Network

Steve09 · 11 Apr 2007 at 13:25

I have 3 buildings.
In a 10 mile radius.

Each building has 5 PC's in them.

Requirements:
Each buildings PC's need to be networked together across the 10 mile radius (so thats 15 PC's), in order to facilitate the coordination of trains, the sale of tickets and communication between the staff.

What type of network would I need for this?

I was thinking a Metropolitan Area Network, but I don't have a clue on how to connect the PC's up so they can do the requirements.
The only thing I can think of is running a 10 mile Ethernet cable from building to building and I am sure there are no Wireless routers or something that have a signal strength of 10 miles

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Steve

Steve09 · 11 Apr 2007 at 14:48

Uptime will be 24/7
Budget is £11,500

But that has to include the purchasing of hardware, software and office equipment.

How would a VPN be incorporated to the 3 buildings?

Steve09 · 11 Apr 2007 at 16:39

£11,500 and thats it. Thats for the setting up of the network, purchasing the PC's for each building, purchasing software and for office furniture.

The monthly bills e.g. if there was to be a leased line, doesn't have to be thought about. The £11,500 is just for the initial setup.

Steve09 · 11 Apr 2007 at 18:51

Not sure about bandwidth, nothing is mentioned.

I have just found this out...

The network needs to share data between the three buildings, a good level of privacy and each building needs Internet connectivity.

What you think I would need?

Would ADSL to each building, then connect each of the 5 PC's to a Router be OK?
Then with a VPN ontop to connect the 3 buildings up?
How would I set the VPN up?

Thank you.

Steve09 · 11 Apr 2007 at 21:21

FC1983 said:
It sounds theoretical, for coursework or something.

He is correct!
I think the 3 ADSL's with VPN should do it.

But how do you set up a VPN?

I have had a look on the Internet, but nothing to show me how to set it up.

Steve