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LAN or Central office????

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by georgesingh77

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Hi can you please advise on the pros and cons of having a local area network or a centralized network were users would VNP into?

We are planning a new network design, is it better to have a lan at each office accorss Germany or is it better to have one central office and have users VPN into the centeral office for access to data?

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by 1bn0

It depends on the size of the company, the number of employees and the amount and types of data that needs to be accessed.

If your situation warrants it you may want to configure a WAN between the sites. WE currently use a Rogers MPLS setup to connect between 4 sites. 3 in Canada and 1 in the US. Users can access data at all locations if required. It also provides VOIP links between the phone systems. THis gives everyone 4 digit dialing to any employee in the company and avoids long distance charges when calling between locations. The cost savings in phone charges can be used to offset the cost of the WAN links.

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