Advice Needed re: Best Setup for Two Organizations Sharing Single

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Hi There,

I have just acquired a new client that is a non-profit (5 x WinXP desktops)
sharing office space with a church. The church is not my client although I
hope it might be at some point in the future. Both share a single DSL
connection. Both are currenly running peer to peer with no central file
management or server etc. Staff at the non profit are frustrated and ready to
move to a server based network. I don't see a problem with the non-profit
having an SBS server on their own and the church continuing to be peer to
peer (single DNS and DHCP server) but what happens down the road if the
church decides to get SBS as well.

- I am assuming two SBS can't exist in the same subnet even with different
domains ... can someone verify this?

- If two SBS servers can't co-exist in same subnet can two regular Windows
2003 Servers exist (non-profit is using Act and won't really need Exchange)
or can I have one SBS server in one domain and one Win 2003 Server in another
domain?

- Has anyone tried adding two additional routers in a Y configuration so
they each have their own subnet (they use VPN which might make this a
challenge) but still share internet connection

- Any other suggestions would be appreciated.


Thanks

Steve
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