Network Presentation for AIS meeting 3-2-96

The links on this page are the slides for a presentation to teachers involved in the AIS project. I have 2 goals for this presentation. First, is to give the teachers who are installing simple networks in their schools enough information to do it right. Second, to give the teachers who have hired network consultants to design a network for their school enough information to identify large flaws.

Disclaimer

Designing small networks is very simple. Designing large networks is very complex. Before implementing a large network, get competent professional advice.

The prices listed in this presentation are based on the best price I could find after spending about 30 minutes looking through the catalogs on my desk. Full service vendors will charge more. A carefull shopper may do better. These prices are dated. I would expect significant variations (10% or more) within 2 months on some of the components listed.

It may be helpfull to have copies of the network diagrams and the text descriptions during the talk. The postscript versions will probably print better than the gif versions.

Example 1: A simple network with a 10BaseT backbone.

Example 2: A simple network with a thinnet backbone.

Example 3: This is an example of what not to do.

Example 4: A Switch Ethernet backbone with several remote classrooms.

Example 5: A high performance 100 MegaBit ethernet network.

Other References

The Ethernet FAQ contains lots of usefull information about ethernet.
Local out of date copy.

The Ethernet Home Page is an extensive source of information about ethernet. This site also contains information about the 100 megabit ethernet configuration guidelines.