Re: LAN routing

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On 8/18/2005 07:21, exchangerookie1994 wrote:
> We have a remote office currently connected by 2 mb long haul Dsl connection
> to inside of our main lan. We are interested in configuring a 2003 server as
> a router at the remote location and setting them on a new IP scheme/ subnet.

you should just use a hardware router IMO. Check out the Cisco 831, it's
not too expensive (few hundred) and will be much more reliable. RIP
protocol should be able to handle dynamic adding of routes in a small WAN
network but honestly, is it that bad to put a couple static routes in, one
time, when you set it up? Clients can have their gateway changed via DHCP.

You could try a cheapo SOHO router but they tend to be not to feature
complete for a corp WAN since they are designed for mostly DSL/Cable
gateway applications. They also tend to crash under load.

~Jason

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