Hi everyone,
I have an interesting situation. I have a church that has a school and an office. Each has their own network with internet. The school has 55 computers on it’s network and the office has 11. The office manager wants two computers from the school to link to the office network to share a financial management database. They want to be able to share files and printers between the office and the 2 school computers. I can think of 3 options.
1) Make the whole campus 1 network. Pros, easier to maintain and setup file and printer sharing. Cons, costs more and will slow the office internet down due to more users on the network.
2) Add just the 2 computers to the office network via WiFi. Pros, cost less and less setup than option 1. Cons, cannot share printer with the school. They would have to walk to the office to share the large copier/scanner/printer.
3) Setup a VPN to the office server to run the financial program when needed using remote desktop connection. Pros, would only need the office network when they are using the financial software. No change to the school network. Cons, need to add and configure VPN which I am not very familiar with.
I would love some feedback and any other options you think might work for this situation.
Thanks much,
Dan
