networking opinion

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background:

I have a client who has a business that is in 2 physically different
locations (about 75-100 yards apart). Both buildings have DSL (3mb
down and 1.5mb up), a handful of PC's, networked printers and Building1
hosts the file server.

current set-up:

DSL comes into the building, then into DSL modem/router (statically
assigned address), and each device has another statically assigned
routable IP (DCANet gives you 6 static IP addresses per account).

the problem:

all traffic that is destined for the other building passes through the
Internet which is slow and has security risks.

the goal:

1. 10MB (at least)100MB (hopefully) connectivity between the two
buildings.
2. Secure it

I was thinking of using a wireless Point-to-Point Bridge
(something like this http://tinyurl.com/d6ky2) but i think the distance
is too far.

I am looking for suggestions on wired or wireless technology to solve
the problem.

Many TIA
 
Defintly your best option would be optic fiber. The distance is too
much for FE or E, but........ you may try using an Ethernet in the
middle of the path and that may work. Hope this helps.
background:

I have a client who has a business that is in 2 physically different
locations (about 75-100 yards apart). Both buildings have DSL (3mb
down and 1.5mb up), a handful of PC's, networked printers and Building1
hosts the file server.

current set-up:

DSL comes into the building, then into DSL modem/router (statically
assigned address), and each device has another statically assigned
routable IP (DCANet gives you 6 static IP addresses per account).

the problem:

all traffic that is destined for the other building passes through the
Internet which is slow and has security risks.

the goal:

1. 10MB (at least)100MB (hopefully) connectivity between the two
buildings.
2. Secure it

I was thinking of using a wireless Point-to-Point Bridge
(something like this http://tinyurl.com/d6ky2) but i think the distance
is too far.

I am looking for suggestions on wired or wireless technology to solve
the problem.

Many TIA
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2nd Law of Thermodynamics: Chaos will Reign.

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sorry, Ethernet repeater was missing
Defintly your best option would be optic fiber. The distance is too
much for FE or E, but........ you may try using an Ethernet in the
middle of the path and that may work. Hope this helps.
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2nd Law of Thermodynamics: Chaos will Reign.

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--Anthrax--
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thanks for the reply anthrax....i forgot to mention that they want to
do this on the cheap....
 
then the Ethernet repeater is your path.....
thanks for the reply anthrax....i forgot to mention that they want to
do this on the cheap....
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2nd Law of Thermodynamics: Chaos will Reign.

///////////////////
--Anthrax--
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then the Ethernet repeater is your path.....
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Howdy,

There are few people who understand all this less than I,
but...

I had much the same situation, and ran fiber myself (through
an existing underground chase) easily, and at (what I
consider to be) modest expense.

A four strand cable (about 120 meters) plus the two media
converters set me back less than about $400 total.

It works like a charm.

All the best,
 
I second the motion. Pull a fiber thru a conduit if you can, or run it aeral
if necessary. You can run gig over multimode if its within 300' or so and
100 for up to 2 Kilometers. For a few (and not very many) pennies more, you
can run singlemode at 100 or 1000.

If you don't need the speed, you can hide behind a NAT router that does VPN.
A VPN won't cost you much if anything in performance (if you use a hardware
appliance at both ends), and the security at 168 bit 3DES with new keys
every so often is about as secure as it gets. Public IPs on workstations and
servers is just asking for it.

...kurt
 
thanks everyone for the responses. i'll present all of the options to
the clientand let them decide how much they want to shell out.

gracias.
 
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