Terminal Server/Thin Client w/ P2P T1 WAN 1

[dlano]

Environment (primary location)

System: Windows 2003 (Single Domain), XP Pro Clients, Exchange Server
2003, Outlook 2003 Clients, Terminal Server

WAN: T1

Users: 100 users. 30 Administration, 70 production

Hello,

I'd like the community's opinion on the following scenario.

We are planning to build a warehouse across the street from our primary
building. In the first phase, we expect to place 12 production users who
will need access to our production database. Eventually, we will have
all 70 production users in the warehouse. Since we have a terminal
server with only 10 users accessing it at our primary location, I am
thinking that we can purchase thin clients for the 12 users who will be
in the new warehouse. If I do this, the terminal server becomes a
mission critical machine, and I feel that we'd need to purchase a second
server to replicate the terminal server for failover purposes. To
assure reliable connectivity, I'm considering a dedicated peer to peer
T1 connection to link directly to our primary location. I received one suggestion of attaching Cisco 54G WPA2 Routers with directional antenna's on the top of each building and beaming data across the street. I'm concerned about weather conditions though.

What do you guys think of this implementation? Are there better solutions?

Thanks,

d|an-0

 

[brianinms]

You would want a Cisco Bridge such as the 1300. How far is it between buildings?

 

[LawnBoy]

Across the street? Just bury some fiber, it's not that expensive...

"We must fall back upon the old axiom that when all other contingencies fail, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." - Sherlock Holmes

 

[jimbopalmer]

Or use Death rays!

http://www.usa.canon.com/html/industrial_canobeam/canobeam/index.html

http://www.proxim.com/products/landing_backhaul.html

Free Space Optics is lasers, they are just afraid to admit it.

Seriously, these would work great

http://www.proxim.com/products/quickbridge/index.html

or

http://www.proxim.com/products/terabridge/index.html

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

 

[dlano]

Guys, thanks for the info. I looked into running fiber, but it would cost around 20,000 dollars to bore beneath the highway. An interstate runs between the two buildings. We are renting a plotter tomorrow and will measure the exact distance. I'll report back with the distance.

Have a great night,

d|lan