Re: I did it! (was: NT Server questions and routers, etc.)

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Way to go, Patty!

If the dish network finds out, they'll probably try to recruit you for an
installer job.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Patty" <patty15NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:15:43 -0400, Doug Sherman [MVP] wrote:
>
> > You've got the right idea. Many routers assign 192.168.1.1 with a
subnet
> > mask of 255.255.255.0 to the router LAN connection by default. If your
> > network machines do not have 192.168.1.x IP addresses, they will not be
able
> > to send traffic to the router even if their default gateway is set to
> > 192.168.1.1. Assuming your NT server is using DHCP to provide IP
addresses
> > to clients, the easiest fix is to change the router's IP to something
> > compatible. The easiest way to discover the IP addresses of the
machines on
> > your network is to open a command prompt on any network machine and ping
the
> > network computers by name - eg. ping <computername> ENTER.
> >
> > Also, let us know the make and model of the router - that may make
things
> > easier.
> >
> > Also, you should have little trouble finding firewalls and antispyware
that
> > will work on Win98. There are many firewalls and antispyware products
> > available which will run on NT 4.0; some will not, but the idea that NT
> > cannot safely access the Internet is nonsense.
> >
> > Doug Sherman
> > MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
>
> What I did was make the router (D-Link DI-604) IP address the same as what
> the server was using for a gateway. Everyone that needs to access the
> server can do so and they can also send email and get online.
>
> The two computers that don't access the server, I gave them a static IP
> address that fit into the realm of the network and supplied the gateway
> info, and they then were also able to get online.
>
> So, thank you so much for your help. If I had not known that the router
IP
> address could be changed and that the servers' gateway needed to point to
> it, I never would have gotten this far.
>
> Patty
> Success!


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