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Network problem.
LockedOk guys, I was hired with this company 2 months ago. I am handling their Net Administrative duties. I have a degree in this, but specialize mostly in programming. I know my stuff, just dont have sufficient experience to fiddle with their network yet, I am barely getting use to their overall setup and function.
For one, they are running a crappy Network setup. That I know for sure. They currently have a T1 and a local LAN setup. Everything is working fine, but everything else is out of wack, unorganized and messy.
This is the issue:
They are dropping the T1 line to a HUB (ack, which also happens to be an old model NetGear – do they even make HUBs anymore?) and then daisy chaining it or “bridging it” to the wireless router (D-LINK DI-624) which makes up our LAN alongside a 24 port Linksys switch. The D-Link router has 4 switch ports, which they bridged the main LAN switch (24-port Linksys) which ultimately serves our 10 user nodes. We need the available extra ports in case clients come in and they have to use the net with their machines.
Anyway, we have a main server running Windows 2003 Server; its a PowerEdge 6500 DELL rack server. The server is hooked up to the NetGear HUB alongside the Wi-Fi router and a LaserJet for the office. Now here’s the issue, HUBs slow your connection because of the crappy collisions and loss packets that this stupid device stumbles on, so I want to remove this thing completely. The issue here is, the server is serving our web site, so it needs a static ip (public) to be able to serve the site and so does the LaserJet (for some reason). How can I eliminate the HUB and keep my WLAN/LAN in check with the D-LINK router and keep my server static as well as the LaserJet printer??
I know that our DELL server has two network cards, one is for incoming net and other is out, right? I bring in the T1 to adapter 1, then uplink adapter 2 to the D-LINK DI-624, right? Now, our server would serve the internet to the LAN, correct? But, how do I keep the LaserJet static?
Thanks in advance for the replies!