Small Switch-Based Networks
You were just hired to manage a network for a small company and arrive on the scene to find the current network a mess. You have daisy-chained hubs everywhere, people keep moving around, and your users are complaining that the network is slow. You've locked yourself in a room with a whiteboard to diagram your network, and you've come up with what is shown in Figure 12-9.
Figure 12-9. Whiteboard Drawing of Your Current Network
When looking at an existing network or designing a new network, remember that it's best to break it down into pieces. Take a look at what you have here:
An Internet connection and a router.
Hanging ...
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