Re: I started network trouble at work
From: FrankV (FrankV_at_anonymous.address)
Date: 07/10/04
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Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:30:59 GMT
Hire a consultant (with a much higher rate) to decide which contractor is
correct. (Only a joke. I'm retired now but ran into many similar situations
in my old jobs).
The problem you are having is very difficult to get an answer from a
newsgroup like this. You have a very technical problem that almost requires
direct contact. Since you said you have a Corporate Network you should have
company System Administrators who control the overall network. They would be
the ones I would work with first although you said you need it Monday so
that is not going to be an answer.
Another thing I would do is talk to a few of the "better" engineers in your
department. I've found a difficult situation was solved many times by
talking to the right person.
Neither suggestion would help your immediate problem but it might help the
long term situation.
Sorry I couldn't help you any more than this.
Frank
"Cable Guy" <1@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:RNQHc.142390$2o2.7393174@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for some enlightenment.
>
> First off I'm NOT a computer guy, I run the Engineering Dept. of a large
> facility that uses a computer controlled energy management system (HVAC,
> lighting). We used the corporate XP server network to connect 2 XP
computer
> work stations (front-end to the control network) to each other. We hooked
> the first computer (in the office, also accesses the internet, intranet)
to
> the control network and installed the software and database then going
thru
> the corporate network and server (router,switches, cat5 cable) allowed the
> second computer (mechanical room) to access the database and thereby the
> control network. Our network vendor insisted that the connection be made
> thru the server domain so he could control privileges and security, the
> problem is we are having numerous glitches between the network setup and
the
> control software setup and each vendor points his finger at the other guy
> (and they both bill us). After talking to the control system vendor I
> allowed him to come in and "disconnected" the second computer (mechanical
> room) from the corporate network by creating a workgroup for it to access
> the database and control network (still using the switches and cat5 cable)
> on the office computer. My office computer remains on the corporate domain
> and has access to the internet and corp. network. Everything works fine.
>
> Now the problem starts, our network vendor came in today to update our
> antivirus and finds the mechanical room computer off the domain and goes
> berserk! He swears we have created a "hole" in the corporate network and
> that the network can be hacked into and compromised (not sure if he meant
> thru the internet or the machine). Control vendor says he's wrong, my boss
> sides with the network vendor. We shut down and disconnected the machine
> room computer till we get together on Monday.
>
> Now I have to go into a meeting on Monday and decide who is right? If the
> network guy is right we will have to buy a second office computer and run
a
> dedicated cable. BTW these two computers are on different levels of the
> building so using existing cable was advantageous.
>
> Thanks in advance if you care to comment.
>
>
>
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