Long distance network help needed

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by Simon Strauss

The reason why I want to stick with linksys is that though its not the best for the conditions, the buyer is a beuracrat who is deadset on the twisted theory that systems with multiple brands dont work as well and because there are linksys products already there, they want to stick with Linksys throughout.

I realize that this is a common problem in industry... But he's hired you to be an expert at this. You should atleast attempt to explain both the highly likely reliability problems of the linksys outdoors and the black-box nature of networking. Unless you're using one of the proprietary speed-boosting features, then it doesn't matter. Mixing brands only particularly matters from a support standpoint in that it's a slightly different system to learn. So I think he really needs to decide if he wants less frequent support of a more complex nature, or much more frequent support and outages of a more (soon to be all too) familiar nature.

Again, you're being paid for your considered and expert opinion, so I think you should politely explain the issues, or atleast present the pros and cons and give your recommendation. And definitely make sure they understand you'll have to charge for service of the linksys one if it's found to have failed due to the environmental conditions.

[Simon Strauss]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

Again, you're being paid for your considered and expert opinion, so I think you should politely explain the issues, or atleast present the pros and cons and give your recommendation. And definitely make sure they understand you'll have to charge for service of the linksys one if it's found to have failed due to the environmental conditions.

I forgot to mention that it is a municipal project and the whole reason why I have to set it up this way is that the buyer wont let the company who I work for (which has had military security clearance since WWII and has had city and state contracts since before that even) access their servers and set up a more secure/cheaper and effective wireless system. I’ve tried the explanations but the project is for a bunch of ludites.

Latest news: I've got most of if figured out but still need to decide how I am going to let the control room access the PC in cluster 2. Can anyone recommend a good secure remote access program (these two have internet access)?

Thanks for the help,
Simon Strauss