Steps by Step Guide for Connecting the Company to the Internet

Before a company can connect to the Internet, certain elements and mechanisms have to be in position. This section of the Article merely provides a quick reference guide for connecting the company to the Internet that employees, and business partners and clients can make use of the Internet for e-mail, and to conduct business transactions:

  • Determine what the business requirements are for Internet connectivity for the specific organization. There may be instances where the organization needs to host its own Web site or e-mail; and then there may be occasions where this can be provided by a third-party entity. Determine whether demand-dial connections or persistent connections will be used.
  • Determine the type of connections which will be used, that is, routed connections or translated connections.
  • Obtain an active link to the Internet from an internet Service Provider (ISP), and if necessary, obtain a static IP address or range of IP addresses.
  • Obtain the necessary networking devices such as remote access devices, routers, and a firewall solution if necessary. The requirements of the organization will dictate the networking devices which need to be utilized.
  • Configure the IP address for the public network on the public network interface of the router. Configure the IP address of a subnet within the internal private network on the private interface of the router.
  • Determine the domain name which will be used for the organization. The domain name has to be registered with a recognized domain registrar. For the top-level domain, use .com or .biz if you are a company. .org should be used if you are a non-profit organization. All companies that want to do business through the Internet must have domain name. There are a number of approved domain registrars that can register the domain name that you select.
  • Ensure that the registered domain name resolves to the IP address which will be used for Web sites and e-mail. The registered domain name can also be utilized internally with the Active Directory directory service.
  • The next step is to implement network security and firewall solutions to secure the gateway between your private internal network and the public network. The nature and security requirements of the company will influence the level of security that need to be implemented.
  • Set up the clients on the private internal network to use the gateway to establish a connection to the public network or Internet. You can do this through manual configuration, or you can utilize the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service to do this.
  • Additional post Internet connection establishment steps include implementing a proxy server, port forwarding, auditing, and so forth.

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