Newbie Help Request

Hello and thank you for reading this, and even more thanks if you manage to
help me!

This is the project that I have undertaken, and I could really use some
direction.

I am attempting to come up with a way to create the following network

3 remote offices with 5 computers in each.
1 central server with 25 computers.

I need to set up a Firewall, Secure VPN, a mail server, a web server, and a
news server, and possibly a chat server at the central office.

At the remote offices, I need to set up firewall and VPN router ... to
connect remote office to central office, to get user authentication and to
access files and e-mail ...

has anyone ever done this ... I am sure someone has ... but I have a real
short time frame and not much infrastructure capital to put to this project
....

I am not trying to milk everyone for free .... but I really need some help
.... even if it is a list of software to use ... I just need a starting point
to run from..

Thanks

Cortland Guse aka Sprocket the Wonder Chicken

"Cortland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I am attempting to come up with a way to create the following network
>
> 3 remote offices with 5 computers in each.
> 1 central server with 25 computers.
>
> I need to set up a Firewall, Secure VPN, a mail server, a web server,
> and a news server, and possibly a chat server at the central office.
>
> At the remote offices, I need to set up firewall and VPN router ... to
> connect remote office to central office, to get user authentication
> and to access files and e-mail ...
>
> has anyone ever done this ... I am sure someone has ... but I have a
> real short time frame and not much infrastructure capital to put to
> this project ...
>
> I am not trying to milk everyone for free .... but I really need some
> help ... even if it is a list of software to use ... I just need a
> starting point to run from..

It seems a rather ambitious project for someone who doesn't know where to
start.


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