Sbs 2003 2 nic setup

Learn More ». Gabriel May 24, at UTC. John May 25, at UTC. Are you logging in as the administrator or as another user? Are you attempting to add the SBS server to an exisiting domain?

You are not a member of the Remote Operators group are you? This topic has been locked by an administrator and is no longer open for commenting. SBS is wizard run and a lot of the tasks that would normally be manually created in Windows server are automated in SBS.

So when you run the connect to the internet wizard all configuration [including DHCP] is handled by the automated setup process. The reason for 2 NICs is the connect to the internet wizard. This is why 2 NICs are better than 1. If your belkin router will operate as a VPN server clients could connect to it to gain access to the network instead of VPN passthrough. There's many choices and L2TP is the most secure nowadays.

Still recommend you getting the administrators companion book for SBS I did get the book and it's been a tremendous help. If you're asking for technical help, please be sure to include all your system info, including operating system, model number, and any other specifics related to the problem.

Also please exercise your best judgment when posting in the forums--revealing personal information such as your e-mail address, telephone number, and address is not recommended. Please note: Do not post advertisements, offensive material, profanity, or personal attacks. Submit ». Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. Why do you have such bad ideas and dare to mention such an option without mentioning a requirement to prevent any Internet access to such an unsupported operating system?

Who has selected and purchased the new firewall not meeting the requirements of that client? What prevents you from purchasing and configuring another firewall which meets that clients requirements, regardless if new or used firewall? So what do you mean by the customer insisting?

Is that client insisting on continuing to use that legacy server? Or is the client insisting on attaching that server to Internet as a VPN endpoint? Of security perspectives, the client has two options for VPN endpoints: Configuring VPN endpoint on corporate firewall meeting that clients requirements Configuring VPN endpoint on corporate Internet access router Confguring any legacy nor current server as a VPN endpoint is no option in a security perspective. My questions relate to whether the config I have now is optimal or at east correct , and how I should add clients in the future.

Now for the questions: 1 is the above optimal, or at least correct? Another thread here suggests that I should. Share Flag. All Answers. Collapse -. Got it.