Small Office Network

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Small office network

A small office network has the following characteristics:

• Few network segments (for example, one segment on each floor or wing of a building).

• A closed network with no connections to or from another network such as the Internet.

• Support for the IP protocol.

The following illustration shows an example of a small office network.

In this small office network scenario, Routers 1 and 2 are configured with a network adapter for each medium that is used on Networks A, B, and C.

This section covers:

• Planning addresses for the small office network

• Routing protocols for the small office network

• Other services for the small office network

• Configuring the small office network

• Testing the small office network

Note

• The example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person or event is intended or should be inferred.