Questions tagged [topology]
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Network Topology Connections
I have recently started a new job, so have inherited a network. I have attached the network topology that I have inherited (link at bottom of post).
Switches 1, 2 and 3 are in the same building. Switch 4 is in a different building connected by…

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Websphere ND Dmgr - Application Server collocation advantages and disadvantages
In a Websphere Network Deployment Architecture, what would be the drawbacks of collocating a deployment manager server with one or more managed application servers on the same host?
In other words, should I collocate Dmgr with other servers or have…

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Revealing neighbors via SNMP on cisco switches
Is there a common way to obtain information about neighboring devices from a cisco switch, provided that we're using SNMP, and CDP is completely off?
I may be on a totally wrong track here, so I could probably rephrase — on a larger scale, what's…

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Network structure and topology advice
As per a few prior questions - I am in the process of splitting a server with a variety of role into individual servers with one role per server.
I have now got the following servers/roles setup:
Server Name: CARBON
Server IP: 192.168.1.52 …

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Design of a hosting network
I am sketching a network design for a KVM hosting site, preparing for hundreds of virtual guests. In our current design, every customer (no matter if physical or virtual) reside on their own VLAN to achieve isolation. We don't nat on our firewall,…

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Does it makes sense to use a single physical box in both DMZ and Secured Zone
I was sitting in a presentation where I was told it is ok to have a physical box (virtualized into two) where one resides in the DMZ zone and the other resides in the secured zone.
I found that such an approach smells bad.
Is there any production…

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How Packets are absorbed in a ring connection?
In a bus topology you have a terminator which absorbs unused packet(noise).What happens in the case of a ring topology?
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Microsoft Forefront Management Gateway 2010 - Which topology to choose for monitoring only server?
I've installed Forefront and wanted to use it as monitoring traffic solution until we decide to put it as a router.
I've 2 nic's assigned to this virtual machine. One NIC has connected port which is "mirror port" of our WAN redirected on switch so…

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How do ring and bus network connect to router?
Sorry this is probably a very silly question, but for some reason i am confused.
How does a LAN with bus or ring topology connect to a router and other LANs?
For example in a star network they all connect to a switch which can then connect to a…
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Optimizing CPU and Memory use on Multi-socket NUMA server
I am building a server that will be used by interns in my company to connect to and perform some tasks. The server is running AlmaLinux 9 and using KVM to run Windows 11 guests.
The server has 2 CPU sockets, each running 8-core CPU's.
After reading…

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What is the best network topology for a small sized school network?
We've already implemented an extended star network with a central server but we were wondering how we can improve it.

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