About MuLNET

Since 1996 MuLNET Systems, based in the Northern Virginia area of metropolitan Washington, D.C., has offered computer consulting services to small businesses in the region. Owner Hugh Mulholland operates out of his home office in Herndon. No rent, a 4 cylinder car, and special pricing on Microsoft software (as a Registered Partner) allow MuLNET to offer extremely competitive hourly and fixed price rates.

Inside MuLNET

Mulnet runs it's own network of 3 servers, 4 PCs and 2 laptops on an Ethernet Gigabit network with Internet access. Wireless service is provided by a WiFi router. Telephone service is inexpensive VOIP. Mulnet runs it's own email, web and database servers and provides secured, remote network access and mobile email to it's owner. Mulnet employs dynamic DNS capabilities to provide access to a dynamic IP connection. The point; you can create sophisticated computer capabilities to manage a small business and do it inexpensively, if you know how.

More detail

Windows SBS (Small Business Server) 2003 R2 is the primary server in the domain.
Another domain controller running Windows Server 2003 R2 adds other functions.
A third, non-controller, Windows Server 2003 hosts SQL Express and provides a place to test accounting systems.
SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2000, Exchange Server 2003, WSUS (Windows Server Update Service) and Forefront Security run on various servers.
Configurations are constantly changing.

Before MuLNET

Mulnet's owner has over 40 years of experience working with computers and business systems. From his early years as auditor for a national CPA firm with mainframe computer clients to today's database-intensive integrated, industry specific do-everything systems on a PC, he has worked with a lot of systems.

IBM mainframes

DEC minicomputers

Compaq SystemPro PC servers

NetWare networks

Windows NT networks

Windows Server networks

Ethernet 10Base2, 10BaseT, Token Ring topologies

Wireless 802.11 a/b/g/n

PC databases Paradox, Access

Server databases SQL Server 7, 2000, 2005; Scalable SQL

Applications from Deltek, Solomon Service, UCC, MSA

PC accounting Quickbooks, MS Accounting, Cougar