hardware LAN question

[xden...@shaw.ca]

I'm trying to determine what type of device I would use to connect a LAN
to multiple paths in a WAN. There are three offices (all internally and
separately networked), each with a coaxial linear-bus topology supporting
Ethernet 10 Mbps traffic. Right now the branch offices stay in touch with
each other by telephone and Federal Express, but they would like a WAN
connection that is able to support about 256 Kbps of data and several
analog telephone conversations between sites. As well, the WAN should be
able to continue operating even if one of the WAN links fails.

I'm sure Novell offers a product or solution for this situation, but I'm
not sure if it would be a phone and VPN switches, or if it would be just
an access switch. If it's neither, I'd appreciate any help you can offer.

[Donald Albury]

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 04:48:05 GMT, xden...@shaw.ca wrote:

>I'm sure Novell offers a product or solution for this situation, but I'm
>not sure if it would be a phone and VPN switches, or if it would be just
>an access switch. If it's neither, I'd appreciate any help you can offer.

Novell no longer offers a Telephony product. VPN is included in
BorderManager (http://www.novell.com/products/bordermanager/).

Donald Albury
Novell Product Support Volunteer SysOp
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[Dave Lunn]

You are asking for three NW6.x Small Business servers, one for each office,
and DSL connections.
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Dave Lunn
NSC SysOp
http://support-forums.novell.com

[Barry Schnur]

As a follow up to Dave's comment regarding SBS 6x -- out of the box, SBS
6.01 is licensed for *2* servers, you purchase additional pairs of server
licenses along with user licenses to get to the number you need.

With SBS 6.5 -- expected out quite soon, that number will increase from 2.

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Barry Schnur
Novell Support Connection Volunteer Sysop