I'm the new guy there and work with the electrical engineer. They currently have 5 win 98 computers on their peer to peer network (no enterprise solutions lol) and I'm trying to give them a few modern network services. They have NO buget for IT.
They will give me the time to set it up, a scrap heap of old computers, and money for some hardware.
The basics I would like to start with are:
Central job/file location (samba)
Remote back-up server (should be pretty easy with rsync/ssh+bash script)
Some sort of remote connection for the electrical engineer (?)
Then I would like to set up a local webserver for craploads of dynamic content.
Vass have you set up a gpl vpn? The ideas you gave me sound great -- but definately not in the buget.
Thanks