hey there.. I attend high school, and have a project for one course that I need some help with.
this course, is Cisco networking. in case you didn't know, Cisco is one of the major networking companies.
my dilemna is this: I don't know LAN router/switch model numbers, and some of the features that they have.
I know pretty much what I want, but the question for me is seperating all this crappy home networking equipment from the real stuff, made for large LAN's like campuses.
and I need some info on their features, like rack mounting etc. I suspect the rack mounting feature means that the device (router, hub, switch, whatever) is mounted on a wiring rack, at an MDF, or IDF (main distribution facility, or Intermediate Distribution Facility).
this project involves me and 4 other people to find the best way to wire a campus, and there are 2 other groups that we compete with. we do a presentation at the end of the year, as if we really WERE doing this.
I need to know my options correctly, before I can make any intelligent decisions. I know that if I CAN understand these options, I'll have a leg up, because in my class, there is probably about 2 or so other people who can do this.
any help would be appreciated!
this course, is Cisco networking. in case you didn't know, Cisco is one of the major networking companies.
my dilemna is this: I don't know LAN router/switch model numbers, and some of the features that they have.
I know pretty much what I want, but the question for me is seperating all this crappy home networking equipment from the real stuff, made for large LAN's like campuses.
and I need some info on their features, like rack mounting etc. I suspect the rack mounting feature means that the device (router, hub, switch, whatever) is mounted on a wiring rack, at an MDF, or IDF (main distribution facility, or Intermediate Distribution Facility).
this project involves me and 4 other people to find the best way to wire a campus, and there are 2 other groups that we compete with. we do a presentation at the end of the year, as if we really WERE doing this.
I need to know my options correctly, before I can make any intelligent decisions. I know that if I CAN understand these options, I'll have a leg up, because in my class, there is probably about 2 or so other people who can do this.
any help would be appreciated!
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