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Hey Guys, I need some information on setting up a samll office. 8 Win XP devices, 3 Printers, room for growth. Not sure what the best equipment to go with and easiest set up. Golas. - Wireless Set up for 2-3 clients - Wire connect 8 PCs (RJ 45) - Wire connect 3 printers - Possible VPN capability - Decent Security - what is a meduim way and the least expensive way to do this set up. Any comments are greatly appriciated, Thank You

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A CISCO swicht with 8 or 16 ports, for a future expansion. A cisco router for the wireless, many cable cat 5e or 6...for security, if you have the money, buy a firewall, use symantec endpoint protection, is really good. You need a server that gives IP to the computers and printers, or a PC configured as a server.

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Would I really need a dhcp serevr giving out IPs if this would be on internal network? + I can range that with the Router setup correct?

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What do you mean with "the router setup correct?

Message edited by saint19 on 09-17-2009 at 08:09:33 PM

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Does the correct router have the capability to support 12 devices?

Lets say 1 router then add a switch to it 16 port. connect all devices to the switch. so it would be like a bigger version of home setup. would that work? is there any way that I could skip the DHCP Server set up for that size of a network?

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Yes, this could be work, but for security isn't. Is better if you have a single IP public, and the others IP are privates. Also, the printers need a static IP, and this IP don't could be public.

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jyzza,

Could you please elaborate on what you mean by "decent security"? . Having a robust "foundation network" based on Cisco router/switch/ASA firewall will enable your network to grow with your business while providing "industrial strength" security IMHO . Most Cisco/other brand routers/ Firewalls [have built in DHCP server].

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