I'm not sure exactly what "user experience" you are trying to test. To me, saying they want a DSL means they are not interested in speed testing. Otherwise they would test dialup, as most users still have this. One way to quite down the request is to see if the programmers have DSL or cable at home, have them use VNC or PCanywhere and test from their own home machine ;)
There is a benefit to such a setup. Currently I have Partial T1, DSL, and cable here. All different providers, and only one of these hooked directly to our internal net. It does help to check from outside the company how users are seeing the data. It is also pretty funny to do a traceroute on 2 machines sitting side by side, and it takes 17+ hops :) -----Original Message----- From: Louis Erickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 2:03 PM To: 'Rapaille Max'; Chris Hylen Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Allow second Internet connection into Office Space? One thing which no one has mentioned yet is a variant of this. Instead of making a connection to the LAN, get the developers removable media. 2G ORB drives are reasonably affordable and let you move a big chunk of data back and forth. They can use their development machines to set up what they want to test on the removable disk, then stick it in the other machine for testing. Make sure all machines involved have good virus protection. Perhaps different versions for the internal LAN and the Internet visible one. Lou Erickson IT Tools Developer, Ariba, Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rapaille Max [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:32 PM > To: Chris Hylen; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Allow second Internet connection into Office Space? > > > Hi, > > You could create a little separate LAN for them : > > DSL Router --- Firewall (Linux based, on a recup PC) --- TEST LAN > > If the goal is to test the end-user experience, they will > probably ask for different OS.. So Why not think about > making a little private LAN with Linux, Windows,(Dual > Boot/VMWare??). Just imagine.. I had this kind of > requirement for a Web developping Company, and this is what > we did. We knew that the developpers were not specially > Security-Minded, and the Boss was paranoid... > > At a first stage, there was NO connection at all with the > production LAN, which is the safest solution .. But as they > needed to exchange some file , we connected both LAN via a > Firewall, allowing ONLY FTP traffic from Production LAN to > Test LAN, using a FTP proxy and a Virus Checking (Trend Micro > Viruswall..)= > So DEV team can work as usual on the Prod LAN,. want they to > test their finding? Just moving to an other keyboard... > without jeopardysing the prod LAN Security... > > Hope this help.. > Should you need more details about the config, just drop me a > mail Off list @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Regards, > > > MAx > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Hylen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: mercredi 9 octobre 2002 17:32 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Allow second Internet connection into Office Space? > > > Security Pro's: > > A group of my programmers want to have a DSL connection > put in their testing area so they can simulate end user > experience across the Internet. I have concerns with this and > am curious if anyone else has found a good solution to > provision their business requirement without putting the > network at risk. > > I know I haven't gone in to enough detail for an EXACT > solution but in general if anyone has any "tips" I'd > appreciate it. Thanks! > > Chris Hylen > Data Security >
