Networking Hell

I need help to sort out a computer network. Are there any dedicated
newsgroups for contacts in PC Networks? I need someone to come into my
office. Where I live the specialist skills are hard to find.

I have now a small network of 5 computers and I get endless headaches
with stuff not working and the last "specialist" had never even heard
of .NET. Then he started saying a Web developer could configfure the
server systems.

What I need is a simple and reliable system. The technicians seem to
more interested in implementing some new whizz feature from Microsoft
which ends up stopping my whole business.

Anteaus
Sun Apr 20 01:32:00 PDT 2008

All depends where you are. I specialise in small-site support.

Sounds like you need to find a guy who knows what he's talking about, but
also someone who appreciates that a small site wants a solution of manageable
complexity.

"Logician" wrote:

> I need help to sort out a computer network. Are there any dedicated
> newsgroups for contacts in PC Networks? I need someone to come into my
> office. Where I live the specialist skills are hard to find.
>
> I have now a small network of 5 computers and I get endless headaches
> with stuff not working and the last "specialist" had never even heard
> of .NET. Then he started saying a Web developer could configfure the
> server systems.
>
> What I need is a simple and reliable system. The technicians seem to
> more interested in implementing some new whizz feature from Microsoft
> which ends up stopping my whole business.
>

Logician
Sun Apr 20 07:45:43 PDT 2008

On Apr 20, 9:32=A0am, Anteaus <Ante...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> All depends where you are. I specialise in small-site support.
>
> Sounds like you need to find a guy who knows what he's talking about, but
> also someone who appreciates that a small site wants a solution of managea=
ble
> complexity. =A0
>
>
>
> "Logician" wrote:
> > I need help to sort out a computer network. Are there any dedicated
> > newsgroups for contacts in PC Networks? I need someone to come into my
> > office. Where I live the specialist skills are hard to find.
>
> > I have now a small network of 5 computers and I get endless headaches
> > with stuff not working and the last "specialist" had never even heard
> > of .NET. Then he started saying a Web developer could configfure the
> > server systems.
>
> > What I need is a simple and reliable system. The technicians seem to
> > more interested in implementing some new whizz feature from Microsoft
> > which ends up stopping my whole business.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I am in Southend on sea (UK)

Seriously I have hit a solid brick wall. Are there are web pages about
how to network? I have been losing data and having huge problems.

I need a full solution that works.

Jack
Sun Apr 20 07:59:42 PDT 2008

Hi
May be you should start by describing the actual problems.
It is Not clear from your posting what type of help you need.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Logician" <sales@logicians.com> wrote in message
news:915fe2fd-af02-4b39-8a2c-f7cc0e64a877@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
>I need help to sort out a computer network. Are there any dedicated
> newsgroups for contacts in PC Networks? I need someone to come into my
> office. Where I live the specialist skills are hard to find.
>
> I have now a small network of 5 computers and I get endless headaches
> with stuff not working and the last "specialist" had never even heard
> of .NET. Then he started saying a Web developer could configfure the
> server systems.
>
> What I need is a simple and reliable system. The technicians seem to
> more interested in implementing some new whizz feature from Microsoft
> which ends up stopping my whole business.

Logician
Sun Apr 20 10:26:38 PDT 2008

On Apr 20, 3:59=A0pm, "Jack \(MVP-Networking\)."
<j...@discussiongroup.com> wrote:
> Hi
> May be you should start by describing the actual problems.
> It is Not clear from your posting what type of help you need.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Logician" <sa...@logicians.com> wrote in message
>
> news:915fe2fd-af02-4b39-8a2c-f7cc0e64a877@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> >I need help to sort out a computer network. Are there any dedicated
> > newsgroups for contacts in PC Networks? I need someone to come into my
> > office. Where I live the specialist skills are hard to find.
>
> > I have now a small network of 5 computers and I get endless headaches
> > with stuff not working and the last "specialist" had never even heard
> > of .NET. Then he started saying a Web developer could configfure the
> > server systems.
>
> > What I need is a simple and reliable system. The technicians seem to
> > more interested in implementing some new whizz feature from Microsoft
> > which ends up stopping my whole business.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

The problems are countless. What I need is a resource on the web so I
can understand the principles of computer networks especially security
and reliability. I can then direct the work to be done. The problem I
have is that the technical people I asked about this failed to
understand the value of the computers to the business. So when things
go wrong, they fail to understand the impact. So someone who
understands that impact needs to make key decisions.

