Hi everyone,

A friend of mine is setting up a small company to use SBS 2000. Currently
the only internet access available to them is either Cable (Non business
class) or dialup. What I am wondering is how well Exchange, and ISA are going
to work with a Dynamically assined IP from the ISP.

The basic configuration is: Server running SBS2000, 3 NICs, Soho3 Firewall,
16 Port 3Com Super Stack, 5 Win2k workstations, with Office 2000.

Because of the remote location, the Cable provider has no "business class"
services, just straight "end user" services. The Dialup ISP does offer
business class, but at a unreasonable cost.
I have already checked, and yes, the ports used by SBS are wide open from
the cable company, it is not going to block the use of the ports, but I am
wondering how it will work to try and sign a Domain dynamically. Is it even
possible to configure he new domain that way? The Soho with assign internal
Static IPs, but the router/Cable modem will be assigned a dynamic.

Any thought or suggestions on this would be appreciated.
Chuck

Re: Dynamic IP and SBS 2000/Echange by Merv

Merv
Fri Mar 11 08:40:34 CST 2005

Hi Chuck:

A dynamically assigned WAN IP is not a problem. You can create free Dynamic
DNS (DDNS) account at dyndns.org, No-IP.com or even a paid one at TZO.com.
If you want to use the POP3 Connector to retrieve email, you can POP from
your ISP's mailboxes or you can get a domain name and set up an account with
an external email hoster (line TotalChoiceHosting.com). I believe some DDNS
providers also allow have products that will allow you to run your own
Exchange mail server even though you have a dynamic WAN IP.

Does he really have 3 NICs in the SBS, and if so, why? Also, you may find
it easier and more secure to configure the SBS with 2 NICs and let the the
SBS handle DHCP for the LAN.

Two Nics, a dynamic IP address, ISA, router
http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=50

--
Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
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"MrCoffee" <MrCoffee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> A friend of mine is setting up a small company to use SBS 2000. Currently
> the only internet access available to them is either Cable (Non business
> class) or dialup. What I am wondering is how well Exchange, and ISA are
going
> to work with a Dynamically assined IP from the ISP.
>
> The basic configuration is: Server running SBS2000, 3 NICs, Soho3
Firewall,
> 16 Port 3Com Super Stack, 5 Win2k workstations, with Office 2000.
>
> Because of the remote location, the Cable provider has no "business class"
> services, just straight "end user" services. The Dialup ISP does offer
> business class, but at a unreasonable cost.
> I have already checked, and yes, the ports used by SBS are wide open from
> the cable company, it is not going to block the use of the ports, but I am
> wondering how it will work to try and sign a Domain dynamically. Is it
even
> possible to configure he new domain that way? The Soho with assign
internal
> Static IPs, but the router/Cable modem will be assigned a dynamic.
>
> Any thought or suggestions on this would be appreciated.
> Chuck