Setting up a Small Office Network?

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday July 13, 2005 @03:04AM from the for-those-new-to-it dept.

A not-so-anonymous Anonymous Coward asks: "I am embarking on a startup with some business contacts. I'm the only tech-guy in the group so I'll be the one to set up the network for our small office of 5-7 people. I've spent the last 15 years immersed in the development end of things (numerical analysis software and parallel computing codes). The downside of this is that I'm quite naive when it comes to networking: there's always been someone else taking care of revision control, backups, security, servers, etc., even purchasing stuff and running cable. What advice would you give someone who isn't afraid to roll up his sleeves, but is starting from ground zero on setting up a small office network? Can you recommend any books that are up-to-date and practical (e.g. "howto")?"

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Outsource the bunch by xtreeman · 2005-07-13 03:09 · Score: 4, Funny

Move your revision control, backups, security, servers, etc stuff to India.
Re:Best advice by madaxe42 · 2005-07-13 03:27 · Score: 1, Funny

Yeah, I recommend you phone microsoft. They'll help you out. You'll want a windows server, definitely. Windows 98 is best for this. Don't bother with a firewall, they're a communist conspiracy.