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What is your budget for the "fix"? Regardless of the products used, you have two options. #1 - Create a site to site VPN setup using your own routers. You can use ASA's like was mentioned before, or other vendors like Juniper, Zyxel, whatever. You can even roll your own and do Untangle for an...

Thanks TCM. I do know somewhat what I'm doing in Untangle. I've run it in multiple locations already. To your suggestion of running a continuous ping at the remote office - I did do that for about two days actually and we did come back with fairly high pings every 15 minutes or so. But it would...

Hi everyone! I've been reading a lot of posts, but haven't actually written too many myself. I am looking for some help with an issue that has me scratching my head. I have a client which has a remote office connected via Untangle's Point to Point VPN to their main office which is also on...

I have used those panels in some jobs I've done. Personally, if you can, I would install the phone module into that panel and split the phones through that. The data, I would use the patch panel you linked next to the Open House Panel. Stop by Home Depot / Lowes and pick up a small piece of...

AMD - Best value of performance for the money. My first computer ever built was on an AMD Athlon XP 2000+!

I just installed a 3 pack UniFi System for a client of mine almost 2 weeks ago. I also have to chime in that the APs themselves are awesome and the software is great. To answer your question, the control software runs on any computer that you can stay logged into, and simply runs a tiny web...

Don't forget the CALs also! While you will be able to connect to the server just fine (You don't "install" the licenses), you should have the paper documenting your CAL amounts in case of an audit.

Thanks! Yea, all you get is the reciept and then Amazon leaves you alone.

Have used Corsair components in the past, and have to say that they are one of the best brands out there!

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The free edition doesn't do as seamless integration with outlook as the paid edition. You can get calendar and contacts to sync with outlook but with additional apps. With regards to phones, it really does depend on the phone that you have.

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I think if you're going to stick with this client, I would go with a phased approach as well. I had a similar experience myself, and as others have stated before, you're gonna learn a lot about the business side of this with SMBs. I would suggest you sit with the client and break it down in a...

What kind of server are they trying to RDP into? It sounds like you are trying to RDP into a domain controller. You will need to edit the Domain Controllers GPO in Group Policy. You need to configure the Local Security Policy of Domain Controllers and edit the "Allowed Remote Desktop Users"...

Its kind of funny how they forget that Microsoft's biggest money making side isn't consumer but rather business sales. What about Licensing, Server versions, Exchange, SharePoint, all sorts of offerings on that side. Take corporations today, even with Volume Licensing, that's a huge cash cow...

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I think we will go the console route afterall. Its true, when you do make the users, it will set them in the appropriate groups and create mailboxes for them. Trying to teach a non-tech savvy person to do that manually will be close to impossible. And hey, if...

Oh yea definitely - you don't need the horsepower to run Trixbox. As long as you meet the minimum specs, you should be good to go. You can even repurpose an old desktop of theirs too. Yea you would need FXO cards for the POTS lines. FXS is for outgoing or if you plan on using regular analog...

You can do that. I actually installed a similar setup for a client of mine. 4 lines, with 7 Cisco SPA942 phones. It is actually fairly simple to set up, and honestly runs itself automatically. I haven't had to do any serious maintenance on the box since we set it up a few years ago. I used a...

Swatbat - Good point. I know right now they aren't using Exchange for e-mail yet. They want to use Comcast's POP accounts (don't ask why, I have no idea) for now. But I think that eventually we will want to move to everything in house. Are there any applications out there similar to the SBS...

Thanks for the suggestions! I will give that a try.

They have Windows XP as a workstation. Wouldn't the admin pack open up all of active directory to them? Or will they get an access denied error for all OUs other than the one I delegated access to?

I have a weird situation that has been bugging me for a while. I googled around and searched the forums, but haven't found a good way of doing this. Long story short - I have a client which wants to be able to add users to AD and manage them. We're running SBS 2008, and it would only be one...

I haven't heard of a timetable for the release yet, but it does seem like a neat idea. Its now available for beta testing, so I assume if anything it should be available next year. Let us know how the WHS testing goes! :)

Depending on your schedule, there is a new version of SBS coming that should fit that niche. Check out SBS Code Name "Aurora". Its supposed to support smaller companies up to 25 users. http://www.microsoft.com/sbs/en/us/beta.aspx

You also have to take into consideration that summer isn't the most busiest time for retail. You have labor day sales, but the busiest times are usually fall / winter with school, black friday, christmas deals. Just 'cause there are no real hot deals at B&M stores often during the summer doesn't...

If its for a small phone system, you could do something like a B Stock option from CDW or some other distributor. The servers still have the original warranty on them, but are cheaper and may have slightly older specs which could work too. The hardware usually isn't broken or anything, its still...

Check your power options on the server box. Mine will actually spin down the hard drives if they are not being used after a while. And when you access the share, it will spin them back up, which causes a small lag. If you are running 7, it might be turning things off to save power.

Take a look at the ML150 G6 from HP. I know a bland box can fit 4 drives, but it has room for another drive cage right underneath the first one. I think you can get an add-on for an additional drive cage for another 4 drives. I have seen the ML150 G6 with 8 hotswap SAS drives, but I don't...

I work for a major corporation, and its safe to say that quite a few thousand people were having an easy day today (if not involved with IT). The IT staff where I'm at rolled out McAffee to replace Symantec in back in November... Hope they learn neither of them is any good.

I used to run Elastix at one of my old jobs, and it is easy to set up and run. But because it has so many other "addons", things started to slow down and break down until it was almost impossible to manage the thing. Its a good product idea, but just not yet fully mature. I remember trying to...

It sounds like your hardware more than your software. I had a similar situation myself, where I wanted to use all of those distros at home on some really old computers. I'm talking PIII and absolute minimum specs. I had a pile of older stuff that I wanted to put to good use instead of throwing...

Sounds like they are using the Vonage routers almost as extensions for each phone. What about suggesting some sort of Asterisk based PBX? You can get a SIP number and a physical number for cheaper than 4x Vonage monthly cost. It would be even more professional too because they can record some...

Double check the pair of cables at the demarc. When I redid my phones at home, if I switched the cables, my download speed would drop, but upload would go up A LOT for some reason. When I connected them back the way they should be, I got normal (expected) rates. I would just double check and...

What about configuring your DNS similar to how Captain Colonoscopy suggested, but have your DHCP server give out two DNS addresses. Primary is your main office, and secondary is OpenDNS or some other ISP DNS server. This way, your branch office hosts will hit the primary DNS server when your...

Depending on the vendor, the app might run fine, but they won't offer support. Usually they are either still testing the app, or haven't "certified" the app yet to run under x64. I had that situation, and they specifically told me, we see its on x64, we're not doing anything. You can deal with...

You can definitely downgrade the 2008 Std Server to 2003. I did it through the activation department, and just with the account information, they e-mailed me a new key within minutes. The only catch with downgrades is that depending on how you bought the original software, they won't give you...

I agree! I'm in a similar situation myself. A client wanted to put in a server into their network (10x workstations and a remote office on top) and wanted some of the features of SBS 2008. Great! They want to deploy an EMR solution as well, and the vendor tells me, only 32 bit as well. Because...

Did you check your power settings? Similar to USB devices, Windows might be turning off the NIC to save power.

Maybe a browser issue? I have a client with a different vendor's DVR, but we can only view the video in Internet Explorer. It installs an ActiveX component, which then makes everything work. Firefox, Safari, Opera - none of them work.

Just to throw in my .02, I actually used to work for a company that did the exact thing. To echo what many people are saying, definitely start looking for a new position somewhere else. Also, be careful about spilling the news to the clients, you never know the contract, or relationship with the...