What are some basic specs of your network? Some questions:

What standard of cable is used?

How many nodes are on the network (computers, printers, networking devices(hubs, switches, etc), servers, etc)? How many computers are on the network? A ballpark estimate will be helpful.

Is your network connected with mostly hubs or mostly switches?

How is IP addressing being performed on your network? DHCP, static? Private addressing, I assume? Class A, B, or C addresses (the number of nodes on your network will be a large factor here)? IPv4 or IPv6 (I hope to God it's not IPv6). Are all hosts on the same subnet (knowing how many nodes there are on the network will helpful)?

I am not familiar with what your business does, so I will ask a couple questions about the business. Is it divided up into departments? What is the general topography of the way computers are set up (in cubicles, across from each other, etc)?


I may or may not have more questions for you as this discussion goes on.