Migrating small network to CISCO hardware


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Hi to all in the forum,

I'm the sole System Administrator for a small business which has been slowly growing over the last few years from 12 employees to the current number of 32.

We currently have a hotchpotch mix of home and small business network hardware which up to now has served us well. However the hardware is getting old and the company is likely to increase in size further (to around 50 people) in the near future so I think it is time to invest in a more robust industrial solution. So I am looking to migrate to CISCO hardware. However my networking knowledge is very basic so am after a bit of feedback if the following solution is suitable.

Currently we have the following setup ...

corporate network

LINKSYS SGE2000 (24 port gigabit switch)

DLINK DGS-1224T (24 port gigabit switch)

DLINK DGS-1248T (48 port gigabit switch)

BUFFALO WHR-HP-G54 as Router (running DD-WRT)

test network

Unmanaged Fast Ethernet switch

BUFFALO WHR-HP-G54 as Router (running DD-WRT)

company firewall

BUFFALO WHR-HP-G54 as internet router with firewall (running DD-WRT)

This is the plan and the CISCO equipment I have envisaged to replace the above ...

Stage 1 - Replace Switches

2 x Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TS switches to replace DLink and Linksys switches.

Stage 2 - Replace company firewall

Cisco 861 Integrated Services Router to replace Buffalo router/firewall

Stage 3 - Migration to VLANs

Install a Cisco Catalyst Compact 3560 CG-8TC (Layer 3) switch and migrate test and corporate networks to separate VLANS (Replacing the Buffalo Routers)

In the future we would probably split the corporate network further using more VLANS.

Does this seem like a feasible solution? Would the proposed hardware be able to handle an office of 50 people?

Any feedback on this would be highly appreciated!

Thanks a lot!

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yep sounds good to me.

or you can get a 6509 fairly cheap on flebay and screw the need for 2 switches and put a cisco warranty on it (get pricing for the warranty prior to purchasing).

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