Network Hardware vendors
I am giving away all of my secrets. Anyway...Here is a list of vendors to think about in designing networks. You will have to desigin networks in future classes in this program. I guarantee it. Remember to think about redundancy expecialoly in the core / distribution / and access layer. Redundancy allows one part of the network to be either worked on or fail and your network will not go down. Think logiically and it will all make perfect sence.
Hardware
Q-Hardware to use (firewalls, routers, switches, phones, servers...)
A:Industry Standard UTM firewalls are:
1- Juniper
2-Cisco
3-SonicWall
4-Checkpoint
High-End Routers:
1-Cisco
2-Juniper
SOHO Routers:
1-Linksys
2-3com
3-D-Link
Switches:
1-Cisco
2-Foundry
3-Juniper
4-HP
5-Dell
6-D-Link
7-Linksys
IP-Phones:
1-Cisco
2-Grandstream
3-Polycom
Servers:
1-HP
2-Dell
3-IBM
This is not a definititive list of hardware vendors but this will get you started.
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