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Making a Router Plan

After you have designed your network, make a router plan that shows the location and type of each seed router for the network. The seed router examples are based on its corresponding network diagram.

To make a router plan, determine the following:

The expected number of AppleTalk devices on present and projected Ethernet and token ring networks.
The quantity of network numbers sufficient to satisfy capacity requirements. (Up to n x 253 devices can be supported, where n is the number of network numbers in the range.)
Table 13.3 shows an example of a router seeding plan.

Table 13.3 Example of a Router Seeding Plan

Cable ID	Network Range	Zone List	Seed Devices¹
Ethernet #1	16-25	Finance²
		Accounts Payable	Server 1
		Accounts Receivable	Server 3
Ethernet #2	32-37	Marketing²
		Marketing Exec	Server 5
Ethernet #3	768	Engineering²	Server 6
LocalTalk #1	1024	Finance	Server 3
LocalTalk #2	1280	Marketing	Server 5
1 Seed device information can indicate the server name, the type of dedicated hardware router, or the location, as needed ² Indicates the network's default zone.

Keep information about your network for maintenance purposes. Create a record from your router seeding plan, and include the following information:

Router location:
- Physical location.
- Computer name of the server, if the router is a computer that is running Windows 2000 Server with AppleTalk.
Router type and version.
The physical networks connected to the router, with the following information for each:
- Cabling identification
- Network media type
- Network numbers
- Zone names
- Default zone
- Whether this router is a seed router for the networks that are attached to it