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Hi. I am moving offices next week and wanted some suggestions about simplifying my network. I am a relative novice when it comes to networking, so please accept my apologies if my issues are silly.
Here's what I currently have:
1. Win 2K tower server - only provides file and print serving
2. 4 laser printers
3. 10 Dell desktop PC's running Win XP
4. 2 Dell laptops running Vista
5. Cisco ASA 5505 firewall
6. Linksys SRW224G4 data switch
7. Linksys SRW224P voice switch
8. Edgewater Networks 4500T4 voice router
9. Covad DSL (8/1)
We have hosted VOIP (thus the voice switch and router). We also have hosted email. We do not do any web or application service from the Win 2K server, nor do we intend to in the future.
Ideally, what I'd like to do is to find a solution that eliminates the Win2K server since it's slow and cumbersome. However, I need to find a way to ensure that we can continue to serve files and printers. Additionally, it would be nice to be able to gain remote access to shared files, although that is not mandatory.
Any recommendations? Thanks in advance.
Here's what I currently have:
1. Win 2K tower server - only provides file and print serving
2. 4 laser printers
3. 10 Dell desktop PC's running Win XP
4. 2 Dell laptops running Vista
5. Cisco ASA 5505 firewall
6. Linksys SRW224G4 data switch
7. Linksys SRW224P voice switch
8. Edgewater Networks 4500T4 voice router
9. Covad DSL (8/1)
We have hosted VOIP (thus the voice switch and router). We also have hosted email. We do not do any web or application service from the Win 2K server, nor do we intend to in the future.
Ideally, what I'd like to do is to find a solution that eliminates the Win2K server since it's slow and cumbersome. However, I need to find a way to ensure that we can continue to serve files and printers. Additionally, it would be nice to be able to gain remote access to shared files, although that is not mandatory.
Any recommendations? Thanks in advance.
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