Product FamilyNetworking and Wi-Fi
Switching and Firewall Planning
Spec the switching and firewall layer a dependable, secure network is built on.
Switching and firewall planning covers the wired core everything else depends on: port counts, power for the devices hanging off those ports, and the firewall terminating internet and remote access. It comes up when an installer asks you to supply equipment, when nobody can explain the current firewall rules, or when a site has quietly outgrown the closet it started in.
When this fits
- The firewall is old or nobody knows its rules
- An installer asked you to supply the equipment
Typical planning considerations
- How many ports are in use today, against how many the site needs after the next change
- Which connected devices draw power over the network: phones, cameras, access points, door hardware
- Where the closet sits, what it can cool, and whether it has clean power behind it
- Where firewall rules and remote-access configuration are documented, if anywhere beyond one person's memory
- Internet circuits, failover, and what the site can still do when the primary link drops
- Separation between guest, staff, payment, and device traffic
What Days Dynamics can help coordinate
- Translating port, power, and uplink needs into a written specification
- Preparing requests for switching, firewall, and the cabling or optics between them
- Planning the configuration migration so existing rules are carried over deliberately
- Scheduling the swap into a window that will not take the site offline during business hours
Frequently planned together
New Location Rollout
The pieces that have to land together for a site to open working: network first, then everything on it.