| Whether you are setting up a new business or | | | | are required. The best way to plan for this step is |
| office or making huge changes to your growing | | | | to use network simulator software. |
| business empire, a new plan to develop a solid IT | | | | Optimizing the Network Performance |
| network infrastructure is required as the individual | | | | After you did all the network IP assignments and |
| units that make up your business are crucial for | | | | find that everything is working, you can proceed |
| smooth operation of any business. It is not just | | | | to optimizing the performance for faster |
| how each computer unit works, but how they all | | | | operations and more reliable computing as a |
| work together and how they are connected. This | | | | whole. If you chose the right topology, you may |
| is what the network governs and planning it right | | | | need to do very little here. This involves basic |
| will ensure optimal and safe performance. | | | | TCP/IP tweaking such as setting the Maximum |
| Below are a few tips that will help you plan your | | | | Transmission Units, Maximum Segment Sizes and |
| new IT network infrastructure: | | | | other packet settings. The objective is to cater |
| Decide what Network Topology fits your Needs | | | | to your bandwidth limitations and squeeze as |
| and Building Layout | | | | much performance on your network as possible. |
| There are many different ways in setting up a | | | | Take Security into Consideration |
| network for IT usage. Each network has their | | | | Now that you planned how optimized your |
| own advantages and disadvantages and some | | | | network is, you should then put security into the |
| others can be more advantageous in certain room | | | | picture. Normally security measures sacrifice |
| or building layouts. Analyze these factors and | | | | network performance, but if you optimized the |
| weigh them in with the kind of features you need | | | | network to the best as possible, there should be |
| in a network. Common networks use the star | | | | room for a little bit of degradation to give way to |
| topology including the IT businesses that adopt | | | | security. This should be taken very seriously |
| structured cabling systems. Who knows? You | | | | especially on the larger networks that have lots |
| might even need to incorporate wireless | | | | of sensitive data. Not only security from hackers |
| capabilities in the network when things get messy. | | | | and viruses, but also stable measures to avoid |
| Draw diagrams or use CAD software to help get | | | | data loss and corruption. You need to make sure |
| the idea of the network to avoid backtracking. | | | | your network runs stable and that minimal |
| Fulfil the Requirements of the Network | | | | problems arise to avoid time loss on |
| Once you have decided on which network to use, | | | | troubleshooting. |
| you will need to identify and fulfil the requirements | | | | A well-planned network can immediately go to |
| of the network for it to function correctly. This | | | | work after you start executing your plans. Don't |
| includes the basics of networking like IP | | | | forget to test everything and make sure the |
| assignments and answers to simple questions like, | | | | network runs properly so you can switch to the |
| whether or not the network will use public or | | | | live environment and launch your new IT network |
| private IP addresses, how IP addresses will be | | | | infrastructure. |
| assigned to the client, units and if multiple subnets | | | | |