Re: Small network setup. Please help.

David wrote:
Hello,

I am volunteering at a small school to help them set up a ~10 user office network, and was hoping to get some advice from you folks before proceeding. (Learning as I go here....)

Here is what we have on hand:

Hardware:

- About 8 Dell Desktops P4 2.2 Ghz and faster.
- A few laptops to be used at the office and at home.
- Two laser printers with attached NetGear mini-printservers.
- A SnapServer storage appliance.

I might be able to get funds for a cheap desktop to run as a "server", but as I think a Windows Server license will not happen now, perhaps the point is moot.

Software:

- Sufficient quantity of Windows XP volume licenses.
- Sufficient quantity of Office volume licenses.
- Sufficient quantity of Symantec Corporate AV licenses.
- Sufficient quantity of Symantec Ghost licenses.


Right now, all machines are in one room, but they need to expand to a 2nd location in a different building. Both locations have broadband Internet access, so I am planning to link them with a couple of SOHO VPN routers. (Maybe a wi-fi link in the future... some complicating factors right now.)

The current setup has the SnapServer running in "peer-to-peer mode" with a manually configured user account for each machine that needs access. Microsoft Office is installed individually on each machine. Symantec AV/Ghost are not installed yet.

I would like to wipe all machines and start fresh,

The obvious question is, "Why?" If it ain't broken, don't "fix" it.

but I am need of some
guidance to help me create a "maintainable" network.

Some sort of "traveling desktop" would be ideal, as there are more office workers than machines. (The ability for uses to move to a different machine would be a huge help, but I am unsure if this can be done without Windows Server.)

I have free reign to redesign the network from the bottom up, and I would like to do things right. So, the more detailed advice I can get, the better.

IMHO, if you want to do it "right," you should be looking at something
other than Windows, but I know others here will disagree. A lot depends
on what you consider "right."

Thanks,
David






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