FAQ

Network

  1. How do I connect up the following equipment together?
     
    Equipment Cables
    1. Router to Hub Cross Cable   (Depends on Hub)
    - new equipment maybe bi-directional
    2. Router to Switch Cross Cable   (Depends on Switch)
    - new equipment maybe bi-directional
    3. Switch to Switch Cross Cable
    4. Hub to Hub Cross Cable
    5. Computer to Computer Cross Cable
    6. Modem to Computer Straight Cable

     

  2. How can I connect 2 networks together (ADSL and Leaseline)?
     
    Network Are Located In The Same Location Network Are Located In Different Location
    A) If it is using the same switch:
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    Set both the routers to have:
    1) the same LAN address and subnet
    2) both routers should have different gatways
    3) the server needs 2 different network cards    		 Using VPN to connect (eg. PC Anywhere)

     

  3. How do I set the fail over for the internet connection if one of my connection fails?
     
    Hardware Software Network
    1) Need to have a an automatic switch to detect fail connection. (eg. Linkproof switch)

    2) Fail over Server

    		 1) Windows 2000 / 2003 Server

    2) Sun Solaris 5

    		 At lease any 2 of the circuit to do a switch:

    1. Leaseline
    2. ADSL
    3. Cable
    4. ISDN

     

  4. How to a check / test my connection to make sure that the amount of traffic that is going in or out is not saturated  by my own traffic or affected by my provider?
     
    Leaseline Users ADSL User
    1) You can monitor your daily traffic with the MRTG (Multi-Router Traffic Grapher) which will show you your daily / weekly / monthly / yearly traffic statistics

    2) Setup an antivirus server or install anti-virus program and update them daily to make sure that no virus infection is the computer

    3) Make sure that your users are not running traffic intensive programs such as Kaaza or downloading huge amount of traffic using the leaseline which might slow down the network.

    4) If you are using your own mail server, make sure that no large amount of mails are send out especially during peak period.

    5) Ensure that a firewall is installed on each computer to monitor the incoming and outgoing traffic for internet

    		1) If you are using your own mail server, make sure that no large amount of mails are send out especially during peak period.

    2) Ensure that a firewall is installed on each computer to monitor the incoming and outgoing traffic for internet