Re: best network setup?

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Depends on your needs.

I personally prefer a Fortigate.

Matt Gibson - GSEC


"Brian Murphy" <bmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uSioE0jNFHA.4028@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I see a few people have mentioned two nics with an external router. Whats
>your suggestion for a good router?
>
>
> "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote in message news:e4nWceZNFHA.3356@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Teamed Nics? Why teamed? Not to mention the wizards don't work on a
>> teamed nic setup too well.
>>
>> In my 100 speed network I've not seen any need to do it like this.
>>
>> Personally two nics and an external router here.
>>
>> But you'll also get two nics/no router
>>
>> One nic/router
>>
>> www.smallbizserver.net click on network setups for diagrams.
>>
>> TBarrack wrote:
>>> Personally I always set them up with teamed NIC's and a hardware
>>> router/firewall. The only caveat to this is its better to run everything
>>> with one nic installed and configured, and the second disabled. once its
>>> all up and running and configured, team the NIC's and run CEICW one last
>>> time. Depends on the number of folks connecting too I suppose but this
>>> has always worked well for us.
>>>
>>> "Brian Murphy" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I just purchased a server along with a copy of Microsoft SBS 2003 STD
>>>>edition. I would like to know what the best network setup is for SBS??
>>>>Should I go with 1 or 2 nic cards in the server? Should I use a router?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance!
>>>>
>>>>
>
>


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