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Need to setup a server at small business. Need Advice.

I have started putting in monowall firewalls that I build out of the client's old pc's - it has built in VPN and the cost is free minus your labor. It's pretty easy to setup and the plus is that if you use the cd-image/floppy option, it doesn't even need a hard disk, and if anything hardware...
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #18
- Sep 30, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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2 exchange servers, 2 locations, one email domain

Actually I have written up extensive documents for users on how to setup RPC, that's not the issue. It's explaining to 30 people in 5 states who don't work regular hours that all their email is changing at some point in the near future while doing the dns flip.
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #8
- Sep 28, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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2 exchange servers, 2 locations, one email domain

wow thanks guys that actually helps me quite a bit. I think I can make the single exchange work - it's just rolling it out all at once and communicating to the remote users how to make the changes themselves without somebody doing it for them.
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #6
- Sep 28, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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2 exchange servers, 2 locations, one email domain

Thanks - that helps, I will need to start planning for a single server. Unfortunately the relative power of the 2 current servers is flipped where it needs to be; the newer faster one is in the smaller location with less user load, however potentially I can just add a second server in the...
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #3
- Sep 26, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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2 exchange servers, 2 locations, one email domain

I apologize that this question might be a little too much to ask on the forum, but I have to prep to do this this fall and I am a little over my head on how to proceed. Thank you to whoever might give me some direction. The situation now: Company is 30 people, spread between one location...
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- Sep 26, 2007
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Networking
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Best kind of cat crimping tool?

What is the easiest to use, best sort of cat 5 crimping tool? I am looking at the ones under $50. I know there are some that are $1000, etc, but, for example of the assortment here: monoprice tools what would be the best choice? I have occasional professional use for one - I am an IT...
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- Thread
- Sep 16, 2007
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Networking
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NAS Recommendation Help

You know I bought a thecus n5200 and while it's fast, I've never gotten it to work right and I've tried every option it has. It just sort of locks up about once a week. In hindsight I wish I hadn't bought it.
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #4
- Jun 5, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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logging changes to network folders in windows network

This may be sort of a dumb question; but: is there a way to track changes (deletions, creations, etc) to all network folders in a windows domain? Including other servers (not just the domain controller) in the network? My company wants to figure out who the hell keeps deleting this one folder...
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- Thread
- Jun 5, 2007
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Networking
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New SBS Domain controller advice

ah yes...Well I'm going to see how the next couple of days go - what my users say. (I'm off site from the server - in another state). I did make some changes over this weekend (turned off dns on a secondary server, restarted the server) and we'll see how it goes. I think it happens to all of...
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #26
- Jun 4, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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New SBS Domain controller advice

I think the cabling is ok - this went into an existing network that was fine. It's possible I missed something in the DNS but these SBS dns setups are pretty no-brainer.
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #24
- Jun 4, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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New SBS Domain controller advice

It's the exchange troubleshooting assistant - http://www.microsoft.com/downl...56CAF9A&displaylang=en it analyzes traffic and your exchange installation and makes suggestions based on performace measured over about 5 minutes. Give it a try - it's small and simple to use and you will see how it...
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #21
- Jun 3, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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New SBS Domain controller advice

After running ExTRA - it always says "extremely high RPC activity". Also the paged pool memory keeps slipping above the threshold - 245mb. I am planning on restarting tonight to see if that helps any. This is the only DNS server. Thanks for your replys btw.
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #19
- Jun 2, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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New SBS Domain controller advice

So I am all finished - it was a tough go for some things - problems I did not expect etc. Mostly users who didn't pay attention when I gave them the new webmail address, explaned the difference in concepts between exchange and pop, etc. One problem I am struggling with is poor performance...
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #17
- Jun 2, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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New SBS Domain controller advice

What's happening is that I created all the user accounts and computer accounts, some computers, when I run connectcomputer, don't have their name to choose from in the list of computers. Yet in active directory there they are. In this case doing everything manually works (unjoining the old...
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #15
- May 26, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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New SBS Domain controller advice

Thanks Rebate Monger - I am in the middle of this right now and that registry change is the thing that is working the most reliably. Connect computer is a little quirky. As it turns out the boss agreed to bring in his Mac for me later in the weekend and the other Mac guy left his for...
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #13
- May 26, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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New SBS Domain controller advice

Ok. No problem on the backup. I backup 1TB+ weekly for these guys. Thanks for all your replies, I feel much more confident going into this. One last question - in your initial post, step #3 - can't I skip this? Can't I just join each workstation to the domain and import the old...
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #11
- May 24, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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New SBS Domain controller advice

Ok - thanks. Although, I thought one of the ironclad stipulations was that SBS will not tolerate 2 domain controllers in the same domain? If that's not the case then I would like to leave the other one as a backup. I wasn't planning on doing that though. Also, I am planning on expanding...
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #9
- May 24, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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New SBS Domain controller advice

Thank you, I am going to add that to my folder of things to remember. Thank you also to remind me to make a backup of the PST - I probably would have just worked with the original PST, but that violates my first rule: "Before every action, ask yourself, 'now, what's the worst thing that...
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #7
- May 24, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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New SBS Domain controller advice

Unfortunately it's too late for that - the SBS is an OEM - already setup. Also there is no other exchange server - we are moving from POP. But can't I sort of do this by running the ADMT and moving the user profiles from old DC to new DC? I likely will end up doing just what...
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #5
- May 23, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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New SBS Domain controller advice

