Re: DNS server setup questions

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"Herb Martin" wrote:


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"Herb Martin" wrote:

Ok, but look at two issues of being unspecific above: "Switch"* can
either
be
a bridge type switch (layer 2) which does NOT separate "broadcast
domains"
or a Router-Switch (layer 3) which DOES create separate broadcast
domains.
(In fact some are both, and even configurable VLAN switches which is even
more complex to explain, but follow the same simple rules once
configured.)



It is not configurable, and for our purpose, i would call it a hub. the box
says switch but it can't be programmed and wasn't high cost.

The router is a simple Linksys 4 port Router, the switch is a basic
switch,
not managed if that helps.

No, not much. I get that the Router is a Router (it forwards IP traffic
based
on IP address and routing tables).

BUT, the "basic switch" (managed or unmanaged) doesn't really tell me
enough.

Many people (even manufacturers) use the term "Switch" incorrectly to refer
to a 10/100 (or /1000) Mbps HUB - -that is a simple device which can only
relay or technically REPEAT what it hears. Such 10/100 so-called 'switches'
are NOT switches in the network engineering sense but are really "2
multi-port
repeaters separated by a bridge".

Chances are if it is "unmanaged" it is however such a hub, or some slightly
more sophisticated bridge device and thus doesn't separate "broadcast
domains".

Do you use the same IP Subnet ranges on all ports of the switch? If so,
and if they can communicate successfully then this is likely NOT a router
and so the additional STATIC routes won't be needed on the true router
to the Internet (the Linksys).

I haven't set any specific ports on any switch or router with the exception
of opening up for Symantec Antivirus Corporate 10.2

Second issue is that TWO-NIC server. Is it a router?

I put a second NIC in the server as I understood that I could access
remotely without it. Is there a recommended setup I could use so that I
could remotely access using only one NIC?

Sure. Remote from where though to be specific?

You don't need but one NIC for most anything you would need to do
except route (or maybe for cluster service management but even that
is optional.)

Generally Windows machines don't deal well with two network inferfaces
on the same "broadcast domain" due to NetBIOS name problems.

And there is little if any advantages.

I wish I could have talked to you a long time ago. The others I have talked
to have suggested that I need 2 nics in order to come into my server remotely
to troubleshoot my workstations (or server). I could use PC Anywhere with
one NIC, but that doesn't help me out much with my workstations.

Do you have a canned example on how I would do this with 1 nic. I really
would like to keep this setup as simple as possible.


If not, why does it have 2-NICs?

You have between 1 and 3+ subnets based on the unspecified number of
routers present above.

*Switch when used out of context is a very imprecise term. Router and
bridge have very precise meanings in almost all cases.


Herb, I really do appreciate your patience and assistance!


--
Herb Martin, MCSE, MVP
http://www.LearnQuick.Com
(phone on web site)



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