[olug] OT - Windows network question

Thu Nov 15 00:27:44 UTC 2012

If you are not putting windows back on those machines, you can nuke them however you want, then install ubuntu.

As for wireless, if the machines are desktops and don't have wireless cards in them you will have to purchase either internal or USB wireless adapters for them.

If the office is small enough you can probably get away with a linkage wireless access point.  You should disable DHCP on it and not use the WAN/Internet port.  Have your windows server provide DHCP to all client machines.

What are you using for a firewall? 

You mentioned connecting the DSL to wireless, what did you mean?

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From: "Sheldon, Roger W" <Roger.Sheldon at firstdata.com>
To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>, "staehrmedia at neb.rr.com" <staehrmedia at neb.rr.com>
Subject: [olug] OT - Windows network question
Date: Wed, Nov 14, 2012 5:31 pm

Dariks Boot n nuke yeh for sure. As far as wiping the drives and reusing the license keys on a different machine? Hmmm I don't think Micro$oft allows this unless you have a volume license key or something of the sorts. I could be wrong again tho.

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From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of Justin Reiners
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:57 PM
To: staehrmedia at neb.rr.com; Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] OT - Windows network question

boot n nuke for the drives, what kind of question do you have about wireless networking? what distances are we talking?

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Dan Staehr <staehrmedia at neb.rr.com> wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> I realize this is a Linux group but I'm sure some of you can probably 
> steer me the right direction.
>
> I'm helping out a local non-profit who is moving to a new office. I 
> spent the day yesterday documenting their network and workstations. 
> They are reducing their network size from 8 machines to 4, including a file server.
> The server is using Windows Server and VmWare.
> Fortunately all of the workstations and the server are only a couple 
> of years old. All of the workstations are Win 7 boxes.
>
> Question is one of configuring their DSL along with server wirelessly, 
> since their new office won't be easy to pull wire in. I do plan to 
> have a wired connection to at least one of the workstations and to the 
> server and router.
>
> Also, for the computers they are planning to sell, what is the easiest 
> way to clean the drives, and can the current OS's be reloaded. I'd 
> like to clean the drives, and reload them with Ubuntu maybe.
>
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