Thanks - if you have that technique I'd like to read it. On exchange, it's just not possible - the two mac laptops that I don't have access to are the Boss and the Number One in the company and they won't leave them over the weekend while I do this. I won't be in the office when they...
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #3
- May 23, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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New SBS Domain controller advice

This weekend I have a little job to complete - I have done something like this before but just wanted to get any opinions on best approach. THE WAY IT IS NOW: W2k Domain controller (is very old), a few other servers (just file servers), about 30 workstations, various printers and other...
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- Thread
- May 23, 2007
- Replies: 25
- Forum: Networking
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Microsoft offering a free domain name and web hosting!

you can edit the pages just fine. and they swear that the basic service will remain free forever - after the beta is over.
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #20
- Jul 19, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Toasty - Home Depot 3-Tier Mini Rack $5.97, Bulk CAT6 deals

what about that wine rack?
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #35
- Mar 25, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Synch or replicate Exchange Calendars

He is connecting using a laptop, OWA is published on port 443. I just have him go to https:// Hmmm, I will look into the outlook over http. I could have him VPN too but I don't know that he'd remember that he has to hit that connect button...
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #3
- Feb 21, 2006
- Forum: Networking
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Synch or replicate Exchange Calendars

I wasn't sure if this belonged in networking or elsewhere but I figured there were more than a few exchange admins here. Is there a way to automatically synch or copy over one user's calendar to another user? Basically you got the assistant who's got all the important stuff on her...
- bluegreenturtle
- Thread
- Feb 21, 2006
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Networking
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Windows SBS

So does the action pack fall under NFR? Somebody who subscribes to it asked me the other day - is this illegal? They use it only internally, but they are not IT consultants, programmers, resellers, etc. They recently bought a new server and I told them to buy the OS retail instead of...
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #16
- Feb 5, 2006
- Forum: Networking
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how secure is ssl/tls ftp?

You think they are looking at private data transactions??? crazy. They will get you on something like p2p because you are sending your public ip everywhere, but from your parent's house to your apt? No.
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #4
- Feb 2, 2006
- Forum: Networking
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DNS A record help 4 segments

So this may be a dumb question - I wonder how many posts start with that? (that wasn't the question). A company's internal domain was setup somewhat incorrectly initially (years ago). The domain controller/DNS server (w2k) was told that the domain is x.com, which is also the company's...
- bluegreenturtle
- Thread
- Jan 31, 2006
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Networking
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m0n0wall PPTP VPN

I always turn off the default gateway on the client side or I get similar issues.
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #7
- Jan 18, 2006
- Forum: Networking
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So who has the most sophisticated home network?

that's sort of one of the big features of MCE2005.
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #27
- Jan 10, 2006
- Forum: Networking
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m0n0wall, smoothwall, ipcop?

I guess i will have to test them out. Based on the documentation it looks like ipcop is aimed at people with very basic understandings of networking (lots of definitions of terms, etc) but it sounds like you are saying that it is more sophisticated than that.
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #10
- Jan 9, 2006
- Forum: Networking
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m0n0wall, smoothwall, ipcop?

are you saying that ipcop can load balance? Or just can handle the 2 wans. It does look nifty - I may give it a shot. I just have to set it up and get it going before a trip to the other office at the other end of the ipsec tunnel.
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #7
- Jan 8, 2006
- Forum: Networking
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m0n0wall, smoothwall, ipcop?

Which is the easiest and fastest to get going and administer? I installed Clarkconnect yesterday and liked it but don't think it's worth the fees (I need some of the features of the office version). BTW, do any of these support QoS? I couldn't seem to find a clear answer. I just...
- bluegreenturtle
- Thread
- Jan 7, 2006
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Networking
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linksys RV082 dual wan solution?

is it fully baked? The site lists it as being alpha software. I won't lose my job but I will get "stern looks" at if I futz around and it doesn't work.
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #3
- Jan 6, 2006
- Forum: Networking
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linksys RV082 dual wan solution?

Does anybody have any real, *recent* experience with the linksys RV082 router? I know they had some issues when they first came out but there have been a dozen firmware upgrades since. I am considering getting a couple of these, or using clarkconnect (which I have never used before)...
- bluegreenturtle
- Thread
- Jan 6, 2006
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Networking
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How do I access my router from another location?

type the WAN address into a browser. It will ask you for a login.
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #2
- Dec 9, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Best 1600x1200 LCD monitor out there

just look at anadtech's own comparison of the two. http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=1974&p=1 213t IS a bigger than 20" screen - it is 21.3 inches. 2005fpw is a very different sort of display. It's not comparable, but I have both, and I disagree, in any event. You said "for...
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #7
- Dec 8, 2005
- Forum: Displays
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Best 1600x1200 LCD monitor out there

not so fast. The samsung 213t is a superior product in many ways to the dell. New 214t is above your price but you can find the 213t for that amount.
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #4
- Dec 7, 2005
- Forum: Displays
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VPN help video conferencing?

I was wondering if, when using IP videoconferencing (between polycom units) establishing a VPN between the 2 sites and going through that will help with bandwidth and smoothing it out? Obviously you can't exceed your up/down. Just wondering if "internet congestion" would be less or none of a...
- bluegreenturtle
- Thread
- Dec 7, 2005
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Networking
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HELP! Problem I can't solve - network, vague symptoms

Thanks guys. I think the problem is fixed. I think it turned out to be a combo of the low system drive space on the DC and print drivers that somehow got corrupted. I did my best to increase space and replaced the driver and complaints are gone from staff.
- bluegreenturtle
- Post #13
- Dec 7, 2005
- Forum: Networking

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