Before I buy the Netgear you suggested can you suggest one for home use so I can get familiar with the hardware? I just want to make sure I can use the equipment before I give a list to the company of hardware I need purchased. I would like to stay in the netgear family like the one you suggested because I have had nothing but success with them.

It will be used for the distribution of a few different images for the same brand laptop. The Total rollout when finished will be well over 1,000 laptops. I will need to do a max of 10 at a time. It will be over a span of months and not like I need to get it done very quickly. We send out maybe 20 Laptops to our branches at a time.

Currently all roads continually lead me to this Open source software because of its great features and zero cost. The cost of other software is insanely priced.

I wasn’t sure if a Hub would work or not but I can order a switch instead. I assume an unmanaged switch would be the easiest way? Also which Ubuntu Version would you suggest would be the easiest for setup purposes?

I’m sure I will have more questions when I start the install but thank you for helping.

I plan on setting up a Fog Server for a project at work. I just plan on using a computer that is not hooked up to the Lan. It’s sole purpose will be for cloning.

Can I make do with just a Hub ? Also do I have to setup DHCP since the computer will be off the network?