Designing a New Network: The Basics

One of the nice things about planning anew office, retail or warehouse facility is the fact that you can design your optimal IT network from scratch instead of constantly re-rigging an old, outmoded network to meet your current needs.

But a blank slate can raise more questions and pose more challenges than you might think. Here are a few of the basic network layout items our Austin IT support team can help you with.

Figuring out the floor plan. The physical layout of your LAN (Local Area Network) must take your current workforce's needs into account. Start by asking each department what they've got to have in order to function efficiently, and collect data on the usage and specifications of whatever previous network they may have been using. Our Austin IT support experts can figure these needs into a detailed schematic of the network's layout, cabling, servers, workstations and power setup.

Consider your connectivity. Bandwidth demands are always increasing, it seems, but certain basic tasks can be performed quite well with ordinary current-generation Ethernet and copper cabling. We can help you determine which connections call for optimal bandwidth capacity and which ones really don't. We can also select the best switches and routers for your IT network's needs.

Future-proofing your design. How much growth does your IT network need to accommodate in the coming years? Future-proofing a network properly requires lots of industry knowledge and comparative experience, and out Austin business IT support team has it. We can help you set up the necessary provision for expansion, from extra LAN ports and cables to cloud-based and remote-computing options that can let you grow as big and as fast as you like without overburdening your physical network.

Give your new network the best possible start in life. Contact Gravity Systems for a network design consultation! hub