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Extending our LAN

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by techless

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We are bringing a new warehouse on the other side of town on line. I need for one W2K and one Win95 workstations to be a part of our network from that location. I have priced point to point circuits and at this point the hw investments & monthly cost are too prohibitive.
What other networking solutions are potential options?

jk

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by shanghai sam

Much obviously depends on what type of network traffic will pass between the 2 locations.
If your only need occasional, essentially one-way communications (from the warehouse to your main site), a dial-up connection may suffice.
If you need a morepersistant connection with traffic flowing both directions, I would suggest some sort of VPN solution. If you are already using Win2K server at your main site, you have most of the capability built-in. I would suggest upgrading the Win95 workstation to Win2K Pro to make life simpler (and more secure). Then all you need is a means for the warehouse workstations to connect to the Internet (whether DSL, ISDN, or even Cable). Your hw costs at the warehouse end (especially if using either DSL or cable) would be limited to a modem (DSL, Cable, ISDN) and a router/firewall (from a vendor such as Linksys).

by techless

Your suggestions are what I have researched ... I was looking for other options. THanks anyway. jk

by maelgwyn

VPN from the internet is an option, but if you need, say 1 connection an hour/couple of hours, a DUN is probably better. (it comes to about $4 a day)

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