Re: Sharing Internet with users on Windows Small Bus Server 2003

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 09/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:55:51 -0400

UKA wrote:
> We have successfully installed a DSL modem directly to the
> NIC and used the "Setup Network Connection" to create the
> DSL PPPoE connection.

How many NICs in your server? Did you run the CEICW ? Using SBS 2003
Standard or Premium (the latter has ISA, which is a whole nother kettle of
fish)?
>
> The connection works perfectly if one uses MS Internet
> Exporer on the server.
>
> We can not get the Windows Small Business Server 2003 to
> share that connection with other users on the Internet.
> Other users can see, print through and access files on the
> server, they just can't use the Server's internet
> connection.
>
> Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 324286 Suggest going to
> this connection's properties and using the advanced tab to
> check the "Share this connection with users" option.
> However, the properties for this connection and the NIC to
> which it is attached have NO Advanced setting Tab in
> Properties.
>
> All help welcome.
>
> Passing comment: One would think that Microsoft would
> have assumed that anyone using the "Small Business Server"
> would NOT have a full time IT department in place.

They know that. But the people who manage/install the servers still need to
read the doc & help files & search newsgroups :-)

> In
> keeping with that, one would think that Microsoft would
> have added one more paged to the setup DSL internet
> connection that asked, "Do you want to share this
> connection with all connected network users?" This would
> have solved the problem ... but sadly, this was not done.

Well, if you have two NICs and run the CEICW, I believe it sets up the SBS
firewall and NAT for you. Frankly, I don't bother with this. I would buy a
decent firewall appliance that can handle PPPoE (most ifnot all can) and use
it to do the routing, NAT, and security - even in conjunction with ISA. I
don't like hooking up any machine directly to the innernet -

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