The company I work for just opened a new office a blocks down the
street (read: 1.5 miles.) We have a dual T1 at our main location, and a
single T1 at the second location. This was discussed and planned months
ago, each T1 goes to our ISP, separate subnets, no connection between
our offices.
Of course, today I'm presented with the question: what would it take
to link the two offices together? Would've been so nice to have known
this BEFORE we installed the second T1 as I would've done it differently
(more of a peer-to-peer link between the buildings.)
Anyway, so the setup as it stands is, T1 here and T1 there. Each
with their own subnet (completely different range as well.) Both
locations have a Fedora machine with iptables acting as a firewall for
the internal networks. In order for us to transfer data from one
location to the other, the information is essentially being dumped onto
the big ole Internet and sent out (or received at the other end.) What
they want to know now is if there's anyway to link the locations
together and possibly speed up the transfer of data, just between the
locations (while still retaining the setup as it stands right now,
without incurring the cost of yet another link, just between the buildings.)
Is this even a feasible thing to do, at this point in the game? And
if so, I'm open for suggestions.
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Ashley M. Kirchner <mailto:ashley@xxxxxxxxxx> . 303.442.6410 x130
IT Director / SysAdmin / WebSmith . 800.441.3873 x130
Photo Craft Imaging . 3550 Arapahoe Ave. #6
http://www.pcraft.com ..... . . . Boulder, CO 80303, U.S.A.
