, applications, et al.

    - Servers: Local? Co-Located? Blades? 2U's, Full sized towers? How much RAM? What speeds? How many cores?

    - Applications and Topology: Corporate Apps? Home Grown stuff? Developement work, DBA Work, segmented networks with multiple subnets?

    Network support today involves a lot of these basic fundamental understandings, along with a wealth of other knowledge that I have not been privi to in a good many years, but I would start by researching these areas, and then see if someone in your I.T. groups is not too proud to have a sit down discussion(s) with you (assuming you are willing to accept this mission!)

    Best of luck to you, and I am sorry to not be able to give you a better all-in-one kind of reference, but it's just too vast in scope.

  • hi Rich,

    Thank you for your reply! I was hoping this was going to be area where the phrase "It depends...." wouldn't appear, oh well!

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