Small office Network solution

The following diagram illustrates a small office solution which utilizes a free google gmail account, allowing for shared contacts and calendars. This can be set up through the open source (free) e-mail client Thunderbird and Lightning. Plugins allow for the gmail syncing capabilities. This setup provides a low cost, complete simple network solution, and is designed to save a small startup company hundreds or even thousands in initial network costs. The machines labeled as "servers" are desktop systems which also function as servers for simple server functions like print serving or backing up critical files on the network.