Re: SBS 2003 remote access

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 07/03/04 

Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 09:52:19 -0700

Hi Kevin,

Thank you for your informed reply. I've got a static
broadband IP address from my ISP broadband provider.

Cannot remember the number off the top of head but if it
was for example 85.90.50.4

would my server address then be

85.90.50.4.servername.local

Thank you

Kevin
>-----Original Message-----
>OK, you r first problem is in thinking that your
10.0.0.x address is your
>static external (public) IP address. It isn't. Rather,
it is your inside
>"private" address - which cannot be seen or accessed
externally by anyone
>remotely.
>
>What you need to know is the public IP address from your
broadband
>connection. Most broadband routers will tell this to
you - it's called your
>WAN address - when you go into the confiruation or setup
page of your
>router. That's the IP address you need for coming in.
>
>Now, your next problem is this - is your broadband
public IP address a
>static or dynamic IP address. Most cable/dsl setups
provide you with a
>dynamic address. If so, then what you want is to sign
yourself up with a
>Dynamic DNS company - there are free ones (like DynDNs)
and paid ones (like
>TZO). I happen to use TZO.
>
>What will happen is that they will give you a small
piece of software that
>you can install on your server which will monitor your
dynamic public IP
>address, and watches for if it ever changes.
Additionally you get a URL,
>mine is similar to this: kevin.tzo.com - which points to
my IP address.
>
>I can then do a remote connection using
https://kevin.tzo.com/remote rather
>that https://206.x.x.x/remote or what ver your external
IP address is.
>--
>Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
>"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom
long"
>
>
>"Kevin" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:2542c01c46117$f3d74510$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I seem to be going round in little circles with regard
to
>> setting up a remote connection to our server. The more
I
>> read the more lost I am getting but I am sure I am
doing
>> something silly.
>>
>> I have a new server with sbs 2003 standard installed. A
>> firewal router enables access to email and the internet
>> via a broadband connection.
>>
>> I do not have a www.domain name for the company.
>>
>> I have a fixed broadband IP address and I have a fixed
>> server address of 10.0.0.50, the router is 10.0.0.51
>>
>> In the connection wizard for remote access it says
enter
>> the fully qualified internet address of the server or
the
>> server ip address. I think just entering the server IP
>> address must be wrong as it doesn't stack up to me.
>>
>> So my sticking point is what is my internet address for
>> the server, the examples have a www.domain name in them
>> but I do not have one. Lots of articles talk about a
>> modem but I do not hae a modem.
>>
>> Is my server internet address
>> http://Broadband ip numbers.servername.local
>> (which it prompts is not correct, must only use a-z, 1-
9)
>> or do I put in the IP address of the firewall router?
(a
>> netgear dg834)
>>
>> Or do I put in the broadband IP connection address as
the
>> server internet address?
>>
>> I want to log in as administrator so i am assuming that
>> the remote access permissions are ok.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for help,
>>
>> Kevin
>
>
>.
>

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