There is a currently private beta site for Network Engineering here:

http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/52519/network-engineering

The beta is new, but seems to be garnering a decent following so far, and will probably ramp up participation when it becomes a public beta site.  I think this new site should exist...as this is a core role/area within IT.  But only if these topics aren't to be covered by ServerFault.  *After all, why have a separate site at all if the topics can and should be covered here?*

Given that the ServerFault FAQs state that a question can be about:

> Network routing, switches, and firewalls

and the site name is **Server** fault...is the idea to get back to a core based on the name of the site, centering around questions regarding server/application administration and moving networking questions to their own site, eliminating this from the FAQs and acceptable topics?  *Or do sites like this new Network Engineering one exist as supplements to the larger sites like SF and SO for more granular or specialized help?*

If so, what happens when these questions overlap (ie. serverA cannot communicate with serverB)?