Re: best network setup?

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I see a few people have mentioned two nics with an external router. Whats
your suggestion for a good router?


"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message news:e4nWceZNFHA.3356@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Teamed Nics? Why teamed? Not to mention the wizards don't work on a teamed
> nic setup too well.
>
> In my 100 speed network I've not seen any need to do it like this.
>
> Personally two nics and an external router here.
>
> But you'll also get two nics/no router
>
> One nic/router
>
> www.smallbizserver.net click on network setups for diagrams.
>
> TBarrack wrote:
>> Personally I always set them up with teamed NIC's and a hardware
>> router/firewall. The only caveat to this is its better to run everything
>> with one nic installed and configured, and the second disabled. once its
>> all up and running and configured, team the NIC's and run CEICW one last
>> time. Depends on the number of folks connecting too I suppose but this
>> has always worked well for us.
>>
>> "Brian Murphy" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I just purchased a server along with a copy of Microsoft SBS 2003 STD
>>>edition. I would like to know what the best network setup is for SBS??
>>>Should I go with 1 or 2 nic cards in the server? Should I use a router?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>>


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