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Hello,
Would anyone out there be able to suggest what would be the best setup for a small business network with a remote office, and external salesperson?
The primary office is currently using a DGND3700v1, we have 3 PC's connected via Wireless, 2 PC's via Ethernet, 1 Printer via ethernet\wireless, and 1 x FreeNas file server.
We are about to office a remote office, as well as looking at access for the external salesperson to access the files server.
The budget isn't big, and I don't think it needs to be, and something that is simple to keep an eye on would be good as well.
The suggested setup would have to be able to handle the following:-
Primary Office:-
4-7 Max PC's via Ethernet & Wireless
1 x Printer
Remote Office:-
2 x PC's Preference is Wireless, but Ethernet as well
1 x Printer
Sales Person:-
1 x PC remote access.
Suggestions and idea's are welcomed.
Thanks.
11 Replies
Hi Damo80,
You may want to consider the FVS318N which is a Wireless N VPN Firewall for your main office. You can set up a client-to-box IPSec VPN on the firewall so that the external salesperson from the remote office could have access on the file server located in the main office. You could have both wired and wireless connection through the FVS318N as well. Kindly check its specifications here.
Kindly check this link about client-to-box IPSec VPN configuration.
Welcome to the community!
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community TeamThanks for that Dane,
There was something that I left off. We have get a Dynamic IP from our ISP, is this an issue.
Another thing that has been raised by a friend is VPN's need descent upload speeds, what I got from our modem is we are currently only getting about 7616 kbps download, and 384 kbps upload. I'm guessing this would make a difference for the remote person...
Thanks.
Hi Damo80,
Damo80 wrote:
There was something that I left off. We have get a Dynamic IP from our ISP, is this an issue.
The best practice is to have a public static WAN IP Address from the ISP.
Damo80 wrote:
Another thing that has been raised by a friend is VPN's need descent upload speeds, what I got from our modem is we are currently only getting about 7616 kbps download, and 384 kbps upload. I'm guessing this would make a difference for the remote person...
The speed which your ISP provides will also affect the speed of a VPN connection.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
- This is true, but it also works fine without a dynamic dns provider.
Whilst many ISPs will allow dynamically assigned address to remain unchanged for long periods, not all of them do, and there may also be events, outside of the subscriber's control that cause the address to change (for example, a power outage) - use of a DnyamicDNS provider allows the VPN to continue working without anyone having to change the configurations.
Yes, in some cases, you can run for weeks, months or years, without the address changing - I know, I have done it - but Murphy's law is of such that the address will change at the most inconvenient time, causing the VPN to fail - how do you plan to fix the problem from a thousand miles away?
I use VPNs for remote support - not using a Dynamic DNS provider is a risk I am unprepared to take.
- That is a good point. I have someone at each endpoint that can give me a changed ip, and as a backup im able to call the isp and they give me the new address. Also, our network can survive 10m of downtime without someone dying, while others' networks may not be so flexible to failures.
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