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    2 exchange servers, 2 locations, one email domain

    I apologize that this question might be a little too much to ask on the forum, but I have to prep to do this this fall and I am a little over my head on how to proceed. Thank you to whoever might give me some direction. The situation now: Company is 30 people, spread between one location...
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    Best kind of cat crimping tool?

    What is the easiest to use, best sort of cat 5 crimping tool? I am looking at the ones under $50. I know there are some that are $1000, etc, but, for example of the assortment here: monoprice tools what would be the best choice? I have occasional professional use for one - I am an IT...
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    logging changes to network folders in windows network

    This may be sort of a dumb question; but: is there a way to track changes (deletions, creations, etc) to all network folders in a windows domain? Including other servers (not just the domain controller) in the network? My company wants to figure out who the hell keeps deleting this one folder...
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    New SBS Domain controller advice

    This weekend I have a little job to complete - I have done something like this before but just wanted to get any opinions on best approach. THE WAY IT IS NOW: W2k Domain controller (is very old), a few other servers (just file servers), about 30 workstations, various printers and other...
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    Synch or replicate Exchange Calendars

    I wasn't sure if this belonged in networking or elsewhere but I figured there were more than a few exchange admins here. Is there a way to automatically synch or copy over one user's calendar to another user? Basically you got the assistant who's got all the important stuff on her...
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    DNS A record help 4 segments

    So this may be a dumb question - I wonder how many posts start with that? (that wasn't the question). A company's internal domain was setup somewhat incorrectly initially (years ago). The domain controller/DNS server (w2k) was told that the domain is x.com, which is also the company's...
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    m0n0wall, smoothwall, ipcop?

    Which is the easiest and fastest to get going and administer? I installed Clarkconnect yesterday and liked it but don't think it's worth the fees (I need some of the features of the office version). BTW, do any of these support QoS? I couldn't seem to find a clear answer. I just...
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    linksys RV082 dual wan solution?

    Does anybody have any real, *recent* experience with the linksys RV082 router? I know they had some issues when they first came out but there have been a dozen firmware upgrades since. I am considering getting a couple of these, or using clarkconnect (which I have never used before)...
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    VPN help video conferencing?

    I was wondering if, when using IP videoconferencing (between polycom units) establishing a VPN between the 2 sites and going through that will help with bandwidth and smoothing it out? Obviously you can't exceed your up/down. Just wondering if "internet congestion" would be less or none of a...
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    HELP! Problem I can't solve - network, vague symptoms

    I appreciate help very much, I just am not getting this worked out. I have a problem in our office that I can't figure out. Everything was fine until about this weekend. Here's the setup: 1 Domain controller: w2k 1 File server w2k3 25 workstations, mix of w2k and xp 1 16...
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    Small Business server 2003 cal question

    So I bought a server for a small office that has sbs2003 on it. The office wants to use all of the server's features, including exchange. There are 9 full time employees plus sometimes an intern floats through, so I thought, great, and bought an additional 5 cals, for a total of 10...
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    migrating from workgroup to domain

    I hope this isn't too much of a tard question and that I'm overlooking something simple... I have to migrate a 12 computer office from a workgroup to a domain. (New sbs2003 going in). They are all XP or 2000 machines. (well, except for one cranky old nt4 server). I have had the...
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    New server, scsi, raid, etc question

    So here's the situation - bear with me - I appreciate any advice. A company I consult for generates a lot of data. They currently have 2 servers. Spread between the 2 servers are (2) 73gb scsi drives (4) 18gb scsi drives (4)33gb scsi drive and (1)36gb scsi drive (an 80 pin converted to...
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    MS licensing question

    I have a question about OEM MS licensing. I understand that the strict use of terms is that OEM licensed software lives and dies with the OEM machine. Let's say that I buy 2 machines from Dell. 1 of them has MS office Pro. The other does not. I keep the one that has Office Pro, and...
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    Novell explanation

    So, I have a job interview this week for a basic support type position at a local company. Job sounds ok, pretty cool, I'm comfortable with everything they describe. Except, "familiarity of Novell networks and Groupwise." It's been about 5 years since I had a regular job - but I...
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    Exchange 2003 calendar only?

    I know this will seem strange - A company I work for has asked me to look into installing exchange 2003 on a server for using it's calendaring and contact sharing functions ONLY. They don't want or need the email. Is this possible? I have to convert them to a domain first...(they're on a...
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    Advice dealing with the boss for future purchases/upgrades

    Hi guys - I'm consulting for a company doing general troubleshooting/setup/network admin/etc and as you know one important part of such a position is planning future tech purchases and an overall strategy for such. The boss is very interested in such stuff and basically set abunch of the...
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    SCSI drive problem; external enclosure

    So my second set of questions for the evening: I was trying to install a new, extra SCSI disk in a fileserver today and had no luck. I kept getting: "device connected, but not ready" in the bios, and windows just didn't see the disk at all. I tried the disk on 2 different adapters, and...
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    Incremental backup to DVD?

    Here's the time of the month where I come on and ask for your learned opinions. Company uses a tape to manually back up a different drive on the fileservers, daily, rotating the drive that is backed up. Company buys DVD writer for various uses, I installed it as an external USB 2.0 device...
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    Setting up Lan with shared cable in Apt building?

    Yesterday my landlord asked me about the possibility of having everybody in the building share an internet connection (ATTbi cable) so as to share the costs and have broadband on the cheap for all. There are about 15 apartments in the building, and it is pretty compact, an old turn of the...
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    Best Backup Solution for A Small Network?

    Hi all - not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I'm hoping so. I'm consulting for a small company and I think their backup solution is pretty sucky, so I would like to suggest a new one. Hopefully you guys will have some better ideas than I have had! Office is a Workgroup...
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    Can't access nt server from w2k client?

    Hi - I've got a bit of a bonehead question that I'm sure there is an easy answer to, but I've had a long day and can't quite seem to phrase it right on google to get an answer. I've got a workgrouped office - 10 workstations, 2 file servers (one running nt4 server, one running w2k server)...
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    VPN Server suggestions?

    So I've been contracted by a company to set up a VPN server for them. I was screwing around with hacking up their FTP server to function as a VPN server, but it seemed complex (I've never done this before) and so I decided that buying one of those VPN server boxes would be the best approach and...