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**ImmitsRom** · 12-15-2006, 05:40 AM

How cheap does this thing have to be is a few hundred really the max on the budget.

If it is and the machines all have onboard gig NIC's you could do it really cheap but its not the sort of professional setup you would expect for a business.

Just a suggestion thinking about cost been a problem.

Network

If the PC's / Server are close enough and situated correctly you could build your own cat 5e cables and just run them from the PC's to the switch.

The switch you could get a non managable 8 port gig switch and connect all PC's and the server to it.

Server

Build your own intel duo box with at least 2GB of RAM. Onboard gig NIC. Then get a separate SATA card with at least 4 ports and setup a raid 5 + spare HD setup.

Router

Any single port wireless router with VPN passthrough and decent firewall.

Now you would have a choice on how to go about connecting the machines to the web, you could connect the router to the server only via a second NIC in the server and use the server as a proxy server. Or uplink the router off the switch and give the client PC's direct connection to the web.

If you did go with the proxy server you would only have to connect the router to the server and only secure the server. Use the hardware firewall on the router and the W2k3 built in software firewall.

But this is really a cheap as chips something you wouldnt want to run at home type setup, never mind a business.

12-15-2006, 05:40 AM	#7
ImmitsRom Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 607 Senior Member	How cheap does this thing have to be is a few hundred really the max on the budget. If it is and the machines all have onboard gig NIC's you could do it really cheap but its not the sort of professional setup you would expect for a business. Just a suggestion thinking about cost been a problem. Network If the PC's / Server are close enough and situated correctly you could build your own cat 5e cables and just run them from the PC's to the switch. The switch you could get a non managable 8 port gig switch and connect all PC's and the server to it. Server Build your own intel duo box with at least 2GB of RAM. Onboard gig NIC. Then get a separate SATA card with at least 4 ports and setup a raid 5 + spare HD setup. Router Any single port wireless router with VPN passthrough and decent firewall. Now you would have a choice on how to go about connecting the machines to the web, you could connect the router to the server only via a second NIC in the server and use the server as a proxy server. Or uplink the router off the switch and give the client PC's direct connection to the web. If you did go with the proxy server you would only have to connect the router to the server and only secure the server. Use the hardware firewall on the router and the W2k3 built in software firewall. But this is really a cheap as chips something you wouldnt want to run at home type setup, never mind a business.
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