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Question

Wired or Wireless Network

Mar 16, 2017 10:49PM PDT

Hi All,
I have a small office space of about 700 Sq. Ft, we are about 7 People now, all connected to two wireless routers ( 6 people to one router and me on another), we have two ISP's.

As we expand I was thinking its time to put a Windows Domain Server for file sharing,access control and bring everyone under one network, so far we got no wiring done, all are connected via USB dongles to the routers, now to have a server and implement a domain do I have to go for Wired connections, is this achievable with any wireless devices (wireless switch??) or do you actually prefer to have a wired connection running so that it all works seamless, faster and reliable? especially if we grow to say about 10 people

Please suggest, let me know if you need any more information.

Thank you for your time.

-Sri

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Re: wired or wireless
Mar 17, 2017 1:19AM PDT

The company I work for has both. That's nice. I can choose what I use, depending on my need.

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it depends
Mar 17, 2017 2:10AM PDT

the company I work for has both. generally the wire if for the employees and the wireless is for venders and those who need wireless access for whatever reason. wire tends to be faster, dependable, and more secure for the company resources.

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Server should definitely be wired
Mar 17, 2017 7:38PM PDT

Your server should definitely be wired to the network. As wireless systems are essentially a hub, all the bandwidth per channel is shared among all the clients. You don't want your server to have to receive all the traffic not destined for it and discard it.

You can introduce a switch and plug your server and LAN side of your router into it.