Chapter 4
Network Deployment Examples
When you want to extent current SOHO network to medium-size network, FS3-1600 is the best solution to help you to accomplish this goal. In Figure 4- 1, FSD-8080 is a SOHO switch and Router is a SOHO router. You can use FS3-1600 to connect FSD-8080 and Router. The unused ports of FS3-1600 could be used as the extension ports for connecting another SOHO switches or SOHO dual-speed hubs.
Figure 4- 1: SOHO Extension Solution
FS3-1600can fit well for power workgroups deployment. Figure 4- 2 is a typical FS3-1600 network deployment example, in which it contains eight collision domains via connecting eight 10Mbps hubs, four full-duplex 200Mbps ports are connected to four power users. And two full-duplex 200Mbps ports are connected to two servers.
Figure 4- 2: The Power Workgroups Network Deployment Example
In most companies, they are eager to look for cost-effective and multi-purpose Intranet switches to build their competitive networking information environment. FS3-1600 is the best price/performance Intranet switch exactly. For example, you can use FS3-1600to connect both 10Mbps network segments and 100Mbps network segments, connect one primary server, and connect 200Mbps fiber trunk port to the other building which is located 2 kilometer far (see Figure 4- 3).
Figure 4- 3: Intranet Network Deployment Example
FS3-1600 provides powerful Virtual LAN (abbreviated as VLAN) capability to assist corporations to enhance their information security and network performance. Figure 4- 4 is a VLAN configuration example, using console management and Web-based management (please refer to Chapter 5 and 6), you can easily configure two VLAN groups (see Figure 4- 4).
VLAN group #1 is planned for sales and marketing departments, VLAN group #2 is planned for financial department. Here the data of VLAN group #1 and group #2 cannot communicate into FS3-1600switch directly. They own their unique broadcast domain respectively, therefore, the corporation can setup two secure network segments and reduce unnecessary tremendous broadcast packets with a single FS3-1600switch simply. It doesnt
mean that VLAN group #1 and group #2 are unable to communicate forever, you could use a router to connect both VLAN group #1 and group #2 then the two VALN groups can communicate data each other except broadcast packets.
Figure 4- 4: Virtual LAN Configuration Example
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