Building an office network Instructions

Hi All,
I am building an office LAN and I am using a single router connected with 2 switches to connect all users. I am also using an ASA 5510 facing the outside world and connecting this office to the main office using SITE-to-SITE tunnel. Everything is ready.
My question is: Which is the reason to use 2 of more routers in a LAN with a single subnet? In whta circumstances we use more than one router?
Thank you!

I guess he's not refering to the ISP router (like you) as he said he would connect the router to the switches. But maybe I'm reading it wrong.
Anyway I agree with you: if the Internet is availiable as Ethernet (plain or PPPoE) there is no need to have an additional router in the setup. Simply connect the switches with each other and put the ASA inside interface on one of the switch ports, connect the provider router/modem to the ASA outside interface and configure your site-to-site-VPN.

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Hello,
I am looking to setup a small office network comprising 6 G4 macs (existing computers) that have been upgraded to the newest OS version. What is the best way to go about networking these computers together in terms of being able to share files, internet connection, access to peripherals and also implementing a firewall.
Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you

1, Get a cable internet ISP account; depending on your service you should be able to secure a 5Mbps down and 2Mbps up on the cable e.g. Cox or Comcast.
2. Get a good router. The mass market Linksys and Netgear routers aren't very good in terms of reliability. I use a ZyXEL P-330W router is the best I've ever seen. Its reliable and very efficient in terms of throughout. The Apple Airport Extreme is good.
3. Set up the router to support UPnP. This way all computers will be able to share iChatAV video conferencing. If you enabled "port forwarding" only one Mac would be able to use iChatAV video conferencing.
4. Set up your router for DHCP to dynamically issue Internet address to all your computers.
5. Setup the wireless router for encryption such as WPA. This will encrypt wireless communication.
6. Setup the wireless router for only your computers. You'll have to get the MAC/AirPort ID network addresses as expressed in terms of an xx:xx:xx:xx address. You can get this thru your Systems Preferences -> Network window -> AirPort (in the sidebar) -> Advanced button.
7. If you have Ethernet in your office then skip steps 5 and 6 above.
8. On each computer open up the System Preferences -> Sharing and check-off the File Sharing. Set your user access preferences appropriately.
9. Get a Network enabled All-in-one printer and setup Printer Sharing options. Hook-it up to your network and add your printer by clicking on the "+" sign in your "Print and Fax" Preferences.
10. Don't enable Apple Firewall on each Mac. The router will be the Firewall.
Ok. That's the short-hand.. plug it all in and go!

Randomly monitor small office network

Looking for a user-friendly, dummy-proof article on creating a small office network from a total of four Mac's (3 iMacs, one Air), allowing the administrator to randomly monitor without detection the real-time activities taking place on the other two machines. Triple points for iOS monitoring capabilities, as well

Hello, rjbm_exact.
You definitely need a managed switch and a Cisco Small Business (200 or 300 series) can meet your requirements. You can setup separate VLAN to segregate user access level. Are you also looking at expanding your wireless (guest access)?
Let me know if you need more assistance or e-mail ([email protected]) me directly. Kind regards.

Small Office Network Setup Help

Hi folks,
We are renting a small office in a floor which consists of many offices. The way internet is distributed here is, they have a verizon fios router and a couple of unmanaged switch, from which cables are run to offices for internet. One of the port on a switch is dedicated to our office.
In our office we have 6 computers and a network printer. The computers need to share files with each other and be able to print.
We want to isolate our office network from others. When we use an unmanaged switch, the version router dhcp assigns ip addresses to computers and we are able to access the internet. The verizon local ip is: 192.168.1.xxx. But we can also see computers that are of other offices, which means they can see us.
How do we create a separate network? Say we want to use IP 192.168.10.XXX or 10.0.0.xxx. We just bought a 24 port managed (L2) switch.
Thanks

Hello, rjbm_exact.
You definitely need a managed switch and a Cisco Small Business (200 or 300 series) can meet your requirements. You can setup separate VLAN to segregate user access level. Are you also looking at expanding your wireless (guest access)?
Let me know if you need more assistance or e-mail ([email protected]) me directly. Kind regards.

TS1398 Got the dreaded no wifi on my wife's iPhone 4S. Wifi greyed out and no luck with the reset network instructions. Why isn't Apple addressing this issue? We are a family of Apple product users, 2 ipads, an ipad mini, 4 iPhones but one isn't working!

