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Internet Sharing for a building containing different businesses
Tags: Microsoft, ISA server, cisco
Hi Guys.

I have attatched a basic diagram of the system we are looking to put in place.

this is for the system proposed in this question

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Windows_Networking/Q_23381917.html

I just had a few questions.

1. Will this system work?

2. What sort of Cisco Switch will be needed to manage the VLANs?

3. Is it ok to have Hubs between the Cisco Switch and the offices? The hubs are only needed to create more ports to plug into for each building. What should be used here?

4. Is it ok to have the IP phones on their own VLAN?

5. Is splitting up the VLANs by MAC addresses the way to go?

6. If an office decided to install its own SBS server how will this affect everything? Would it be possible for an office to install their own router and put that on a separate VLAN. They can then plug into their own router as they please.

Cheers guys, appreciate the help.
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Question Asked By: SM17CH
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05.10.2008 at 05:46AM PDT, ID: 21538821

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This is a re-hash of another question
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Network_Management/Network_Design_and_Methodology/Q_23388346.html

What exactly didn't you get from the other thread?

Personally, I would not do it the way you have it planned.
Some quick notes:
1. hubs don't do vlans. All phones should be on one single common vlan. You need vlan capable switches and trunk uplinks to the main switch. Change all instances of "hub" to "VLAN capable switch". Linksys makes some pretty reasonably priced ones that work with Cisco main switch
2. I would never use ISA as a firewall, especially for managed clients. I don't know how you plan to handle security for different vlans through the ISA. Does it do dot1q vlan trunking on the NIC?
3. I would use a Cisco ASA 5510 firewall appliance for all security requirements. It does do VLAN trunking and can controll all traffic from all vlans
4. VLAN's aren't setup by MAC address. Physical switch ports are configured into a VLAN. If you want dynamic VLAN assignment based on MAC address, that's a whole nother can of worms with a very expensive solution. Each office could have their own VLAN for data with a common Voice vlan.

Here's my shopping list:
Cisco ASA5510 firewall (just the base unit, no need for any of the fancy options)
Cisco 2960 10/100/1000 24 port primary switch in hub and spoke topology
Cisco 2960 10/100 8, 12 or 24 port access switches (hubs in your diagram), add PoE where it makes sense.

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05.10.2008 at 05:10PM PDT, ID: 21540994
Thanks for the response.

Sorry for the double post. Not sure how that happened.
 
 
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