Re: Wireless router/adapter with SBS 2000

From: Cris Hanna \(SBS-MVP\) (crishannanospam_at_computingpossibilities.net)
Date: 06/03/04 

Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 18:21:18 -0500

To do what you want to do in the simplest method, yes you have the wrong
device because the router is outside your LAN

However, you could have them connect via the wireless and vpn into the
lan...their access will be slower than those on the lan due to the overhead
of the vpn, but could be done that way

But to just logon like everyone else, you need a plain old wireless access
point which plugs into your switch. The router between your internet access
and external nic is an excellent barrier for your lan, so its not a waste,
but the wireless portion is not needed. Maybe you can find someone or
place an ad and trade the wired for the wireless. 

-- 
CRIS HANNA
SBS-MVP
--------------------------------------------------------
Please do not respond to me directly by email but only in the newsgroups so
that all can benefit from the information
"Steve Gift" <gifty74@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:77WdnYqtRoLVhCLdRVn-ig@comcast.com...
> I'm sorry, I had it backwards.  The external nic has 192.168.0.2.  The
> internal nic has 192.168.1.1.  All other workstations have 192.168.1.x.
>
> So are you saying its not possible to use a wireless router in the manner
I
> want to use it?  I hate having bought that thing, and now I won't even be
> able to use it for wireless connectivity.  So I would need to buy an
access
> point, on top of the router, to safely get internet AND network access to
a
> wireless client?
>
> "Cris Hanna (SBS-MVP)" <crishannanospam@computingpossibilities.net> wrote
in
> message news:O0KpwRSSEHA.2780@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Not sure why its working or that your workstations have access to
anything
> > on the server with this config
> > BUT
> > The nic from the server and all the workstations connected to the switch
> > MUST be in the same subnet, ideally using DHCP from the SBS Server
> > The nic from the server to the router must be in a different subnet from
> the
> > nic connected to the switch.
> > DHCP on the Router should be turned off!!!!!
> > As I have stated in previous postings on this topic, A wireless
Cable/DSL
> > router is not the appropriate device for providing wireless connectivity
> for
> > your lan.  What it provides is direct internet access for anyone using a
> > wireless card and is outside your LAN.
> >
> > Additionally the DNS server address on both nics must be set to the IP
> > address of the "internal nic"
> >
> > Then you run the CEICW (connect to the internet) wizard.  Confirm which
> nic
> > is which, add your ISPs DNS addresses, answer the other questions and
you
> > should be running smooth as silk and have your basic firewall protection
> in
> > addition to NAT
> >
> > -- 
> > CRIS HANNA
> > SBS-MVP
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > Please do not respond to me directly by email but only in the newsgroups
> so
> > that all can benefit from the information
> > "Steve Gift" <gifty74@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:JrmdnYhGosNdCyPdRVn-gQ@comcast.com...
> > > Thanks Merv.  Currently, all workstations have IPs like 192.168.1.x.
> The
> > > external nic has IP 192.168.1.1.  The internal nic has 192.168.0.2.
How
> > is
> > > it all working (aside from the wireless card) now with the
workstations
> in
> > > the 192.168.1.x subnet, and the internal nic is 192.168.0.2?  Are you
> > saying
> > > I need to change my server nic's IP addresses?  The external nic
> currently
> > > has the router's IP (192.168.0.1) as the defualt gateway.  I had to do
> > this
> > > to get the workstations to connect to the internet.  I tried changing
> the
> > > router's IP to a 192.168.1.x, and then changed the defualt gateway of
> the
> > > external nic to match it, but it would not allow any workstation
access.
> > > What do I need to change?
> > >
> > > "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@no_spam_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:uBT0JXRSEHA.620@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > > The router's IP should be in the same subnet as your external NIC
> > > > (192.168.1.x).  Internal NIC and workstations will be connected to a
> > > switch
> > > > and be in the 192.168.0.x subnet.  See diagrams:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=50
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > > Merv  Porter  [SBS MVP]
> > > > ===================================
> > > > "Steve Gift" <gifty74@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:8d2dnbmlrJNhECPdRVn-jw@comcast.com...
> > > > > Here's my problem: I have a Netgear DualBand Wireless
> router/firewall.
> > > It
> > > > > sits between my cable modem and server running SBS2000.  The
server
> > has
> > > > two
> > > > > nics, one with IP 192.168.1.1 connected to the router, and one
with
> > > > > 192.168.0.2 connected to the switch, where all the hard wired PCs
> are
> > > > > connected.  The router's IP is 192.168.0.1.  Everything works
fine,
> > > except
> > > > I
> > > > > cannot get the wireless adapter to connect to the network and
access
> > any
> > > > > resources.  I can change the IP address of the wireless adapter to
> > > > > 192.168.0.?? and it can access the internet (because its
connecting
> to
> > > the
> > > > > router), but cannot get any resources on the domain.  Will it not
> > > connect
> > > > > because the the nic's IP address has a 0 in the second to last
spot,
> > and
> > > > the
> > > > > nic on the server, and all other clients connected to it, have a 1
> in
> > > the
> > > > > second to last spot??  How do I get the wireless cards to connect
to
> > the
> > > > > 192.168.1.??? set of IP addresses.  The people at netgear said
that
> it
> > > > needs
> > > > > to be 192.168.0.??? because that's the IP range of the router.
Let
> me
> > > > know
> > > > > if anyone has encountered this issue.  Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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