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Network Solutions

Network design is the practice of planning and designing a communications network.

Network design starts with identifying business and technical requirements and continues until just before the network implementation stage (when you actually do the work to deploy and configure what was designed). Network design includes things like network analysis, IP addressing, hardware selection, and implementation planning.

In simple networks, like those found in most homes and small offices, network design is a straightforward process. In large enterprise networks, the network design process is often very complex and involves multiple stakeholders.

Before we dive into how to design a network, let’s take a moment to review network lifecycle models. In the context of network design, a network lifecycle model helps explain where and how network design fits into the broader lifespan of your network’s components and overall structure.

One of the most popular network lifecycle models is PPDIOO (Prepare, Plan, Design, Implement, Operate and Optimize) model:

  • Prepare: This is where you define high-level requirements and strategy. For example, your deliverables from this phase may include requirements documentation and current state surveys.
  • Plan: This stage deals with specific network requirements based on information gathered in the planning stages.
  • Design: During the design stage, the information gathered from the previous two stages is used to create a detailed network diagram.
  • Implement: This is where the work gets done to configure and deploy the network infrastructure. There is often testing to validate the design in this phase.
  • Operate: This is the portion of the lifecycle where the network is in production use. During this stage, monitoring is an important part of validating that the network is working as designed and being able to quickly address issues when it isn’t.
  • Optimize: At some point in most networks’ lifecycle, tweaks and optimizations are needed. This is the stage where those changes are identified. For major changes, the cycle begins again to plan and implement them.

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The team from GS Computing has contributed to helping our business run as smoothly as possible. As we are very tech-heavy, we rely on GS Computing to make sure that all our systems and security are top-notch and working at full speed.

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GS Computing has been a reliable IT partner for our business, assisting us with computer hardware supply, Microsoft licensing, and ongoing IT support. Their team is professional, responsive, and easy to deal with, which gives us confidence that our systems are well managed. Having GS Computing handle our IT needs has allowed us to focus on running the business without distraction.

Matt Morgan
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Great experience dealing with Samuel at GS Computing made a decision with his help at 3 pm wed and had my new machine at 8 am the next morning got a better spec machine for the same cost as the big box store.

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Nunz Sharq

Sam is the man! Supplied and set up the ultimate home network.

Full WiFi coverage over a 500sqm house, with hardwired LAN access to all the important equipment, capacity in the future to run my own media server, and all remotely accessible for help on the run.

Couldn’t be happier!

Chris Alderson

 

Great service from Samuel!

Highly recommend!

 

James Parnwell
The Online Co

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Keep these guys in mind when looking to purchase computers and equipment.

Andrew King

Working with Samuel and his team took a lot of pressure off my shoulders when we upgraded to NBN and increased our WiFi coverage throughout the 4 buildings. They were patient, professional and spoke in a language that even I could understand.

It all went smoothly because they were able to communicate and support the other 2 companies I coordinated in the upgrade. No question was silly, and no issue was unresolved

Christine Van Arsdale
Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish Greystanes

Highly recommended.

Sam went above and beyond in setting up my new home.

I could not fault a single thing he did and would recommend him to everyone. Great bloke and A++++ service.

Rohan Hitch

 

Amazing prompt service.

Understood the problem and had it solved quickly with a minimum of fuss without me even needing to leave my home!

Troy Darcy

I ordered a laptop literally yesterday because I’m stuck at home with Covid – 19.

It arrived today express post at my front door then a FaceTime walkthrough how to get the thing working.

Can’t recommend him highly enough for anything computer related.

Dan Maher
L & M Smash Repairs

Couldn’t be happier with GS Computing. Ordered a UDM-SE late on Tuesday night, it arrived early Wednesday morning. Sam from GS guided me through the install, backing up and restoring all my network settings. Made the whole process very fast and easy.

Will be sticking with these guys for all my IT needs from now on.

Gavin Lynch