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Thank-you for the quick response!<br />
Ordered a DL-804v from CDW this afternoon. Hope this device will work for the situation.
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Thank-you for the quick response!
Ordered a DL-804v from CDW this afternoon. Hope this device will work for the situation.

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I have two clients, both are using W2K Server. &nbsp;Both are hooked up to another LAN, and lose network connections. &nbsp;At times one cannot even ping the DNS addresses. &nbsp;I activated Netwok Monitor on one of the clients and noticed a lot of network traffic. &nbsp;Disconnected the router from the switch and the local network came back on line. &nbsp;This particular client is using a Cisco 1600 router. &nbsp;Would a firewall help prevent unwanted traffic from coming in and leaving the LAN?
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I have two clients, both are using W2K Server.  Both are hooked up to another LAN, and lose network connections.  At times one cannot even ping the DNS addresses.  I activated Netwok Monitor on one of the clients and noticed a lot of network traffic.  Disconnected the router from the switch and the local network came back on line.  This particular client is using a Cisco 1600 router.  Would a firewall help prevent unwanted traffic from coming in and leaving the LAN?

Do I need to implement firewall protection?

The Windows operating systems have distinct methodologies for designing and implementing networks, and have specific systems to accomplish various networking processes, such as Exchange for email, Sharepoint for shared files and programs, and IIS for delivery of web pages. Microsoft also produces server technologies for networked database use, security and virtualization.