Network Installation Checklist

Utilize this Network Installation Checklist to guide the setup of network hardware from switches to cables ensuring proper configuration, and security.

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Network Installation Checklist

Cables

Router

IP Address Scheme

VLAN

Default VLAN

Additional VLANs

Core Switch

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

Araknis

Pakedge

Multicast

Araknis

Pakedge

PoE (Power Over Ethernet)

Default VLAN

Specialized VLAN

VPN (Virtual Private Network)

Branch Switches

Spanning Tree Protocol

Araknis

Pakedge

PoE (Branch Switches)

VLANs (Branch Switches)

Access Points

Bands

Channels

Managed Power Unit (MPU)

Auto-reboot

Network Device Power Controls

OvrC

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Network Installation Checklist

Utilize this Network Installation Checklist to guide the setup of network hardware from switches to cables ensuring proper configuration, and security.

1. Are all cables terminated using the same standard (e.g., TIA-568B)?

2. Is each cable tested for faults?

3. Do ethernet cables run no longer than 100 meters?

4. Are shielded cables used in areas with high EMI?

1. Has your company’s network planning sheet been filled out?

2. Is the WAN port connected to the modem or internet port?

3. If present, is the ISP-provided modem/router set to bridge mode?

4. If bridge mode is not available, is DMZv4 set for the router’s WAN address?

5. Is the router's power protected and conditioned?

6. Has the router’s username and password been changed?

7. Has the router been named and its location noted?

8. Is the default gateway checked?

9. If a static WAN IP is assigned, has the router’s WAN interface been configured (IP address, subnet mask, gateway, DNS, VLAN tag)?

10. Is the DNS server set correctly?

11. Is the subnet mask set to 255.255.255.0 for networks with fewer than 254 hosts, or 255.255.254.0 for networks with up to 510 hosts?

12. Has the configuration been backed up?

1. Is DHCP used?

2. Is static IP used only when required?

3. Are DHCP reservations set for key equipment?

1. Is a VLAN used only when needed (e.g., for large surveillance systems, high-definition media streams, MoIP, security segregation, or isolating IoT devices)?

1. Is the Default VLAN named "default"?

2. Is Inter-VLAN Routing enabled unless isolation is desired?

3. Is traffic set to untagged for all ports on the default VLAN?

1. Are additional VLANs named for their specific purpose?

2. Is Inter-VLAN Routing enabled if unicast traffic must pass between VLANs?

3. Is traffic set to tagged for all ports?

4. Has the subnet mask, IP range, and DNS been set for additional VLANs?

1. Is the switch's power protected and conditioned?

2. Has the switch's username and password been changed?

3. Has the switch been named and is its location noted?

4. Is the switch connected to the router (through the uplink port if specified)?

5. Has the switch’s configuration been backed up?

1. Is STP used only if required (e.g., for Sonos, DirecTV, Tivo, Kaleidescape, etc.)?

1. Is STP disabled if not required?

2. Is the bridge priority set to 4096?

3. Is CST set to off by port, where needed?

4. Is Auto Edge disabled on every port involved with STP?

1. Is Spanning Tree Admin Mode enabled if required?

2. Is the STP version set to IEEE802.1w?

3. Is the bridge priority set to 8192?

4. Is CST enabled for port 1?

5. Is Auto Edge disabled on every port involved with STP?

1. Is multicast enabled only if required for network systems (e.g., MoIP, NVX, Wyrestorm)?

2. Will enabling IGMP not interfere with other network systems?

1. Are IGMP snooping and V2 enabled?

2. Are report suppression, flood, IGMP snooping status, fast leave, and querier state enabled?

3. Is the unregistered multicast set to drop?

1. Is IGMP snooping admin mode enabled?

2. Are Fast Leave, Report Suppression Mode, and IGMP Snooping Querier Admin Mode enabled?

3. Is Querier VLAN IP Address set to 0.0.0.0?

4. Is the cunregistered multicast set to drop?

1. Is the total power draw not higher than 85% of the power budget?

1. Is Inter-VLAN routing enabled if unicast traffic must pass between VLANs?

2. Is all port traffic set to untagged for the default VLAN?

1. Are specialized VLANs named for their purpose?

2. Are IP addresses and ranges, DNS, trunk ports, and access ports set correctly for specialized VLANs?

3. Are trunk ports connected to the router with tagged traffic, and access ports to other gear with untagged traffic?

4. If using Araknis, is the DNS Server mode set to static?

5. If using Pakedge, is multicast routing enabled if multicast must pass between VLANs?

1. Is a VPN standard established for remote access beyond OvrC’s capabilities?

2. Is OpenVPN enabled for VPN access?

3. Is DDNS created for OpenVPN?

4. Is OpenVPN port 1194 open from outside the network?

5. Has the OpenVPN configuration file been downloaded?

6. If using Dynamic DNS, has it been verified to resolve the issue to the correct public IP address?

7. Has NSLookup or ping been used to verify the DDNS address?

8. Is PPTP VPN disabled for security reasons?

9. If using an ISP-provided router, is DMZ, IP passthrough, or bridge mode set for the ISP router?

1. Is switch power protected and conditioned?

2. Has the switch’s username and password been changed?

3. Has the switch been named and is its location noted?

4. Is the switch connected to the core switch (through the uplink port if specified)?

5. Has the switch’s configuration been backed up?

1. Are settings matched from the core switch?

1. Is STP disabled if not required?

2. Is bridge priority set to 8192?

3. Is CST set to off (by port, where needed)?

4. Is Auto Edge disabled on every port involved with STP?