Re: Network Set Up Issues
From: Henry Craven (IUnknown_at_Dot.Nyet)
Date: 06/11/04
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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:22:19 +1000
Wireless is still inherently insecure.
You'd best use VPN
Internet
|
ADSL WAP-----------------
| | |
Ext NIC Laptop Laptop
ISA VPN VPN
SBS 2003 To Server To Server
Int NIC
I hope you have high/max encryption on the WAP
.. and configure it for the Unique MAC Addresses of the Laptops.
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Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
Melbourne Australia
"Michael Quartey" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1abf701c44ef9$c81466e0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Can anyone help me? I'm trying to set up a wirelss
> network. It's my first time.
>
>
> Equipment
>
> 1 x Dell server with Microsoft Small Business Server pre-
> installed.
> 2 x Dell laptops with wireless network cards
> 1 x ADSL broadband wireless modem
>
>
> As long as the modem is connected to the phone line and
> switched on, I have an 'always on' wireless Internet
> access for both laptops.
>
> Objective
>
> I would like to set up a wireless LAN and enable VPN
> connections to the LAN off-site.
>
> What have I done
>
> I set up the server and connected the Ethernet adaptor to
> the ADSL wireless modem. This has given me direct
> Internet access for the server. I cannot use the
> Microsoft SBS firewall but I can configure a firewall on
> the ADSL modem. I have set up one laptop to be a client
> PC via the users and computers active directory.
>
> How far have I got
>
> 1. I can establish a VPN connection to the server from
> the client laptop but for some reason I cannot access
> shared files/folders on the server or see the server in
> my network places. I know I have set up the VPN
> connection correctly because I can see the client
> connection on the server when it is active.
>
> 2. The LAN doesn't seem to work correctly. Using windows
> explorer I can sometimes access the shared folders on the
> server and at other times I get a message saying
> that "the network path was not found".
>
>
> Questions
>
> 1. What should I do to resolve points 1 and 2?
> 2. The planned network set up will be to configure the
> firewall on the wireless modem and install anti-virus
> software on the server and the client PCs. Is this a
> secure setup?
>
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