Got the dreaded no wifi on my wife's iPhone 4S. Wifi greyed out and no luck with the reset network instructions. Why isn't Apple addressing this issue? We are a family of Apple product users, 2 ipads, an ipad mini, 4 iPhones but one isn't working! Issue began whenwe upgraded the operating system.....
Come on Apple.....get this issue sorted out!

Just out of warranty. This is a software issue. everything was ok until the software update. Apple just need to sort it out.

Can not access CRM from outside the office network - Access denied You do not have sufficient access rights or privileges to perform this action.

Hi,
I can not access CRM from outside the office network - Access denied You do not have sufficient access rights or privileges to perform this action. I can access CRM with same user id and password from our office inside the network. I can get
the page to give login details once I have login details I got below error. Please help me to solve this issue. It was working before.
Access denied You do not have sufficient access rights or privileges to perform this action.
Regards,
Noushad
[email protected]

On Premise system Configured with AD FS server for claims-based authentication you need to update your host file with server url to access it from outside office network.
Refer
this on how to update host file.
Regards, Saad

Home Office Network Setup

Sorry in advance. Just spent the better part of the weekend trying to find related post/replies...and just got woefully confused.
I do architectural graphics and work primarily on a mac for PShop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Sketchup. I also use a PC to work in AutoCAD. Trying to update my OSes (major backup needed, hence the external drive)AND streamline my workflow.
Currently, I use sneakernet/flashdrive to share graphics files between the two platforms. This is getting old. Was told I could share an external hard drive between the two. Bought one without researching HOW-TO first. My bad. Before integrating the hard drive, would like to create a home-office network. (hard drive not connected yet)
Here's what I have:
imac G4 17-inch, OS X 10.4.11, NO airport extreme card installed
Dell Latitude D610 notebook, Windows XP, sp1 (I know, updating after success here)
My Book External Hard Drive (non-portable, TO BE usb-connected to imac)
ABS Snow
A few pre-bluetooth printers
*Current set up*, archaic, but works fine:
Cable modem> ethernet> ABS (WAN port)
ABS (LAN port)>ethernet> imac g4
Windows wireless to ABS
Printer > usb > imac
What I want to do:
1) Print wirelessly from pc.
2) Access my mac-stored graphic files from pc.
3) Share external drive with mac and pc without having to do the sneaker-flash drive dance. I intend on connecting directly from mac via usb.
4) Read/write SHARED files to/from said external drive with either mac or pc.
5) Use external drive for backups, mac and pc.
6) Share iTunes library between pc and mac.
Money's my biggest limitation, or I'd just go buy a newer extreme w/ usb ports, etc. After trying to piecemeal the 5000 related posts I've read, I officially have no idea where to start.
I THINK I understand how to share files/folders between the two (http://www.ifelix.net/tech/3020.html) With my current setup, can I simply use file sharing in a similar way to connect PC to external hard drive? printer?
I THINK I will be moving my mac documents/graphic files/music to the external hard drive. I THINK I will chose the moved folders on this _external hard drive_ that I want to pc-share. I THINK the mac-pc compatible external drive will allow equal read/write access. I THINK it's going to be THIS easy.
BUT...does the Snow have the capacity to support my intended network (internet, external drive, printer)? Or will the mac need an airport extreme card to make this work?
Also, any thoughts on partitioning the external drive? I've read some posts elsewhere with that recommendation. It seems like a potential headache since I'll be sharing things like music and graphic files.
I have some serious backing up and general hd cleanup to do but am petrified to lose everything in my attempt to share this external disk. Help! Mega-many thank you's if you made it this far in the post!

Does the mac need to be wireless in order to utilize file sharing or 'Connect to Server' commands?
No. You can do both via an Ethernet connection. A matter of fact, file sharing will be demonstrably faster with Ethernet as compared to wireless.
Do I need programs like DAVE and/or SAMBA to make all this wireless talk happen?
Neither. These have nothing to do with wireless connectivity. When sharing files between Macs, you will utilize AFP which is built-in OS X. Sharing with Windows/Linux clients will require SMB. This too is available from OS X.
It sounds like, by your post, that the pc will only network with peripherals directly connected to the router (snow) and NOT to peripherals connected to the mac, which is wired to the snow. Is that correct?
Sorry, if I mislead you. That is not true. A PC can access either devices connected wired/wirelessly to the Snow or to devices connected to a Mac that is sharing them.
Let me know if the AFP link I provided doesn't answer all your questions. You may also find the following iFelix link handy: Sharing files between a Windows XP PC and a Mac running OS 10.4.x

Home/Office network setup (Mini Lan Network) if possible?

