Re: Wireless laptops on domain

From: Jeff Teel (jdteel_at_sugardog.com)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:51:05 -0500

Hi TRD
This is just my opinion but the fastest/easiest way to me would be to plug
the WAP into a switch on the LAN side with your other wired network hardware
and be sure to secure the WAP with the options that are on the Access Point
(such as WPA instead of WEP) if that is available on the AP. Also turn off
SSID broadcast and enable MAC Address filtering. With this setup the clients
can't tell the difference from being wired or wireless...they work the same
either way. If they can connect to the AP they will have the same
permissions as they do when the connect with a wired connection.

My experience has been good with wireless links (which are just two Access
Points with outside antenna pointing towards each other) to two remote
offices set this way. When I installed the Small Business Server I didn't
have to change the wireless links any.

"TRD" <tdejohnx2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uSjCOurGFHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> The Laptops are Wireless. They are joined to the domain but are on a
> wireless segment. The laptops are receiving IP addresses from the DMZ and
> establishing a VPN tunnel back into the network fine. They are unable to
> open any shares on the domain. There usernames Authenticate fine for both
> logging onto the domain and the VPN. They just get an access denied error
> when trying to open shares.
>
> This is where I think I confused you...sorry bout that. For testing
> purposes I took each username and logged onto a computer wired to the
> internal network, from there the user accounts worked fine (ie. was able
> to access the shared folders).
>
> I used a seperate segment for the wireless network and vpn tunnels back to
> the server for security reasons. This was the fastest and cleanest way to
> set it up (so I thought).
>
> Does that clear up your questions. Thanks for your help and if I left
> something else out let me know.
>
>
> TRD
>
>
>
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> "Court Myers" <cmyersNO@SPAMadgokcPLEASE.com> wrote in message
> news:OaHpyerGFHA.2636@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Why not just install a WAP (wireless acess point)? We have been doing it
>> for almost a year and it has work beautifully..
>>
>> Court Myers
>>
>>
>> "TRD" <tdejohnx2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:efqVfRrGFHA.1096@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>I was asked to connect 4 laptops to an SBS2003 network. I installed an
>>>second network card in the server and created a DMZ in which the laptops
>>>get an IP address from. I setup a VPN connection on each laptop to
>>>connect to the internal network and then joined each to the domain. The
>>>laptops show up on the domain and the VPN tunnels connect fine. My
>>>problem is when I try and access resources on the SBS2003 server I get an
>>>access denied error. All the users are setup in the remote users group
>>>and can access the network when cabled to the network fine. I was
>>>thinking that it was a permission issue but am not sure because they can
>>>access the resources from other computers in the cabled network. Any
>>>Ideas?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> TRD
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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