Re: SBS Standard setup issues

From: Frank McCallister (anonymous)
Date: 07/07/04


Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 08:49:51 -0500

Hi Sally

We need some more details on your setup. One NIC or two? Router? DSL? If you
have a router you need to disable DHCP and let SBS do the DHCP. Although
this shows ISA the pictorial shows an ideal setup for two NICs and a router.
Just ignore the ISA part.
http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=52

Frank McCallister
COMPUMAC
"Sally" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:27fe801c4641d$2c490a70$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi Guys,
>
> I just finished setting up SBS Standard and am having a
> few issues. The first was that everytime I ran the
> Internet setup I got a pop-up that said my DHCP was
> failing and I needed to set up a scope. I tried a few
> times to set one up using two different network IDs (One
> that the internal NIC was on and one that it wasn't on)
> and they appeared to be fine and activated but I still
> got the error. The only way I was able to run the
> Internet setup was to disable the DHCP server. Now that I
> have that done I cannot connect any users remotely. I
> have used both the Mobile User and Power Users templates
> but when I try to connect via VPN or to the Remote Web
> Workplace I get authentication errors. It just fails to
> login stating the username or password is wrong. I am
> accessing this machine remotely via Terminal Services if
> that makes any difference. Any help would be great!
>
> Thanks!
> Sally



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