Small business router suggestion

Hi,
We are looking into the possibility of putting in some public wireless access in the public areas of our organisation.
Its a fairly small building in terms of public access and it needs to span 3 rooms in total.
We have a spare BT line into the building - ADSL 2+ - and so will utilize that instead of putting them on our network. We would like to run some router based content filtering on the router - but would use open dns if this isn't possible.
I could do to find a good wireless router that will cover the 3 areas . Its not a large budget project as there isn't going to be very highly utilized.
We are looking Cisco kit - and have drawn up a few options.
Initially we were going to go with the 1140's - but these are access points and as per my understanding aren't going to work with the phone line - as it needs to be a wireless router.
The next area was the Linksys E series (E4200) - they do look really good, and they have the content filtering which we like. Does anyone know what the power and range of the E series is?
The only issue we might have is its a fairly old building and so some of the walls are pretty thick - one of which is wooden lined.
It has the 3x3 mimo antennas and so guess it would provide some pretty good range/power but It would be nice if someone might be able to back that up.
If the hardware is cheap enough then we may be able to setup the routers in repeater mode - however I'm not sure if the home devices can work that way? - I think max would be £300 - but that will be decided when I have some better numbers.
If anyone has any pointers on this it would be appreciated.
Thanks

Hi, My name is Eric Moyers. I am a Network Support Engineer in the Cisco Small Business Support Center. Thank you for using the Cisco Community Post Forums.
The E4200 is actually one of our consumer products and we do not have alot of info on it here at the small business support center. I would direct you here for more detailed info: http://homesupport.cisco.com/en-us/support/routers/E4200
Thanks
Eric Moyers
Cisco Network Support Engineer
CCNA, CCNA-Wireless
1-866-606-1866

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Tim,
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"Tim Wohlford" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected].. .
>I was once a very loyal SBS guy -- Gold partner, etc. I'd still love to be
> one, but I remain a sadly skeptical ex-partner. I still make my living w/
> Novell products, including a new job that I took when my SBS-centric
> business failed (fair disclosure, right?). I'm also a firm believer that
> Linux needs to replace Netware.
>
> Herb points out many of the fact involved here. Let me emphasize a few:
>
> 1. No ZEN in this products. ZEN alone is a reason to keep Novell. I
> think
> that ZfD adds another $50 per user. There is supposed to be something in
> this that handles dynamic local user, which is my first concern. There is
> also no BorderManager, but most of the SBS people understand that the
> world
> has moved on from that product.
>
> 2. Based on SLES 9, not OES2. Upgrade to SLES 10 is the lure to get you
> to buy support (below).
>
> 3. With the exception of Groupwise, you can download an free equivelent
> most of it , which begs the question. If you want a 5-user freebie, then
> I'd suggest going that route, or M$ SBS if we're talking about a
> non-profit (TechSoup.org).
>
> 4. As Herb stated, there is distrust on the part of SBS installers
> towards Novell. Novell is currently run by former IBM execs. IBM
> considers 1,000 seats and $100k in annual purchases to be a small account.
> I was told directly from a Novell VP (ex-IBM) that there would never be
> another SBS last December, and while this product is labeled SBS, and came
> in response to pointed criticism at Brainshare, it is simply a NOWS-based
> product that was ready to be introduced when the SBS team was dissovled
> about 18 months ago. Novell admits that the target market for this
> product is 50-200 users, which means that Novell still doesn't want the
> 5-50 user customers. Novell has not announced any partner program which
> would take care of the 1- and 2-person shops which usually provided
> support for SBS clients, which means that they don't want small parters --
> we don't "bring value" was the phrase that the VP told me. As far as I
> can tell, there is no SBS division like there was in years past.
>
> I will totally recant everything I've said here, and written on Abend.org,
> if I get a phone call from that VP (or his boss), but I've yet to see any
> tangible evidence of changes at Novell.
>
> 5. Support is a problem. $650 per incident compares with $250 for M$
> (and
> free if it's a office-down situation). Novell has very few techs left at
> Provo, with most of the support going to the call center in India. The
> maint agreement gets you chat support and access to web support (better
> than
> Support by Goggling?). My understanding is that Novell wants to sell
> annual
> support for $80 per user per year, unless you want support for Netware, in
> which case it's a lot more. You won't get SLES 10 unless you pay for
> support. In fact, I'm wondering how patches will be handled for customers
> who don't have support agreements. Most 5-50 user shops are not used to
> paying for annual support agreements for anything but their accounting
> software, or maybe a specialized app.
>
> 6. Upgrade from SBS to this version is a problem. Forget about
> same-server
> upgrades -- this is Linux, and requires a wipe of the box, so most
> existing
> installs will only upgrade when they get a new server. In addition, no
> one
> can tell me how support agreements, based on NOWS seats, works if you've
> also go Netware-based SBS licenses.
>
> 7. The competition is very good. MS calls me at least twice a month
> asking
> if I need anything. They've sent me MCSE study kids, free copies of SBS,
> test vouchers, and free tech support. MS wants the SMB-SBS clients; after
> all, M$'s enterprise efforts started out with NT 3.51 as a Windows for
> Workgroup replacement! And, the stuff is easy to install, and runs very
> well once you get it configured. It's not at all perfect -- there are
> some
> things that I REALLY hate about M$ SBS -- but it's very good.
>
> At this point, I'll note that M$ won the battle by cherishing each small
> network as they grew up. Dell pushed IBM out of the PC market with the
> same strategy - selling to small customers until the big ones notice.
> Neither M$ or Dell have forgotten that lesson, and conversely, the losers
> have yet to learn.
>
> 8. The marketing phrase, "You can save up to 80 percent on your software
> acquisition costs by selecting Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business
> Edition instead of a Windows-centric environment from Microsoft" is, well,
> a
> stretch. That price includes a purchase of M$ Office Pro instead of using
> OpenOffice, using XP instead of NLD, as well as purchsing M$ Enterprise
> support (or at least the old comparisons did). Most of the SBS-sized
> customers would never dream of having a support contract w/ M$, have no
> plans for Linux desktops, and one hardly needs to buy Novell SBS to get
> OpenOffice. The truth is that a 5-user edition of M$'s SBS is $495, and
> only $50 if you have a qualifying non-profit. Those who know me know I'm
> no
> M$ shill, but I get allergic reactions to silly comparisons.
>
> Tim Wohlford
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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I added two screen shots.
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should work: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee815819(v=office.15).aspx However, I don't have OCT with O365 Small Business Premium, so I don't know how else to do this...
Any suggestions/advise? Thank you!

