We have a client with a main location/storefront and several satellite storefronts. For centralized accounting, invnetory and ordering purposes we are looking into linking all the satellite sites to the Netware network at the main location. DSL and Cable Modem service is not available at any of the locations yet.
I’m looking for conformation that ISDN is a good solution and some guidance with configuration.
I know an ISDN circuit from Verizon (Bell Atlantic) consists of two 64K channels which the ISDN router can handle separately. I invision a small peer-to-peer network at each satellite storefront (two to four workstations) with a Netopia router set up to use one channel to link to the main location and the 2nd channel to be available for shared internet access for the satellite storefront. The main location would have as many ISND circuits and equipment as needed to link one channel to each satellite storefront. The satellite routers would be set to dial into the main location on demand. My configuration question is in how TCP/IP addresses should be setup.
Would it work if we used the same subnet mask for all locations (255.255.255.0) and the same host address for all locations (192.168.1.xxx) and just ensure there is no duplication in addresses? Can it be this simple or will I need additional software, hardware or service solution to translate TCP/IP addresses across the WAN?
Can somebody suggest a better (cost effective) solution?
-Dave G.