Hi,
To all the people that know what the best way to set up a home to office network such as the diagram below, please help us out with the following questions:
I hope that someone can understand the diagram. Anyways,
We currently have both setups, but there is no network communication either through Home nor Office where a PC will talk to a Mac or vic versa, nor through connecting through the internet where our office machines will talk to the home machines and vices versa. This is where my requirements for such a setup is needed.
Our Office uses the iMac for general Administration/Accounting work, whilst the PC is used for Engineering Draft work and others. The home machines; the PC again is used for Engineering work and others whilst the Mac is a general Purpose machine used by most members of the house hold.
Basically speaking, we would like to somehow link all peripherals and machines in such a way that:
- The home machines can talk to each other and their respective connected devices as well as the Office machines and their respective devices.
- The Office machines can talk to each other and their respective connected devices as well as the Home machines and their respective devices.
Currently the setup is as follows:
Home: PC : Has one main user for doing Engineering work and General other purpose activities.
MAC : Has multiple Accounts for doing general work
Office: PC : Has one main user for doing Engineering work and General other purpose activities.
MAC : Has 3 accounts; One for main Admin user and the other two only to access MYOB accounting and shared folders.
If I can get a point listing of how to achieve all this, I would be very grateful. Also, due to software licensing imposed by S/W companies what would be the best way to reduce the number of software bought for each computer only to be run from one main machine... similar to how program linking worked in Mac OS 9.2.2. I would like to do this through Virtaul PC running off the iMac and say running Microsoft Office from the P3. I currently have MS remote Desktop connection but this logs out the user that would otherwise been logged on when I hook up to the PC, is there another way?
I hope to get lots of feed back for this one guys.
Thanks
Tibs
<pre>
Home/Office Network Diagram:
PC (P4/2GHz Win 2000 Professional) Mac ( Dual Boot Dual 1.25GHz G4/ Tiger 10.4.9)
- Microsoft Office - General Software
- Engineering Software
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---------------------- SWITCH (100MBps) -------------------------
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ADSL/CABLE Modem
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- HOME
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INTERNET
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- OFFICE
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ADSL/CABLE Modem
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---------------------- SWITCH (100MBps) -------------------------
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PC (P3 800MHz/ Win 2000 Professional) iMac ( 1GHz G4/ Tiger 10.4.9)----------------------------- USB HUB ----------------------
- Engineering Software - MYOB Account Edge Version 6 | | |
- Microsoft Office - Virtual PC 6.1.1 | | |
| - Apple Works 6.2.4 | | |
| Epson Scanner Lexmark BW Laser Brother Fax
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---------------------------------- |--- FW 400 Ext. HD 80GB
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HP A0 EPSON COLOUR
(NETWORK PLOTTER/PRINTER) (NETWORK LASER PRINTER)
</pre>
PPC MDD Dual Boot/Dual 1.25GHz Mac OS 9.2.x 2 x 23" Apple HD Display, 2GB RAM, 2x150GB + 1x1TB HD
PPC MDD Dual Boot/Dual 1.25GHz Mac OS 9.2.x 2 x 23" Apple HD Display, 2GB RAM, 2x150GB + 1x1TB HD

You should study VNC.
You will need to configure the router at work, to accept and forward VNC connections. (open port 5900, forward to computer#1's IP address. open port 5901, forward to computer#2's IP address...see below)
You will need to set up work computers to be running as VNC servers.
Work computers should also be configured to have static IP inside the LAN. Your router will need a fixed IP address to forward VNC traffic into.
standard listening port for VNC is 5900 (i think), and each VNC server can be set to listen on different port. (5900,5901,etc)
You will need to configure home computers to be VNC client.
On home computer, in order to connect to work computer #1, run VNC client to connect to Work Public IP address (WAN router address) on port 5905(or whatever standard VNC port is). Work router will forward that hit on VNC port, into work computer#1.
More FAQ here:
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&q=vnc+faq&btnG=Search

