I am currently at a company that has about 10 cpu's in the office and maybe 4 wireless devices. The Devices include : 6 win7 64 bit machines, 3xp ,3 vista, 1 win764 bit home version.
Previously the network was setup with ATT ADSL and had a server with ms server 2003 with active directory set up and a domain and a vpn. The hardware was a linksys wrt54g( i believe) and a linksys VPN router.
What is needed.
I need the network set up as simple as possible.
Since It is easier to get rid of the server because i dont know how to deal with it and its old and slow. Ive tried. I have decided to have the hard drive of one of the main computers to have accessible files by the other members on the network.( That part of the network isn't even my concern yet.) We recently received uverse and we pay for static IP's. I dont even care if we use these static ip's i just need stuff to be stable. The network is going in and out on random computers. Some times the hardwired will go down and sometimes the wireless will go out while others do not work. For 1 computer i can't even get it on the net and its wired.
Currently the hardware for the network is the motorola nvg510(modem router combo)
I initially wired this to a hub that goes down stairs and feeds to 5 computers and this seems to work fine aside from some instability. Upstairs the instability was worse and i got rid of the hub(a different brand and type of hub)
Also, i have had the problem of chrome to stop working and then i was still able to use mozilla. very weird.
1 of the PC's i can't connect with wire, but i can wirelessly. Most of the domains i thought i set up to workgroup, but i see that they are still set to the old domain anchorstl.com. I can see them all under mycomputer/network
Also, i changed the domain to a workgroup on a computer that used to be on the old domain and now i can't log into this computer.
Any help would be great. I really appreciate it. big time. I just got this job and i know i shouldn't be doing this network , but i really dont have any option because im broke and just out of school . Please Help.
Previously the network was setup with ATT ADSL and had a server with ms server 2003 with active directory set up and a domain and a vpn. The hardware was a linksys wrt54g( i believe) and a linksys VPN router.
What is needed.
I need the network set up as simple as possible.
Since It is easier to get rid of the server because i dont know how to deal with it and its old and slow. Ive tried. I have decided to have the hard drive of one of the main computers to have accessible files by the other members on the network.( That part of the network isn't even my concern yet.) We recently received uverse and we pay for static IP's. I dont even care if we use these static ip's i just need stuff to be stable. The network is going in and out on random computers. Some times the hardwired will go down and sometimes the wireless will go out while others do not work. For 1 computer i can't even get it on the net and its wired.
Currently the hardware for the network is the motorola nvg510(modem router combo)
I initially wired this to a hub that goes down stairs and feeds to 5 computers and this seems to work fine aside from some instability. Upstairs the instability was worse and i got rid of the hub(a different brand and type of hub)
Also, i have had the problem of chrome to stop working and then i was still able to use mozilla. very weird.
1 of the PC's i can't connect with wire, but i can wirelessly. Most of the domains i thought i set up to workgroup, but i see that they are still set to the old domain anchorstl.com. I can see them all under mycomputer/network
Also, i changed the domain to a workgroup on a computer that used to be on the old domain and now i can't log into this computer.
Any help would be great. I really appreciate it. big time. I just got this job and i know i shouldn't be doing this network , but i really dont have any option because im broke and just out of school . Please Help.
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