Re: use windows2003 as router

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Hi,

thank you for your answer.

I need to connect 2 subnets in a non-productive environment (i.e
Test-lab...)
a dedicated routing device would be too expensive so I would like to use a
multihomed Win2003 server for this.

But instead of using Win2003 RRAS - could I not simply activate
IP-forwarding as described here ?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323339

(I dont need things like firwall or NAT...)

thank you



"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Hello Heinz,

You can:
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5844624.html

But you should better use a real router or swicthes which are able to use
VLAN's. Especially when the server does additional tasks, a domain
controller should never be multihomed, 2 NIC's with different ip's.

......


Hi,

I need to connect 2 subnets.

I would like to use a windows2003 server with 2 network interfaces and
use it as a router / forwarder.

Many years ago I have used a NT 4 box for the same purpose and if I
remember
correctly I only had to modify a registrykey to make the NT 4 server
routing.
Now with windows2003 I wonder if I have to install something like
routing
services - or can I simply add two network interfaces... ?
thank you

Heinz




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