need diagram to setup home office network - 25 servers, 13 static IPs - may need more routers

Hello Loganscott,

That sounds like a rather robust amount of hardware for a home business and you didn't specify if you're trying to work on large files across the network (like from an array) or only working locally (trust me - working locally is way faster, and saving copies locally and on the array is the way to go).

With no other information, I would suggest a few 16-port gigabit switches chained in parallel through the auto-detect ports and fan them out from there. Throw your outbound network wire to the LAN side of your router/firewall and have at it. If you want, you can use a few of them inexpensive gigabit work group switches and cut down on the number of bigger switches.  They ususally support thee or four systems: like a workstation or two, plus a printer and maybe a plotter.  They're also handy when you stuff a plotter and a couple of printers in another room and they don't really need gigabit speed to make the paper fly.

A common practice for static IP's is to use 192.168.xxx.xxx for your LAN segment and setup the servers and workstations for a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.  Make the downside of the router 192.168,.[something].1 and have at it.  All the rest of it is making sure the DNS settings for each system match the comcast DNS servers (currently 75.75.75.75 and 75.75.76.76).

As always, Google (tm) is a good place to get this and other nifty information.

-steve