small office

[hannibal]

I have a small office with 3/4 pc's. I would like to link them all to my broadband connection. Also, I have a lot of info which I would like shared to each workstation/pc - I realise I will need some kind of server for this.

Can anyone recommend what eqiupment and software I need to fully meet these two criteria at a reasonable cost.

Thanks

 

[allroad]

all you need is a router either wired or wireless m8

 

[Wiz]

As allroad says router best way to go with the setup u want...Server yes...or a seperate paritition/hd within one of your existing machines mapped to share to your network....

 

[hannibal]

I think a server would be the best option. What make/model would you recommend (dell?) and what software would I need to run it?

 

[allroad]

just build one m8 why pay dell a server isjust another computer consisting of HD MOBO OS CD DRIVE ETC

 

[hannibal]

I dont suppose someone has a tutuorial for this

 

[allroad]

another option just buy a comp only as in a pre built system no need for speakers monitor etc just the tower www.meshcomputers.com do towers only

 

[hannibal]

Build your own

Thanks m8.

I have found a tutorial of sorts on the web, it might be of use to someone!


Build Link

 

[hatab]

u dont need to go to the expense of buying a server and all the software and hours of "fun" setting it up, in the short term u might be better off setting up a workgroup network. this is were there isnt a contolling machine but all the resourses of all the machines can be shared or not as u please.
u could buy a couple of bigish disks and fit to too seperate machines to hold all your "shared info/data" use one as the live data and one as a backup, map this drive to all users.
if u use 1 machine as your internet machine (can also be used as a workstation) and use a software ip router like nat32e (thankyou mairyhinge) to connect any machines u want to the internet.
this option would probably cost under £100 (if all machines have net cards) + a few hours messing about. the other option server + software and install and config possibly £400 +

 

[Wiz]

Same with the printers, u could spend 60 squid on a print server, or connect a printer or two to two seperate computers, share them and hey presto...ad hoc print server...yes ok the pc the printer is connected to has to be on but still cheaper....

Regards