Moving Network Checklist
Experts,
We are moving our office to a new location. The servers, switches, firewall, battery backup, and all pc's will be going with us. Does anyone have a checklist or recommendations on what we need to do to get the network up and running smoothly in the new office. I would assume the firewall will have new external IP's, is there anything elese that will need to change...DNS, DHCP, any server settings???
Thank you for your time!
We are moving our office to a new location. The servers, switches, firewall, battery backup, and all pc's will be going with us. Does anyone have a checklist or recommendations on what we need to do to get the network up and running smoothly in the new office. I would assume the firewall will have new external IP's, is there anything elese that will need to change...DNS, DHCP, any server settings???
Thank you for your time!
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Provided that you today use private IP addresses on your internal network (that is, 10.x.x.x, 172.16-31.x.x or 192.168.x.x), then the move should have no impact for the internal network.
The external side of your firewall, and firewall rules might have to change to accommodate the change in public address; especially if you run your own web/mail or other servers (VPN access from home offices/road warriors?) on your internal network that is to be accessible from the Internet. If that is the case, take special care to make sure DNS is updated to point to your new public IP address(es).
The external side of your firewall, and firewall rules might have to change to accommodate the change in public address; especially if you run your own web/mail or other servers (VPN access from home offices/road warriors?) on your internal network that is to be accessible from the Internet. If that is the case, take special care to make sure DNS is updated to point to your new public IP address(es).
First advice, don't change anything on your internal network.
For the internet provider, you will probably have to adapt the public ip address, And, maybe the DNS servers. If you focus on this, your move should go without problems.
a very good test is to have a laptop with skype opened. If you see your friends and you are able to chat but you are not able to go on google means that you only have a dns problem.
Regards,
Olivier