Ethernet Networking- P10:One of the biggest problems when discussing networking is knowing where to start. The subject of computer networks is one of those areas for which you have to "know everything to do anything." Usually, the easiest way to ease into the topic is to begin with some basic networking terminology and then look at exactly what it means when we use the word Ethernet. | 258 Network Design and Simulation Software Figure 11-6 Vendor-specific devices in the icon well One of the most important parts of a network device are its ports. Device properties therefore include a separate listing of all ports supplied with or added to a device as in Figure 11-10. Each port can then be configured individually see Figure 11-11 . ConceptDraw doesn t include predefined device properties sheets. However you can define any number of custom properties to apply to specific device icons. For example in Figure 11-12 you can see the setup for the custom properties of a network interconnection device. The definitions produce the dialog box in Figure 11-13. Once defined and given values custom properties are accessible to ConceptDraw s programming language and can therefore be included in any variety of reports including network inventories and bills of materials. The Network Hierarchy 259 Figure 11-7 ConceptDraw image libraries palette Figure 11-8 General device properties 260 Network Design and Simulation Software Figure 11-9 Price support properties Figure 11-10 Device port .
