Network services, from first look to handover
Five core services, all focused on the network itself: switching, routing, firewalls, Wi-Fi, WAN, visibility and documentation. Engage NetCon for a single problem, a defined piece of work, or a project that runs from assessment through to documented handover.
Assess it
Network Audit & Health Check
A structured, practical review of your existing network. We look at how it is actually built and operating – not just how it was meant to be – and give you a clear picture of risk, performance and technical debt.
Typical situations
- Nobody is completely confident how the network is put together
- Recurring outages, slow performance or problems nobody has pinned down
- You have inherited the network from a previous provider or staff member
- Hardware is ageing and you need to know what to replace first
- You want an independent baseline before a refresh, move or major spend
What NetCon can do
- Discover and document the current switching, routing, firewall and Wi-Fi environment
- Review VLANs, IP addressing and segmentation
- Check firmware, lifecycle status and configuration against good practice
- Identify single points of failure and resilience gaps
- Highlight documentation gaps and operational risks
What you receive
A clear, prioritised report: what is working, what is not, what presents risk and what should happen next – written so both management and technical staff can act on it.
Design it
Network Design & Advisory
Independent architecture and technical advice when you are planning change, growth or remediation. The aim is a design that fits your business, your budget and the people who will run it – not a vendor’s product list.
Typical situations
- Planning a network refresh, a new site or an office move
- Adding locations or rethinking how sites connect
- Needing better Internet or WAN redundancy
- Segmenting the network to reduce risk
- Weighing up vendor proposals and wanting a second opinion
What NetCon can do
- LAN and WAN architecture, switching and routing design
- VLAN and IP addressing plans
- Internet redundancy, SD-WAN and multi-site connectivity
- Firewall placement and network segmentation
- Vendor and solution evaluation, refresh planning and technical roadmaps
What you receive
A design, roadmap or written recommendation that you, your internal IT team, your MSP or NetCon can implement.
Fix it
Wi-Fi Assessment, Design & Optimisation
Business Wi-Fi problems are rarely solved by adding more access points. We look at coverage, capacity, configuration and the physical environment to work out why it is not performing – then fix the cause.
Typical situations
- Drop-outs, dead spots or slow connections
- Wi-Fi that works in some areas and is unusable in others
- Problems with roaming, calls or busy areas such as meeting rooms
- Guest and staff wireless sharing the same network
- Planning new access points, a new building or an upgrade
What NetCon can do
- Review the existing wireless design and controller or cloud configuration
- Assess coverage and performance across the site
- SSID and VLAN design for staff, guest and device networks
- Channel, power and RF optimisation
- Access point placement, with predictive or on-site survey methods scoped where appropriate
What you receive
Reliable Wi-Fi designed around your site and how your business uses it, with a clear plan for any upgrades or remediation.
Implement it
Network Implementation & Remediation
NetCon can carry out the work rather than handing you a report and walking away. Changes are planned, tested and documented, so the network is in a better state when we leave than when we arrived.
Typical situations
- Recommendations from an audit or design that need to be delivered
- Replacing switches, firewalls or wireless hardware
- Moving to a new Internet or WAN service
- Cleaning up years of inconsistent configuration
- Your IT team or MSP needs hands-on network engineering for a project
What NetCon can do
- Switch, firewall and Wi-Fi deployment or replacement
- VLAN, routing and segmentation changes
- Internet and WAN migrations, including SD-WAN
- Configuration clean-up and standardisation
- Change planning, cutover support and post-change validation
What you receive
A completed network improvement with appropriate change planning, validation and updated documentation.
Document it
Network Visibility, Documentation & Automation
Turn an undocumented network into one that can be understood, monitored and maintained – by your team, your MSP or whoever comes next.
Typical situations
- Network diagrams are missing, out of date or not trusted
- IP addresses live in a spreadsheet, or nowhere at all
- Users notice outages before IT does
- Configuration backups are inconsistent or missing
- The same changes are made by hand across many devices
What NetCon can do
- Network diagrams and practical documentation
- Asset and IP address management (IPAM)
- Monitoring and alerting design
- Configuration backups and configuration standards
- A source of truth for the network, and repeatable automation where it genuinely helps
What you receive
A maintainable network knowledge base and visibility platform, using open-source or commercial tools chosen to suit you – not a proprietary product you are locked into.
Small problem or large project
Not every network problem needs a major refresh. Engagements are scoped to what is actually needed.
A single problem
An unreliable Wi-Fi area, a firewall rule nobody understands, an undocumented switch stack or an intermittent fault.
A defined piece of work
An audit, a Wi-Fi assessment, a VLAN and addressing plan, or an independent review of a vendor proposal.
A larger project
A network refresh, a site move, a multi-site WAN or SD-WAN change, or a documentation and monitoring uplift.
Not sure which service you need?
You do not need to have the project fully defined. Tell us what is happening with your network and we will help work out the right starting point.
Or email josh@netconadvisory.au