I don't know what kind of budget you have, but there are several options.
First, 2 kilometers is within the distance specified for single-mode fiber.
You could run gigabit ethernet between the sites. Drawbacks include
moderate upfront hardware costs for the gig ethernet switches, moderate
cost of laying the cable and possible high cost of right-of-way agreements.
Also, it takes time to dig trenches. Also, if someone ever digs up your
trench, repairs will be time consuming and costly. The big pro for this
method is bandwidth. You'll have a gigabit ethernet connection between your
two sites.
Another option would be dial-up ISDN. You could use off-the-shelf routers
like Cisco to do dial-on-demand between sites or you could use LRP (Linux
Router Project, see www.linuxrouter.org). Drawbacks include slow speed
(probably too slow for file sharing, but more than adequate for email and
web browsing). Pros include low upfront cost and low recurring cost.
Yet another option would be a fixed circuit. You could do a 56K or a
fractional T1 or a full T1. Like a dial-up this could be done with an
off-the-shelf router or (I think) with LRP. Drawbacks: moderate up-front
cost and moderate recurring cost. Pluses include decent speed and a
constant connection.
Hope this helps,
Roy
At 08:29 PM 6/29/99 +1000, Stephen Lavelle wrote:
>My company has just acquired a new site which is about 2 kilometers from our
>present location. At the present site i have a linux box (Red Hat 2.0.36
>Kernel) which provides file sharing for windows users on the lan (with
>Samba). The linux box also masqs for the windows users on the network (in
>the private 198.168.*.* ip series numbers) to provide www and email
>services.
>When the new site is up and runnning i would like to provide file sharing
>for the remote windows machines on our linux server so that both sites can
>share databases etc.
> If anyone has any suggestions about how to implement this in an effecive
>and cost effective way (dial in, direct cable etc) i'd be grateful
>Regards,
>Stephen
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