network layout decision

[Missing Ghost]

Hi,
First, can this work? (I don't even know, I'm noob with routers)

http://etherealnet.servehttp.com/patrick/home.PNG

then, I would like to know if it's a good layout for my home network. I want it to be scalable and stay with the same layout for years. It must be able to do 100MB/s on samba on my 10 drive RAID5 SCSI array on "ironmaiden". Most of the computers don't have a lot of storage (like big max 120GB, but mostly like 30GB), everything is on Ironmaiden (1200GB, easy to grow up to a lot of TB). I don't want to add any storage to any computer except ironmaiden, EVER. I can also add connections for the other computers to the bottom switch when their storage needs require it, even if it's just 100mbit/s (bottom switch is for storage traffic only). It will be like a 5 to 8 port switch. I also do a lot of serving and that stuff (games, http, sftp, ftp, rsync). I have a good UPS for ironmaiden. I'm a little confused about the IP addresses.

discuss, I need advice!

edit: The gigabit network will use jumboframes. The central router must be able to work with different MTUs.

 

[Genx87]

Why are you giving some of the workstations two IP address's?

And why so many networks?

I am looking at your setup and unless there is a reason, I dont see why you cant get away with everybody being on the same network 192.168.1.x

 

[Missing Ghost]

Genx87, I'm very noob with routers and IP addresses. The computers that have two IPs is cause they have 2 nics, one for storage (samba) and the other one for everything else.

 

[Genx87]

Samba is a network application that mounts linux or Unix volumes as Windows volumes right?

Are all of these machines on the same floor? And how many ports are on your gig and base 100 switches?

 

[nweaver]

I doubt you push enough traffic to warrent using both NICS like that. Really, you can just not use one nic on the mobo, it doesn't break....

 

[Genx87]

Ok assuming the gig switch is 8 port.

Iron maiden - 192.168.1.1
Switch 0 - 192.168.1.2
Wireless node - 192.168.1.3

Pat - 192.168.1.20
julgnu - 192.168.1.21
rootofdevil - 192.168.1.22
caro - 192.168.1.23
cath - 192.168.1.24
familienew - 192.168.1.25

Just run them off off the same switch.

 

[Missing Ghost]

They are not all on the same floor. On two stories. I can't pass wire through one of the walls, but the floor is ok at any place. The gigabit switch will be 5 to 8 ports.
I want to use two nics to leave a full "empty" nic for Samba. Yes I do push that traffic since the drives on ironmaiden exceed gigabit LAN speeds.

 

[kevnich2]

Wow, just....WOW. That is one very messy network. I would clean all of that up and put all of the machines on one network (192.168.0.x) No matter what your speeds are, you only need one NIC (GigE) on the server, two if you are going to be using the server for internet routing also (I don't recommend this, just use some type of hardware firewall/router)

 

[Tsaico]

Link is dead... can see what everyone is talking about. Not to mention, the other stuff not file transferring related is realatively small in regards to gigbit speed. If all you do is some games, internet, the pipes won't be so saturated that you will have degraded performance when transferring files. Even if you are downloading, your connection to the internet is easily handled even with a 10base card.

From what I have read from everyone else, it sounds like you are making your life a lot more complicated then it needs to be.

 

[blemoine]

Large companies with a lot more data than what you have use 1 nic per server/workstation and are satisfied. a problem people usually run into is that they don't have a pc that can fully take advantage of a 1 100mb nic much less 2. not to mention the more "dual nic" stations you have the more unecessarily complicated you will make things for yourself. keep it simple.