The Spyder
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Wanted some opinions on this. I have a client/family friend who owns a Plant Nursery and has a custom POS system. I just found out they are opening a new location and want me to setup a new terminal at this new location.
First thing that came to mind was a site to site VPN using PFsense. However I have quite a few problems that I think will cause this to be problematic. The first, there is no budget. I am using existing equipment or used equipment for the PFsense boxes. The second, the only internet offered at their main location is a problematic, slow 1.5mg DSL that goes down for hours for no reason. The third, the POS maker is a horrible company and anything I setup that goes down in the future will be blamed on my incompetence. (Long story, I have had to fix EVERYTHING this company setup for them. They ran Cat5e over 400ft... Setup a unsecured AP for the hand CC scanners. Ran everything through a Linksys WRT54G, no firewall, no admin password, server open to the world via remote desktop. Showed up at their headquarters and chewed the owner out...)
The POS is terminal server based. A thin client connects to the server and runs the POS software. The DSL at the main location is maybe 1.5mg/768k. Will this be enough to run the daily goings of the nursery staff and a link to the other thin client? I think it will. No idea what the new site will run.
Best part- I have to get it going by Saturday.
First thing that came to mind was a site to site VPN using PFsense. However I have quite a few problems that I think will cause this to be problematic. The first, there is no budget. I am using existing equipment or used equipment for the PFsense boxes. The second, the only internet offered at their main location is a problematic, slow 1.5mg DSL that goes down for hours for no reason. The third, the POS maker is a horrible company and anything I setup that goes down in the future will be blamed on my incompetence. (Long story, I have had to fix EVERYTHING this company setup for them. They ran Cat5e over 400ft... Setup a unsecured AP for the hand CC scanners. Ran everything through a Linksys WRT54G, no firewall, no admin password, server open to the world via remote desktop. Showed up at their headquarters and chewed the owner out...)
The POS is terminal server based. A thin client connects to the server and runs the POS software. The DSL at the main location is maybe 1.5mg/768k. Will this be enough to run the daily goings of the nursery staff and a link to the other thin client? I think it will. No idea what the new site will run.
Best part- I have to get it going by Saturday.