Hi Guys
Okay so I have been given this amazing opportunity to redesign our College network using VLANS. I have a design in mind and would just like some pointers and input. First let me give you some background.
We have 3 campuses with their own domain controller(AD, DHCP, DNS) and they are connected via wireless links. I am starting the process with one of the smaller campuses. This campus has about 200 computers and about 20 switches and another 15 printers. We have 5 classrooms each with a printer and a lecturer computer and 30 - 36 student computers. And the one server.
The vlan design that i first thought about was using the range 10.0.0.0 across all 3 campuses. My thought behind it was as follows:And then device that into /24 vlan inside the campus as follows
10.1.1.0 /24 Vlan 1 (Switches)
10.1.2.0 /24 Vlan 2 (Servers)
10.1.3.0 /24 Vlan 3 (Printers)
10.1.4.0 /24 Vlan 4 (Staff)
10.1.5.0 / 24 Vlan 5 (Students)
My thought behind it was so that i can look at an IP address and would be able to identify exactly if it is at the rite place. 10.1.3.45 would identify campus 1 (10.1.x.x) and vlan 3 (10.x.3.x)
After some thought i decided to change it up a little bit and divide the printers into the staff and student vlans so that in case a network link is down staff and students will still be able to print and admin staff would also still be able to print and also if 30 students need to print the print job does not need to travel the whole network just to print in the same location as that PC. So this is what my final thought is what my vlans should be
10.1.1.0 /24 Vlan 1 ( Switches / Network Management)
10.1.2.0 /24 Vlan 2 (Servers) i am planning on adding WSUS Antivirus update server file server
10.1.3.0 /24 Vlan 3 (Staff and Staff Printers)
10.1.4.0 /24 Vlan 4 (Student and Student Lab Printers, As well as Lecturer PC)
Tell me what you guys think. Any advice, constructive criticism will be appreciated.