Business LAN Networking not working correctly

[Bryane92]

So here's the deal...

The place I work for has a Windows 2008 server and we have about 50-60 computers in or around the building. We have a Ubee modem that runs to a SonicWALL. Then our server is plugged into the back of the SonicWALL and port shielded to the port the modem connects too. We also have an apple router that supplies wifi to the building that is also port shielded. Everyone uses static IP addresses for their computer. Just recently our LAN connection has changed from THWV to network 2. My LAN currently says im conected to Public wifi 5 even though I am connected through LAN and the server can see me connected. Also some people cannot access the server but others can. I have checked their dns settings and it all looks right. The Apple router got factory reset somehow and I had to re-put in all IP information to get the wireless back up and running, At the same time one employee tried to login today and couldn't connect to the LAN unless they had a network administrators password. This has all happened since our power went out about a week ago. Does anyone have any idea what could be happening?

 

[Alabalcho]

Windows Server (and presumably, AD), 60 workstations, countless WiFi clients, and no network administrator?
You need to hire someone to:
- do a site survey - what equipment you have, how it is connected, what services it provides
- get what services your network should provide
- configure and document it
So, tell your boss this is not something you could learn in a day, asking questions in forums.

 

[jsmithepa]

They should make this a case study for Information System majors.

What do you do when you are pushed into a situation with a spaghetti system, no documentation, things patched up all around, and the boss wants to you fix it with $10?

Start by finding out what are the major complaints about the current system, should come from the major players, like sales, accounting, regulations compliance (if this is a highly regulated industry) the users who are telling the boss, the $^%@* system is costing us money. Those are the fires the boss may wanna spend some money on to put out. Then, I hope you have a budget, go talk to a consultant and ask him how much to put out those fires. That's step No. 1.

If the boss has no perceived fires and looks at this thing as some annoying back office expense he has to deal with, use your own office politics savvy to slowly extricate yourself out of this mess.