RE: SBS Network, 2 Nics, How to turn on DHCP on local network?
- From: "Robert McHenry" <RobertMcHenry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:23:06 -0700
Fire up DHCP on the server & let it handle the IP addresses. Straight switch
on the LAN side. Don't use the WAN port!
RM
"KevinK" wrote:
> First I would NOT use the WAN port on the internal router. There s/b a
> firewall between it and the regular ports so this may be causing some of your
> problems. Just plug the internal NIC into a regular "switch" port on the
> router.
>
> Then turn OFF DHCP on the Router, you've done this already, and set it up on
> the SBS Server. I think you can do this through the setup wizards, but my
> memory is failing. Most everything is in CEICW, or the manage my computer.
>
> KlK, MCSE
>
> "Andrew" wrote:
>
> > I've already spent time Googling for an answer to this, so I apologize
> > if this question has an easy answer (it must).
> >
> > I'm working with a network with SBS, where the SBS has two NICs, one
> > for the internet, one for the local network. I inherited this network
> > and have found it has issues with two clients simultaneously trying to
> > access a disk mounted on the SBS (causes problems with printing among
> > other things).
> >
> > The local NIC connects to a D-link router WAN port, and on the other
> > side we plug in our switch to the desktop computers and also it has a
> > WAP. The D-link is currently doing DHCP for us. We're using the
> > subnet 192.168.1.X. The local NIC on the SBS is 192.168.0.1, and the
> > WAN on the D-link is set to 192.168.0.20.
> >
> > Clients on the network access the internet just fine and can access
> > the SBS-mounted disk just fine as long as only one does at a time.
> > But if two try at the same time, one fails with the message "The
> > specified network name is no longer available".
> >
> > After trying several things, turned off DHCP on the router and used it
> > as a switch then assigned manual IP addresses to two clients
> > (192.168.0.100 and 192.168.0.101) When I do that, the clients can
> > access the server just fine.
> >
> > It's been suggested to me that we have SBS do the DHCP not the D-link
> > router. DHCP seems to be running, but when I simply attach the
> > clients to the server via the switch/router, it doesn't dish out
> > addresses. I'm really not familiar with SBS. Is there some obvious
> > thing I must do to turn on DHCP for the local NIC? Or, is there
> > something else I might change in my configuration to fix this problem.
> >
> > Much thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > Andrew
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