Stanley
Tue Oct 14 19:33:55 CDT 2003
Merv, Henry-
My wireless router is a Linksys product. It's a
combination unit that functions as a wireless access point
(802.11b), as a 4-port router, and as a switch. It
supposedly works as a firewall, too, if you have the
software for it. I was thinking that since I don't have
too many computers on my network, and since my router
functions as a switch, too, I could shelve the switch
until I needed more ports.
It seems that in order for all my client workstations to
log into the domain successfully, my wireless router
should be attached to the internal NIC on my SBS, not to
the external NIC.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Henry:
>
>A question... (BTW, I've never actually set one of these
up for a client):
>
>Stanley indicates that he currently has a
wireless "router". Your diagram
>speaks to an "Access Point", which I believe would be a
solution here. Did
>you mean to indicate to Stanley that he should (could)
use the present
>wireless router between his external NIC and his cable
modem (as an added
>measure of security for the network and so he doesn't
have to "shelve" this
>device) and then buy a wireless Access Point to use with
the wireless
>workstations, since an Access Point acts like a switch
for wireless devices?
>
>Or, maybe you meant that Stanley should just dump the
wireless router and
>buy an Access Point. In any event, the key to getting
this network
>configuration to work seamlessly with the SBS server
seems to be the Access
>Point.
>
>--
>Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
>===================================
>"Henry Craven" <IUnknown@d.com> wrote in message
>news:e2PMxypkDHA.708@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> "Stanley Wu" <stanwu_gobears@hotmail.com> wrote in
message
>> news:053901c39298$7f3fd580$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> > I forgot to mention that the server's internal NIC is
>> > connected to a switch, and all clients that are not
>> > wireless are connected to the switch. Sorry about
>> > forgetting to mention that.
>>
>> OK Revised Network Diag:
>>
>> Internet
>> |
>> Cable Modem
>> |
>> Server External NIC / Server Internal (LAN) NIC
>> |
>> Switch
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> | | |
| |
>> W/S W/S W/S | W/S
>> |
>> Wireless Access
Point
>> |
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> | |
| |
>> |
>> WW/S WW/S WW/S WW/S WW/S
>>
>>
>> ** Ensure that you configure the WAP for Maximum
Security
>> ( as well as that of the LAN ).
>> --
>> Henry Craven
>> --------------
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>>
>>
>> >
>> > >-----Original Message-----
>> > >Hello, I have SBS 2000 setup with dynamic IP, 2
NICs, and
>> > >a wireless router. I don't know how to setup the
wireless
>> > >portion correctly; everything else works.
>> > >
>> > >My ISP assigns a dynamic IP, and the cable modem is
>> > >connected to the wireless router. The router has a
static
>> > >IP of 192.168.1.1 with DHCP off.
>> > >
>> > >SBS 2000 server has a WAN IP of 192.168.1.2 and is
>> > >connected to the wireless router.
>> > >
>> > >It also has a LAN IP of 192.168.16.2. DHCP and DNS
are on
>> > >for this IP.
>> > >
>> > >All clients on the LAN have IP assigned
automatically (in
>> > >the 192.168.16.x range) and DNS lookup on
192.168.16.2.
>> > >
>> > >All clients can login to the domain when hard-wired,
but
>> > >not when wireless. How can I make everything work? I
>> > would
>> > >like to log into the domain wirelssly as well.
>> > >
>> > >Thanks in advance for your help!
>> > >.
>> > >
>>
>>
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