2 NIC setup questions regarding an external firewall router.

Hey everyone,
Perhaps I am making this harder than it should be but I have two issues that
I am not sure on how to handle 1)my ts sessions as well as using other
remote admin programs, pcanywhere,remote administrator, vnc, etc are
abruptly disconnecting all users. Connection just quits 2)how to better
manage the external firewall router internally, how to configure from an
internal workstation

Cannot determine why my connections are disconnecting. How can I configure
my external router without connecting directly to it from a laptop (I bypass
the server and switch, setting a manual ip on the laptop to 192.168.0.2)?

SBS2k current setup:
----------------------

I have an external firewall router. It connects to our ISP cable line.

ISP cable is connected to the WAN port of the router. Firewall router ip is
192.168.0.1

Server's external nic is connected to the of the LAN ports of the router.
Server external nic is 192.168.0.10

Server's internal nic,192.168.16.2, is connected to our managed Dell switch
which all pcs connect to. PCs are on 192.168.16.x subnet

A basic question:
------------------

Is there a way to configure the firewall router (192.168.0.1) from a
workstation PC (192.168.16.30)?

Or can I do the following, #3 below? This would allow me to manage the
router from any lan pc but what happens to my DMZ?

1. External firewall router connects to ISP cable on Wan port
2. Server's external Nic connected to #1 LAN (Firewall router has a
built-in switch) port on external firewall router
3. Connect the #2 LAN port of the firewall router to a port on the Dell
managed switch
4. Keep the internal NIC connected to the Dell managed switch

Thanks in advance,

JohnJ

SuperGumby
Mon Apr 12 14:59:29 CDT 2004

you should be able to manage the switch from any PC without changing
anything.

ISA is installed, right?

How is the switch management accessed? http? telnet?

"JohnJ" <john@dontreply.net> wrote in message
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> Hey everyone,
> Perhaps I am making this harder than it should be but I have two issues
that
> I am not sure on how to handle 1)my ts sessions as well as using other
> remote admin programs, pcanywhere,remote administrator, vnc, etc are
> abruptly disconnecting all users. Connection just quits 2)how to better
> manage the external firewall router internally, how to configure from an
> internal workstation
>
> Cannot determine why my connections are disconnecting. How can I configure
> my external router without connecting directly to it from a laptop (I
bypass
> the server and switch, setting a manual ip on the laptop to 192.168.0.2)?
>
> SBS2k current setup:
> ----------------------
>
> I have an external firewall router. It connects to our ISP cable line.
>
> ISP cable is connected to the WAN port of the router. Firewall router ip
is
> 192.168.0.1
>
> Server's external nic is connected to the of the LAN ports of the router.
> Server external nic is 192.168.0.10
>
> Server's internal nic,192.168.16.2, is connected to our managed Dell
switch
> which all pcs connect to. PCs are on 192.168.16.x subnet
>
> A basic question:
> ------------------
>
> Is there a way to configure the firewall router (192.168.0.1) from a
> workstation PC (192.168.16.30)?
>
> Or can I do the following, #3 below? This would allow me to manage the
> router from any lan pc but what happens to my DMZ?
>
> 1. External firewall router connects to ISP cable on Wan port
> 2. Server's external Nic connected to #1 LAN (Firewall router has a
> built-in switch) port on external firewall router
> 3. Connect the #2 LAN port of the firewall router to a port on the Dell
> managed switch
> 4. Keep the internal NIC connected to the Dell managed switch
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> JohnJ
>
>
>
>
>
>

JohnJ
Sun Apr 18 00:23:15 CDT 2004

Hi,
I can ping the router, 192.168.0,1 from any PC (192.168.16.x) on the lan
but I cannot access the router via IE, where I usually configure it by. ISA
is installed.
John
"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@your.nellie> wrote in message
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> you should be able to manage the switch from any PC without changing
> anything.
>
> ISA is installed, right?
>
> How is the switch management accessed? http? telnet?
>
> "JohnJ" <john@dontreply.net> wrote in message
> news:wTzec.28$432.5@fed1read01...
> > Hey everyone,
> > Perhaps I am making this harder than it should be but I have two issues
> that
> > I am not sure on how to handle 1)my ts sessions as well as using other
> > remote admin programs, pcanywhere,remote administrator, vnc, etc are
> > abruptly disconnecting all users. Connection just quits 2)how to better
> > manage the external firewall router internally, how to configure from an
> > internal workstation
> >
> > Cannot determine why my connections are disconnecting. How can I
configure
> > my external router without connecting directly to it from a laptop (I
> bypass
> > the server and switch, setting a manual ip on the laptop to
192.168.0.2)?
> >
> > SBS2k current setup:
> > ----------------------
> >
> > I have an external firewall router. It connects to our ISP cable line.
> >
> > ISP cable is connected to the WAN port of the router. Firewall router ip
> is
> > 192.168.0.1
> >
> > Server's external nic is connected to the of the LAN ports of the
router.
> > Server external nic is 192.168.0.10
> >
> > Server's internal nic,192.168.16.2, is connected to our managed Dell
> switch
> > which all pcs connect to. PCs are on 192.168.16.x subnet
> >
> > A basic question:
> > ------------------
> >
> > Is there a way to configure the firewall router (192.168.0.1) from a
> > workstation PC (192.168.16.30)?
> >
> > Or can I do the following, #3 below? This would allow me to manage the
> > router from any lan pc but what happens to my DMZ?
> >
> > 1. External firewall router connects to ISP cable on Wan port
> > 2. Server's external Nic connected to #1 LAN (Firewall router has a
> > built-in switch) port on external firewall router
> > 3. Connect the #2 LAN port of the firewall router to a port on the Dell
> > managed switch
> > 4. Keep the internal NIC connected to the Dell managed switch
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > JohnJ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>