Site Planning
Workflow
Network Environment
- General Information
The communication network should be
planned as a star topology. Star topology aims to connect
all the network users in to one or more communication
racks.
A customer site is characterized by
its communication network, which enables connectivity
between the users of different platforms through the
communication centres.
Advantage and Disadvantages
using star topology
Advantages:
- Easy to maintain.
- When a communication fault
occurs between one of the stations and the
communication device, this does not interfere
with the communications of other stations. The
network is always kept in operation, only the
specific port on the communication device is
disconnected from the network.
- Network problems solved easily
(time saving).
- All users devices (Macs,
Whispers, PS/2,etc.) are connected to one or more
communications racks.
Disadvantages:
- This topology requires :
- Installing a separate
infrastructure cable for each user.
- Using dedicated port
on a switching hub.
- More expensive as compared to
10Base-2.
The site should include one or more
communication racks that will house all the communication
devices that are used on - site. This depends on the
number of users, and their location according to
buildings and floors.
It is necessary to order two
telephone lines for the Ripro Server, one line that is
modem dedicated, for site support from a remote station.
The second telephone line should be
for regular voice communications.
For large sites that include 50
users or more, it is recommended to plan a communication
room for all the communication devices and for the
different servers (Ripro Server , Mac Server, Novell
Server etc) and other peripheral devices.
NOTE: This communication
room must also be accessable to operators needing to
handle the peripheral devices.
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