Well the new SonicWall NSA-3500 is installed and running as well as some of the SonicPoint N Dual-Band Radios, as well as the new Intel Modular server. The Sonicwall is running, as are four of the radios, but the Intel server is partially up (it's on VMWare but network not switched over to it yet). We had some issues with our switches, the make of which will remain unspoken (those who know me and the situation know what make they are). I believe we are still having some issues even after turning on Fast STP to quiet the apparent flooding on the switches. I still need to work with the radios and get a better understanding of them, but so far they rock (as long as their ssid's don't disappear).
Well for being part time, I sure feel like 2 full time people right now, but it is all for the glory of our risen Lord Jesus Christ. I could be elsewhere doing IT but I love doing it for Him, not me, so here I am.
With this upgrade and move to Sonicwall we created some interesting VLANs that work pretty well in doing what they are supposed to do. I can't wait to get the VMs running and work on them.
I need to find a good program to monitor network traffic across our 4 gigabit Ethernet switches, to see what is really going on there and what may be causing our network weirdness. Going from a small 2 - 24 port 10/100 switch environment to a 4 - 48 port 10/100/1000 switch environment has been interesting to say the least.
Well, I need to get back to the 2 Dell 1545's that I'm adding on the domain (Vista Ultimate seems good so far and the price was right at $99@ to upgrade), configuring, adding software etc.
More to follow.