Seems like it is possible. I was able to add two exchange accounts (office 365 services) into Outlook 2013. I guess this is possible through Email Accounts (add New...). Thanks, Microsoft!

I have a small business in Brazil, can I use Creative Cloud for individuals?

Hi, I have a small business in Brazil and I want to hire someone to edit my products photos. I was looking on the Adobe's website exist Creative Cloud for Teams, as I am a business, I need to use it or can I use the CC for Individuals? In Brazil to buy CC for Teams I need buy from Platinum Partners, and I beheld the average price and is very expensive compared to CC for individuals and CC for teams in other countries.
One more thing, is there any Brazilian forum? I didn't find...
Thanks for help!

HI Tiago,
Welcome to Adobe Community.
Yes , You can surely go for CC Individual subscriptions if you wish to . If you are purchasing these subscriptoin for more then one Employee, I would suggest you to use different emails for the orders .
Regards,
Kartikay Sharma

Small Business w/Mac Mini Running Server OSX, Connect From Home Solution - VPN?

I am trying to setup my Mac Mini running OS X Server (Mountain Lion) to be accessed from users at home (for file sharing and Contact Services). Is a VPN the best solution? (Small business setup - privacy/security a concern).
Hi everyone, and Thanks for the help in advance!
I am currently setting up a network for my company (small business) and have a few questions. We have a Mac Mini (mid-2012) running Server OS X Mountain Lion, and 5 MBP's (our work computers- all running latest version of Mountain Lion).
To summarize:
My goal = Setup a secure way of connecting the MBP's to the server when our personnel are at home (for file sharing).
I am switching all of the users from local to network (we didn't need the network functionality when we first setup the server, and we are now expanding our use of it). This is going to occur this weekend, as downtime for the server is needed to make the changes.
After I establish the Open Directory and all of that, I will be setting up Contact Services (to share a master list of contacts with the members of our department) and we already have some Calendar sharing setup.
The purpose of this is to enable our employees the option of working necessary overtime from home so they can be with their families instead of in the office all the time. It is a noble cause and I want to set this up the best that I can for them.
This being said... I'm no Mac Genius, and this stuff can get very confusing very fast. I have read a little about VPN's, and am wondering if this is the solution to my problem. We need to establish a SECURE way of connecting to the server from remote locations, enabling us to pull needed files from the server.
If anybody can offer some advice on this I would really appreciate it. I love Apple products and I have faith that this is as easy as I've been told it is.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration!

No, it wasn't difficult at all to setup in OS X Server. I use a free internet domain name from DynDNS.com. I don't know if they still offer free ones anymore. You can not use VPN and 'Back to My Mac' at the same time as they use some or all of the same ports.
I'm at work and not on my Mac at the moment so this is from memory.
Within OS X Server, I enabled the VPN Service (default L2TP) and used my free domain name in the VPN Host Name and a Secret passphrase. This put an entry in my Airport Extreme router for VPN (port mapping).
Within the client Mac, I added a VPN network connnection (System Preferences /Network). I pointed to my free domain name in the Server Address, used my Server account name in the account name. I think there's an Authentication button that I clicked. I entered my Server account password, the Secret passphrase in the Secret field, checked a box to show VPN icon in Menu Bar and exited out of that. Then clicked the Advanced button and checked the box to send all traffic over VPN connection.
I had VPN authentication issues at first when trying to connect to test out the connection. I just kept trying as I knew I had all the settings correct and it would finally connect after about 3-4 tries. After that, I sometimes have to connect more than once to actually connect to my Server via VPN. But it does work nice. I brought my MBP into work once to test it out and was able to connect to my home Server via VPN and use Screen Sharing and had access to all my shared folders.

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