Local Area Networks (LAN) White Papers
Designing Switched LAN Internetworks
Overview
In the past, network designers had only a limited number of hardware options when purchasing a technology for their campus networks. Hubs were for wiring closets and routers were for the data center or main telecommunications operations. The increasing power of desktop processors and the requirements of client-server and multimedia applications, however, have driven the need for greater bandwidth in traditional shared-media environments. These requirements are prompting network designers to replace hubs in their wiring closets with switches.
Campus LAN designs use switches to replace traditional hubs and use an appropriate mix of routers to minimize broadcast radiation. With the appropriate pieces of software and hardware in place, and adhering to good network design, it is possible to build topologies, such as the examples described in the section Switched LAN Network Designs earlier in this chapter.
| Publisher | Cisco Systems | File Format | HTML & PDF |
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| Date Published | August 2003 | Downloads | 40 |
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