At the moment my office has ADSL, Sonic Firewall/Router, multiple switches and patch panels, 20 XP client stations, 1 2003 SBS, and 2 Vista Client stations on 3 seperate floors. The wiring is hideous, and I do not have the luxury of modifying my predecessors wiring set-up. 1st floor has all the incoming devices, modem, sonicwall, and then a switch to a patch panel. 1st floor clients all come back to switch, 1 switch output goes to 2nd floor switch and then out to clients and server on 2nd floor.
My server is a simple file server, literally just another system in the workgroup where everything gets stored.
Now, my quandry – I need a better set-up for the network, something more efficient. Should I set te server up to control all routing functions, or let the sonicwall handle it? And what steps would someone recommend to better my set-up?
Sorry, if the details are vague, networking is still a new addition to my train of thought.
