office moving
Need some general guidance on some IT related items concerning moving from one office to another. We purchased an existing building and will be moving in 3 months. I have not moved IT equipment before and was wondering what to expect. There is internet at the new building but the wiring closet/rack only has a patch panel ready for switches and routers, etc... I was wondering if all I am gong to need to do is pull my Adtran router from my office plus the 2 Hp Procurve switches and hook them up the same way in the rack at the new building. After that, plug in the server we have and start plugging in desktops and laptops. Am I making this too easy of a move or is this scenario that I should expect?
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ISP will be the same. Can you offer any other advice of problems I might run into?
Do yourself a huge favor; if the patch panel and wall ports aren't labeled, you may want to map them out as you hook stuff up. This is really helpful if you have problems with specific items or wall ports not connecting to the network in the future.
If wiring has been run (again, that needs to be stressed) it should be pretty simple to make the move.
If wiring has been run (again, that needs to be stressed) it should be pretty simple to make the move.
If the ISP is the same, and you are not using static IPs, OR, if you are using statics, they route you the same IP set, then basically all you have to do is connect everything as it is now.
Do you use your connection for surfing, or are you actually serving to the outside world also?
Do you use your connection for surfing, or are you actually serving to the outside world also?
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Are you talking static IP's like the server, default gateway and network printers? We are not serving the outside world. How about during the move which might take a few days, will I run into any problems with lease expiration?
Do you mean IP address lease expiration with DHCP? That shouldn't be a problem as they renew automatically.
And since everything will be rebooted, arp cache contents will be renewed.
I think the subject was the public IPs provided by the ISP. If you move from one place to another, they may have to reroute to get to you.
And since everything will be rebooted, arp cache contents will be renewed.
I think the subject was the public IPs provided by the ISP. If you move from one place to another, they may have to reroute to get to you.
You mentioned Adtran, so I'm assuming you have a T1 or aggregated T1's? Normally these are static IPs (ISPs tend to route at least *glue* networks to the T1 interfaces).
Can you explain the type of connection you have, and if YOU have the router / gateway and if you also run and configure your own DHCP / DNS, etc. on your network? Is it Windows with AD, just a workgroup, or any linux involved?
What do you run vs your ISP, as far as DHCP, DNS, Routing, etc.?
Can you explain the type of connection you have, and if YOU have the router / gateway and if you also run and configure your own DHCP / DNS, etc. on your network? Is it Windows with AD, just a workgroup, or any linux involved?
What do you run vs your ISP, as far as DHCP, DNS, Routing, etc.?
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ISP provides static T1's that are leased. Each office has a circuit. Sorry if I'm not using exact language on this. We do have a router/gateway and we run our own DHCP/DNS on the network. It is Windows with AD. We are not using the Windows server 2008 R2 as a router.
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THANKS FOR THE GREAT INFO. IT HELPED MUCH.
The biggest change may be some configuration for your router/firewall. If your ISP is going to be different, or they require a different configuration, you may need to make some changes there to get your gateway device to connect everyone to the Internet.