Ios6.0.1 = Problem with office network desktop computers

Hi,
We have a few iPhones connected onto our office computer network via a WIFI router.
While those iPhones were running IOS 5, we had no issues.
Now, since IOS 6 - and even IOS 6.0.1 is running on those iPhones, I have 2 iPhones causing network issues to DESKTOP COMPUTERS when connected to the office network through WIFI.
Basically, when those iPhones are connected to our network via WIFI, always the same 2 desktop computers then have network connectivity issues.
Those computers have the following IP address:
Computer A: 192.168.1.92
Computer B: 192.168.1.103
When let's say iPhone A is connected to the WIFI router, then Computer A starts to have network issue - ping does not work anymore - or only randomly - user cannot printed - computer cannot connect to Windows Shares anymore.
I have found about that by changing the IP address of the computer the problem was then solved.
I have then check the IP address used by the iPhone A ... it is not the original one used by the Computer A ... It is a different IP address provided by our DHCP server ... so the problem is not there (?).
I then ran an nmap request on 192.168.1.92 while Computer A had issue ...and found on that the MAC ADDRESS reported was not the one of Computer A - but the one of iPhone A !!!
So, when iPhone A connects to the network via WIFI - it seems to confuse the switches despites not having the same IP address ...
If I ask my collegue to switch the WIFI off on his iPhone, then the problem disappear straight away ... No more issue with the computer and its IP address 192.168.1.92 ... and nmap then reports the correct computer MAC ADDRESS.
The same problem happens with Computer B and iPhone B ...
We have RESET NETWORK settings on both iPhones but this did now solved the issue.
Can someone help out ?
Thanks & regards
GL

I'd say the scope of your dhcp server is probably overlapping your fixed ip addresses on your desktops
Could be due to the lease time the reason your not seeing the ip addresses on the devices you expect
Could also be a rouge dhcp server somewhere

Switching between office network & home adsl modem

Small problem. Is it possible for my iBook to automatically detect whether I'm connected to either my office network or my home USB adsl modem? At present, I have to manually go into System Preferences/Network and switch from one to the other and then perform a re-start. Obviously a real pain! There must be an easier way.

Hi there
I don't think that the iBook will able to switch automatically between the two networks depending on where you are. The easiest solution, in my opinion, is to set up two locations in your network preferences, one for home and one for office. Once the two locations are set up then all you need to do to switch between them is to go to the apple menu in the finder and you should see a 'Location' submenu where you can select either the home or office setups without having to go into system preferences. Hope this helps.
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Advice on how i can set up an office network with 40 computers.

I am planning on setting up an office network with 40 computers. What do you think is the best way i can do this? Thank you in advance.

Your first step should be to call an IT professional who has experience with this type of thing. He will need to survey the entire area and ask you dozens of questions about how you want things to operate. Then, he will present you with a proposal for the network listing all of the things that the system can and and cannot do.
Your second step would be to call another IT professional who has experience with this type of thing and go through the same procedure.
Your third step would be the same as the first and second.
Your fourth step would be to check the references provided in the steps 1-3 and then decide on which professional that you want to use.

Help/Advice needed on setting up home office network please

Hi
I hope someone can help me with some technical difficulties i am having with a home / office network.
Computer equipment i have is:
2 desktop PCs on same floor different rooms.
2 laptop PCs to be used wired in office and/or Wifi if possible any room
2 Apple mac Laptops to be used wired in office and/or Wifi in any room.
1 HP Laser printer with network enabled
1 TB HDD network enabled
1 Linksys WiFi extender unit
Connection equipment:
I have an NTL Cable modem
Linksys WR54G ver 2 router ( with the option of going to aLinksys WRT300N ver 2 router)
A Netgear Dual speed hub DS116
What i would like to do is have one office holding 1 desktop pc, 1 HP Printer and the other office holding the 2nd desktop PC with USB printer attached. I would like to be able to go Wifi around the house for all PC & Mac Laptops with the option of connecting them by wire in the office if required.
Idealy i would like to be able to share files, folders and printers between all units as well as all having internet access through the router's firewall.
I also use Zone Alarm Pro.
At the moment i have in one office the WR54G attached to the cable modem with one Desktop PC wired in to one of the 4 ports. in a 2nd port i have a cable going to the 2nd office into the DS116.
Connected to the DS116 is the 2nd Desktop PC, the HP Laser printer and the 1TB HDD.
The Wifi extender is in another room.
For some reason every now and then the whole system goes wobbly and seems to loose settings at which point internet access is denied and ihave to go back to 1 pc into the cable modem and starting rebuilding the network.
Can anyone give me an idiots guide to settin this kind of system up with specificsettings on each item if possible.
I would say i would also like to use 1 desktop PC for gaming now and then which at the moment sems very hit and miss with speed etc.
Any help warmly welcomed
Best Rgds
Kev

