Before You Start; General Deployment Strategy - D-Link DES-3326 User Manual

DES-3326 Layer 3 Fast Ethernet Switch User's Guide
sections are divided to correspond with the switch operating mode
that is applicable.
Note: IP Routing mode switch configuration settings that
are saved NV-RAM using Save Changes from the Main
Menu are retained in the switch's memory when the
operational mode is changed. IP Routing mode settings
are simply inactive when the switch is in Layer 2 Only
mode.

Before You Start

The DES-3326 Layer 3 Switch supports a wide array of functions
and gives great flexibility and increased network performance by
eliminating the routing bottleneck between the WAN or Internet
and the Intranet. Its function in a network can be thought of as a
new generation of router that performs routing functions in
hardware, rather than software. It is a router that also has up to
24+2 independent Ethernet collision domains – each of which can
be assigned an IP subnet.
This flexibility and rich feature set requires a bit of thought to
arrive at a deployment strategy that will maximize the potential of
the DES-3326 Layer 3 switch.

General Deployment Strategy

1. Determine how the network would be best segmented.
This is probably done using VLANs in an existing layer 2
switched network.
2. Develop an IP addressing scheme. This involves allocating
a block of IP addresses to each network segment. Each
network subnet is then assigned a network address and a
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