The_Witt Posted May 12, 2008 Posted May 12, 2008 Hello to all again. Can someone direct me to the reason that I would need a router instead of a switch? I have a small network running peer-to-peer ( for right now until I get the new server up and tested) we have 4 switches right now: 2 10/100 and 2 10/100/1000. What would be the reasons for obtaining a router at this point? My boss seems to think that we won't need a router because we already have the switches. Is this correct? or should I get the router? Will Server 2008 take care of the needs that a router would fulfill? Lots of questions, but I want to get the true "netowrk" up and running correctly. Not just a bunch of linked computers? Any info or direction to existing info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks T Quote
FPCH Admin AWS Posted May 12, 2008 FPCH Admin Posted May 12, 2008 Windows 2008 can be configured to act as a router/firewall for your network. Enable the DNS and DHCP server roles. Assign an IP and configure the computers on your network to obtain their IP from the server. Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
The_Witt Posted May 13, 2008 Author Posted May 13, 2008 Thanks for the info... I was just unsure of exactly what i needed to do. Quote
The_Witt Posted May 16, 2008 Author Posted May 16, 2008 Does anyone know of a enterprise level Anti-Virus solution that will work with Server 2008? We purchased Symantec Endpoint at the same time as the server/server 2008 And now I am told that the manager will not run on server 2008, only the client portion will work. And that I would have to install the software on another machine.... Quote
FPCH Admin AWS Posted May 17, 2008 FPCH Admin Posted May 17, 2008 I use Nod32 Server version. It runs well using little resources. Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
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