Request for Proposals (2)
Proposal Guidelines
- what we want to achieve / expectations
- both conservative and cost-conscious
- not committed to any particular technology
Current Network
- number of Ethernet segments, Novell LANs
- backbone: how many and type of routers, localization
- wiring (inter- and intra-building); protocols: IP, AppleTalk
- addresses: class B, masks, addressing schemas
- technologies: ATM, FDDI, Ethernet, FE, T1, ISDN, wireless
- load: for example ~7000 pps or 13 Mbps
- applications: mail,print, file, web, ftp, oracle, news servers