[SOLVED] Suggestions on how to get most of our 10Gbe fiber connection

[tanasa23]

Hello everybody , I started working in a small/medium business with a 10Gbit fiber connection and they asked me if I could think of some upgrades/changes to make to our networking since all PCs or Access Points are only putting out around 8Mbps and I would like to make it atleast x10 faster than that. I wil also post photos to maybe understand better the situation .Of course the cheaper the better At the moment this is the config that is running :
CISCO ME 3400E SERIES SWITCH -> USING GE PORT INTO 2X HUAWEI ROUTER AR2200 SERIES -> BOTH GO INTO A CHECK POINT 770/790-WIFI FIREWALL -> 1 DLINK DGS-1210-28 SWITCH -> 1 NETGEAR FS726TP SWITCH .
Those 2 final switches then spread into 5Cate ethernet cables into our offices.We have around 25 PCs ,1 IBM System server that is accessible to other offices from other cities in the country , 3 nas servers ,all workers need poe for their telephone,survaillance cams ,around 6 printers,3 access points to cover the area .
I noticed that by connecting directly to the huawei router my laptop finally sees the connection as a Gbit one , other than that it shows as 100Mbit .Thank you !

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[kanewolf]

Bandwidth is useless if not allocated to business functions. You need to understand what functions can benefit from WAN bandwidth. Off site backup? Video conferencing?
For most office work with 25 PCs, 10GE is WAY overkill.

 

[bill001g]

First question.
Is there another IT guy there to help with this.

Not to be disrespectful but if they hired you to maintain this equipment you are in way over your head I suspect.

The very obvious problem with this equipment is that the cisco and netgear switch are 10/100. The fiber connection can only run 1gb. Not sure how you get 10gbit.

Not being able to see this very basic thing means you have very little network knowledge.

Just by looking at this I would have trouble making changes to this system unless it is extremely well documented and I have worked in networking for a huge number of years

Just some complexity that I see just from the photos there are likely many more.

This appears to have mulitple networks running over the fiber connection, likely using vlans. A MPLS network is a very advanced form of private VPN. MPLS is one of the most advanced forms of network configuration there is. Only a very senior network person has even touched it.

Not sure how the checkpoint firewall is in the network and what it is actually doing. Checkpoint is a most expensive firewall system there is. It has so many options it tends to be very complex to configure.

I also suspect there are many other bottlenecks, the firewalls and other equipment may also have 10/100 ports in them.


So bottom line is unless there is another IT you likely are going to need to hire some help. I would not even touch this equipment until you have a very good understanding what things do. Even the simple netgear might be hard to swap since I strongly suspect they are using vlans on them.