ryclark wrote:
Following on from Steve's advice I would probably not bring the unwanted channels all the way down on the faders, either in a live mix or if mixing subsequently in Audition, as it may change the background acoustic too much. Leaving a bit of the background mics faded up a bit helps to pull the whole recording together and also means you have a better chance of getting all the faders back up in time for when they are needed without missing anything.
I didn't actually touch on this at all - perhaps I should have. There's definitely more than one way to undertake this sort of operation, and it rather depends on exactly what equipment you have available. So far, we know you've got potentially 16 channels available, but have no idea how you were planning to cover the different aspects of it. For instance, I would always consider it worth it to have a pair of ambience mics up all the time - which would get around this particular problem anyway....
The other thing you really have to pay quite a bit of attention to before you start is making damn sure (the previous day) that everything is in good order, and it all works when connected together. And if, for instance, you're going to rely on radio mic feeds from clergy, that you can tap into these without difficulty, etc. Make sure your mic stands are not falling apart, and that you've got all the right mic stand adaptors - amazing how many times people have screwed that one up!
What this generally means is that even if you're familiar with the location, you still need to do a reccé just to make sure that everything in the venue is as you think. And if you can grab a dedicated assistant for the event, go for it. This can make carting stuff about a lot easier, and provide additional security for your equipment. And sometimes other benefits too, like tea...

Message not working with gtalk on Mac in office network, but Gtalk is working in the same network on Windows machine

I was using Windows machine at my workplace (Office network), gtalk used to work absolutely fine.
Now I started using, Mac everything is working fine but my Gtalk account configured in Message is not working.
Gtalk is working fine as soon a connect to my home network.
I have tried configuring Nimbuzz and Psi , but of no use.
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Ok, after 40 minutes on the phone with the most patient and helpful Apple tech ever, the problem was fixed. Still not sure what did it though. Basically what I did was this-
Completely uninstalled iTunes, details here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1224
I even removed all files associated with iTunes, which is further down the same page. Don't worry, you won't have to delete your music.
Then, I emptied the Trash and restarted the machine. I then checked for updates for every single App on my machine, upgraded to 10.6.4, and downloaded the iPhone SDK - not sure how this helped but anyway....
Then I restarted the machine again.
I then verified and repaired all permissions through the Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility)
Restarted the machine...again.
I then downloaded the latest version of iTunes and installed it...and it worked.
Now, at this stage I was skeptical as anyone who has read my first post will know, restarted the machine previously left me back at the start. Well, I just restarted the machine and all seems good.
So, I'm not sure (neither was the tech actually hehe) which step specifically fixed the problem, so you might want to try them all.
If this doesn't fix your problem, my heart goes out to you! Perhaps try calling tech support-
http://www.apple.com/support/contact/phone_contacts.html

UM175 - Not able to connect to office network with VPN

I am having trouble connecting to my office network using this wireless card, UM175, and connecting with a VPN. I have the VPN set up the same as many other computers connecting to our server. Currently when I start VZAccess, I can access the internet and everything works fine. When I start my VPN to connect to my office server, it takes multiple tries with error 691 being returned. After two or three tries it connects. I can ping my computer from the server. I can ping my router and my server from my notebook with the UM175. However, I cannot do anything with the server. I cannot access the internet, access files from the server, or access any software on the server. I contacted IT and our administrators and they tested the system and VPN and state that there is a problem with the modem UM175. Is there some setting that I must set to make this work correctly. This is an urgent matter and must be working, or I will have to purchase another type of modem.

Where are you located? I'm in the Bay Area, CA and I was using the UM175 with my PPTP VPN without any problems. However, I recently upgraded to the new 4G on Wednesday and now the PPTP VPN won't authenticate...errors on verifying user name and password. I did a packet trace and found GRE packets are being dropped. This is a Verizon issue and it appears their 4G upgrades have directly caused this problem.
There is another thread about this issue located here: http://community.vzw.com/t5/Broadband-Netbook-MiFi-Devices/LG-LTE-Modem-VPN-Not-Working/td-p/349846

In office network messaging app suggestion

Situation: I would like to use my iPhone to send messages to other computers on my office network. It would be nice to be able to send docs as well. For example, I would like to have a template for an invoice that I could fill out on my iPhone and send to the cashier. Office computers are running Windows.
Any suggestions as far as cross platform programs and/or apps that could do this? Does AOL/AIM do network messaging, ie without having to access the internet?
Thanks for any ideas.
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In a networked world, why on earth would you want to use a "thick" app on the iPhone and another "thick" app on 1 (or more) Windows machine(s)?
Surely a web app is the way to go here, with an iPhone-friendly version of the interface? It doesn't have to be an "internet" app - in fact, in a small office, you could just run a copy of Apache on a desktop Windows machine and have everyone access that over the internal office network.
There are plenty of web-based IM-type products (open source or otherwise) that you could install to do what you want.

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