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Network Services

Network Services Built for North Carolina Businesses

Benchmark Network Solutions designs, installs, and manages enterprise-grade networks for Triangle-area SMBs — reliable, fast, secure, and built to scale with your business.

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Network Problems We Fix

Slow Networks and Outages Cost Triangle Businesses Every Day

Network performance directly affects productivity, client experience, and security. These are the three most common network failures we see in Durham-area offices.

Slow, Congested Networks

Consumer-grade routers and switches can't handle the demands of cloud-based software, video calls, and a growing team. Video conferencing drops, file transfers crawl, and staff waste hours waiting on their connection.

Properly segmented, enterprise-grade switching fixes this

Single-ISP Outages

When your one internet connection goes down, your entire business stops. For a 30-person office, a four-hour ISP outage costs over $10,000 in lost productivity — before counting missed client opportunities.

Dual-ISP failover or SD-WAN eliminates single points of failure

Unsecured or Patchy Wi-Fi

Consumer Wi-Fi routers in offices create security vulnerabilities, dead zones, and unpredictable connectivity. Guests share the same network segment as business systems — a serious compliance and security risk.

VLAN-segmented enterprise wireless with full office coverage
Network Services

Complete Network Design, Installation & Management

From initial design through ongoing monitoring, we handle every layer of your network infrastructure.

LAN/WAN Design & Installation

Cisco Meraki or Fortinet-based switched networks sized for your team and floor plan. Proper VLAN segmentation isolates voice, guest, IoT, and business traffic. Full cabling, patch panel, and rack documentation included.

Enterprise Wireless (Wi-Fi 6)

Cisco Meraki or Ubiquiti UniFi access points deployed with a site survey for complete coverage. Guest, corporate, and IoT SSIDs on separate VLANs. Centrally managed with real-time RF heatmaps.

Next-Generation Firewall

Fortinet FortiGate or Cisco Meraki MX with IPS, application control, web filtering, and SSL inspection. Annual subscription keeps threat signatures current. All rule changes documented and version-controlled.

SD-WAN & ISP Redundancy

Fortinet Secure SD-WAN or Meraki AutoVPN with dual ISP failover. Traffic prioritization for Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and line-of-business apps. Automatic failover in under 60 seconds when a link degrades.

Remote Access VPN

SSL-VPN or IPsec VPN for remote workers using FortiClient or Cisco AnyConnect. Multi-factor authentication enforced. Split-tunnel configuration routes only business traffic through VPN to preserve bandwidth.

Network Monitoring & Management

24/7 monitoring of all network devices via our NOC. Bandwidth trending, device health alerts, and monthly performance reports. Firmware updates applied during maintenance windows with rollback capability.

Benchmark Network Solutions designs, installs, and manages LAN and WAN networks, enterprise wireless (Wi-Fi 6), next-generation firewalls (Fortinet, Cisco Meraki), SD-WAN, ISP failover, and remote access VPN for organizations across North Carolina, with a local focus on Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Cary.
A standard network upgrade for a 20–50 person office — including new switches, wireless access points, and firewall — typically takes one to three days of on-site work, scheduled during evenings or weekends to minimize disruption. Full LAN/WAN redesigns for multi-site organizations are phased over two to six weeks.
We are experienced with Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks, and SonicWall. We recommend Fortinet for most SMB environments due to its combination of enterprise-grade threat protection, low licensing cost, and centralized management. Meraki is recommended for multi-site businesses that need zero-touch provisioning and cloud visibility.
SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) intelligently routes your internet and WAN traffic across multiple connections — fiber, cable, LTE — based on application priority and link quality. Businesses with multiple offices, heavy cloud usage (Microsoft 365, Salesforce), or reliability requirements benefit most. It eliminates single-ISP dependence and can reduce WAN costs by 30–50%.
Yes. Once we design and install your network, all ongoing management — firmware updates, firewall policy changes, bandwidth monitoring, VPN user management — is handled remotely via our 24/7 monitoring platform. Most configuration changes are completed within two hours of a ticket. On-site visits are dispatched for hardware failures and major changes.
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Free Network Assessment for Triangle-Area Businesses

We audit your current network infrastructure, identify bottlenecks and security gaps, and provide a prioritized remediation plan at no cost.

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