Office networking

hanafi · February 8th, 2008

Hello. I need some help. I want to set up a new networking system in my office and prefer to do it myself. The equipment that I have is Broadband modem, Router, and 5 desktop computers. One of the computers I want to set it as a server. could anyone assist me?

screwballl · February 8th, 2008

The network itself should be straight forward. Plug everything in and it should work out of the box.
You will want to get into the router and make sure the NAT firewall is enabled.

As for the server, it all depends on what you want to use the server for. If you just need it for some shared files and printer, you can just enable sharing for the Shared folder under My Computer and everything can have its own folder within that area. Otherwise linux tends to be the best setup for a server for websites and everything else. One other option is WHS (Windows Home Server) which can handle pretty much everything you need fairly easily.

February 8th, 2008	#1
hanafi UMNO Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 10	Office networking Hello. I need some help. I want to set up a new networking system in my office and prefer to do it myself. The equipment that I have is Broadband modem, Router, and 5 desktop computers. One of the computers I want to set it as a server. could anyone assist me?

February 8th, 2008	#2
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,277 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Office networking The network itself should be straight forward. Plug everything in and it should work out of the box. You will want to get into the router and make sure the NAT firewall is enabled. As for the server, it all depends on what you want to use the server for. If you just need it for some shared files and printer, you can just enable sharing for the Shared folder under My Computer and everything can have its own folder within that area. Otherwise linux tends to be the best setup for a server for websites and everything else. One other option is WHS (Windows Home Server) which can handle pretty much everything you need fairly easily. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Home networking	frenchie29	Internet/Networking	49	July 1st, 2008 15:44
Networking Vista and XP	jesutton3	Software & OSs	7	April 10th, 2008 06:20
Networking Question	tKnilans	Internet/Networking	10	March 21st, 2008 17:53
Networking questions	Django	Internet/Networking	5	February 1st, 2007 19:36
Useful Networking link	jph1589	Internet/Networking	1	September 5th, 2006 19:00