Logician
Sun Apr 20 11:18:02 PDT 2008

On Apr 20, 3:59=A0pm, "Jack \(MVP-Networking\)."
<j...@discussiongroup.com> wrote:
> Hi
> May be you should start by describing the actual problems.
> It is Not clear from your posting what type of help you need.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Logician" <sa...@logicians.com> wrote in message
>
> news:915fe2fd-af02-4b39-8a2c-f7cc0e64a877@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> >I need help to sort out a computer network. Are there any dedicated
> > newsgroups for contacts in PC Networks? I need someone to come into my
> > office. Where I live the specialist skills are hard to find.
>
> > I have now a small network of 5 computers and I get endless headaches
> > with stuff not working and the last "specialist" had never even heard
> > of .NET. Then he started saying a Web developer could configfure the
> > server systems.
>
> > What I need is a simple and reliable system. The technicians seem to
> > more interested in implementing some new whizz feature from Microsoft
> > which ends up stopping my whole business.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Jack, I found a site at http://www.networktutorials.info/pages/how_to_secure=
.html
which helped a lot. I do have one issue about the external firewall
for the whole network. Are there any big brands for that, and what is
better software or hardware?
The links says:
"An edge firewall in the network is a best possible security measure
to detect and eliminate the possible security breaches in the network.
A high performance router or a PC with software firewall can detect
these breaches and resolve them."

Also can you buy File servers, just for file sharing, print servers
(printer sharing) and then actual full servers with software loaded?

Kenny
Sun Apr 20 11:21:37 PDT 2008

Ask at your local technical college or university, where I live they work
very closely with business, there's also LEDU and ILEX to help small
businesses.

--
Kenny Cargill




"Logician" <sales@logicians.com> wrote in message
news:d1876680-2757-41c5-9fd5-810d671c6280@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...
On Apr 20, 3:59 pm, "Jack \(MVP-Networking\)."
<j...@discussiongroup.com> wrote:
> Hi
> May be you should start by describing the actual problems.
> It is Not clear from your posting what type of help you need.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Logician" <sa...@logicians.com> wrote in message
>
> news:915fe2fd-af02-4b39-8a2c-f7cc0e64a877@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> >I need help to sort out a computer network. Are there any dedicated
> > newsgroups for contacts in PC Networks? I need someone to come into my
> > office. Where I live the specialist skills are hard to find.
>
> > I have now a small network of 5 computers and I get endless headaches
> > with stuff not working and the last "specialist" had never even heard
> > of .NET. Then he started saying a Web developer could configfure the
> > server systems.
>
> > What I need is a simple and reliable system. The technicians seem to
> > more interested in implementing some new whizz feature from Microsoft
> > which ends up stopping my whole business.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

The problems are countless. What I need is a resource on the web so I
can understand the principles of computer networks especially security
and reliability. I can then direct the work to be done. The problem I
have is that the technical people I asked about this failed to
understand the value of the computers to the business. So when things
go wrong, they fail to understand the impact. So someone who
understands that impact needs to make key decisions.

Jack
Mon Apr 21 15:19:36 PDT 2008

Hi
Good security can be achieved of using both Hardware and Software Firewall,
http://www.ezlan.net/firewall.html
There is many more pages on http://www.ezlan.net, take a look might be that
it can help solve some of your problems.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Logician" <sales@logicians.com> wrote in message
news:85a01d50-8548-4f3f-91f3-ffe0166668b1@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
On Apr 20, 3:59 pm, "Jack \(MVP-Networking\)."
<j...@discussiongroup.com> wrote:
> Hi
> May be you should start by describing the actual problems.
> It is Not clear from your posting what type of help you need.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Logician" <sa...@logicians.com> wrote in message
>
> news:915fe2fd-af02-4b39-8a2c-f7cc0e64a877@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> >I need help to sort out a computer network. Are there any dedicated
> > newsgroups for contacts in PC Networks? I need someone to come into my
> > office. Where I live the specialist skills are hard to find.
>
> > I have now a small network of 5 computers and I get endless headaches
> > with stuff not working and the last "specialist" had never even heard
> > of .NET. Then he started saying a Web developer could configfure the
> > server systems.
>
> > What I need is a simple and reliable system. The technicians seem to
> > more interested in implementing some new whizz feature from Microsoft
> > which ends up stopping my whole business.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Jack, I found a site at
http://www.networktutorials.info/pages/how_to_secure.html
which helped a lot. I do have one issue about the external firewall
for the whole network. Are there any big brands for that, and what is
better software or hardware?
The links says:
"An edge firewall in the network is a best possible security measure
to detect and eliminate the possible security breaches in the network.
A high performance router or a PC with software firewall can detect
these breaches and resolve them."

Also can you buy File servers, just for file sharing, print servers
(printer sharing) and then actual full servers with software loaded?