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Does your Point of Sale (P.O.S.) software have any special requirements?
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Does your Point of Sale (P.O.S.) software have any special requirements?

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Thank you for your responses. This is hypothetical. Earniebeek, I was thinking about having the database located on the server, and when the inventory changes, it is updated. Do you guys think this will be better than a &nbsp;peer to peer solution?
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Thank you for your responses. This is hypothetical. Earniebeek, I was thinking about having the database located on the server, and when the inventory changes, it is updated. Do you guys think this will be better than a  peer to peer solution?

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Definitely. With a peer2peer you need 2 NICs in the server (one for every POS) and set up 2 p2p networks. Using a switch would keep things simple.
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Definitely. With a peer2peer you need 2 NICs in the server (one for every POS) and set up 2 p2p networks. Using a switch would keep things simple.

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Hi Experts, <br />
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Hypothetically, what would you &nbsp; recommend for a small retail, it's a sunglasses store(30 feet by 50feet). with an inventory computer in the back of the store and (2) cash registers that need to communicate with the Inventory computer. On a LAN what would we need? <br />
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Would you go with this option? <br />
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Peer to Peer Networking ( I heard it is hard to manage)<br />
10/100 switch /hub <br />
NICs (how many?)<br />
CAT6 Cable. <br />
Ethernet cables?<br />
Sharing files accross LAN. <br />
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Or would you opt for a dedicated server? What will we need for this option? <br />
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Thanks.
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Hi Experts, 


Hypothetically, what would you   recommend for a small retail, it's a sunglasses store(30 feet by 50feet). with an inventory computer in the back of the store and (2) cash registers that need to communicate with the Inventory computer. On a LAN what would we need? 

Would you go with this option? 

Peer to Peer Networking ( I heard it is hard to manage)
10/100 switch /hub 
NICs (how many?)
CAT6 Cable. 
Ethernet cables?
Sharing files accross LAN. 

Or would you opt for a dedicated server? What will we need for this option? 

Thanks.

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A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.

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