Need suggestions on networking an office buildout, WiFi AP, Remote Access... Hi all,
I'm helping a relative on estimating an office buildout on the networking end. It's a healthcare related startup on the 1st floor of a 4 story building serviced by the Morristown NJ Transit rail line. Structure has concrete floors and a drop down ceiling will be put in. 8 typical enclosed office rooms to be built, and a reception area all on one floor. Staff will be comprised of 2 receptionists (2 desktops wired) and 2 healthcare workers (2 Fujitsu tablet PCs wireless) "roaming" between the offices. They will be accessing an application running on a server from work and occasionally remotely. There's no plan for an official IT staff so I guess it's me doing IT type administration. I was able to sit in on Dustin's and Terry's nycwireless session discussing a Community Access wireless network design a few years ago so I was able to use that as a starting point on network infrastructure. My architecture so far: 'net | broadband modem | firewall / router / vpn | unmanaged switch | | | | | 12 ethernet ports in rooms (most of them used as backup if Wifi is down) | | | server (OS, application, data) | Wifi access point So I need anyone's thoughts on the buildout especially with the following: 1. Architecture: especially placement of server with respect to switch and firewall. 2. Ballpark estimate of wiring the office with ethernet. Suggestions on implementers in the northern NJ / NYC area: I'm thinking "fast" ethernet, cat 5 cable... 3. Wifi access point: I've only spec'd out Netgear stuff so far. Any thoughts on Netgear Prosafe WG302? Specs say transmission power up to 100 mW. If needed I can put an 18 dBi patch antenna. I'm looking for cheaper alternatives to Cisco Aironet but similar specs. 4. Remote Access: I'm thinking of initially trying out the GoToMyPC Pro service before dealing with VPN setup/admin. Any thoughts on GoToMyPC Pro? With VPN, how hard is it to configure Netgear's Prosafe VPN Firewall Router (FVS318) with Netgear VPN client? Can I use OpenVPN client instead? Should business get static IP or use dyndns service if going via VPN? Thanks in advance, Patrick -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
