Providing Information (2)
Design of the network
- how many physical segments it will consist of?
- what is each segment going to be used for?
- how many hosts are in each segment?
- expectations of growth
- topology map
- Utilisation and efficiency guidelines
- 25% immediately, 50% in one year
- operational needs; no reservations
- Can address space be conserved by using:
- different subnet sizes?
- avoiding padding between subnets?
- Any address space already in use?
- returning and renumbering? (encouraged)