Re: Add 2nd NIC after intial install?

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First thing is: those of us who are (happily) married will agree that saving
the marriage is probably more important than network security...did I say
"probably"?...I'm sorry honey, I meant "definitely"...yeah, that's what I
meant...

2nd thing, the name sounded funny but I did a search on "Smootwall" anyway,
and Google asked me immediately if I meant "Smoothwall" ;). I'll look into
it, looks like quite a product. Thanks Russ.

And thanks Joe, for 'splaining that an "open port is an open port" (duh!
sometimes my brain just shuts down for extended periods). I really need to
hone my security skills what with my clients clamoring for remote access to
their office now. Up to recently, I didn't need to open ports at all. Lots to
learn.

Thanks again all,
Geordie



"Russ Grover" wrote:

> I didn't say anything about Security, I was talking about Saving his
> Marriage
> (Which is more important? Those with Wives better say Marriage)
>
> OK With Premium I'd say 2 Nic for Obvious reasons
> and I know that People are going to disagree on this
> because we are talking Religion again!
>
> I really like Smootwall Firewall Blocks ICMP pings and packets, has DHCP,
> Dynamic DNS Handling, Firewall Logs, Monitors Traffic, Track Http Access
> from a Machine.
> (Doesn't log it but you can see what sites they are going too.) DMZ IP,
> Block, UPnP, Blocks Multicast Packets.
> It's free (the Advance has Many Features of ISA has and it's less than
> Microsofts ISA (Stand alone)
> Even Proxy to Speed up Network For clients.
>
> Plus it's Linux based and less acceptable to MS virus Attacks
> I've been in the Business too long to see Servers get attacked by Melissa
> and other things.
> In fact if you watch Network Traffic will Still See Machines trying to
> attack your Machine with old worm Viruses (DOS and SQL)
> (Because People don't update security patches on Microsoft Servers.)
>
> If you need filtering for web sites you can use IPCop it's free also..
>
> Russ
>
> --
> Russ Grover
> Small Business IT Support
> Portland\Beaverton OR USA
> Email: Sales at SmallBusinessITSupport.com
> Website: www.SmallBusinessITSupport.com
>
> "Frank McCallister SBS MVP" <anonymous> wrote in message
> news:uTh6jzYdFHA.4040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I disagree with Russ on this one. You will have a much more secure network
> >with two NICs. See
> >http://www.smallbizserver.net/Network/TwoNicsastaticIPaddressISArouter/tabid/154/Default.aspx
> > for setup (ignore the ISA parts for standard) After setup rerun CEICW and
> > all is well. If the WS are setup to automatically get IP then they won't
> > have to be reconfigured.
> >
> > --
> > Frank McCallister SBS MVP
> > COMPUMAC
> > "GeordieB" <GeordieB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:CBA18F26-67C9-4B96-BF87-BF187E5BAF11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Thanks to all I've learned here, I'm ready to add a 2nd NIC to my SBS
> >> network
> >> for better security. Problem is, after several test installs, I have a
> >> fully
> >> configured, working SBS network using 1 NIC at the moment. What should I
> >> be
> >> aware of after adding the 2nd NIC to avoid having to install SBS from
> >> scratch
> >> (which I *can* do if necessary, I want to do this right). I will be
> >> connecting 1 NIC on SBS to my cable modem, and the 2nd NIC to the
> >> internal
> >> network (via a Linksys switch/wireless AP). Is it just a matter of
> >> re-running
> >> some Wizards? Will SBS become aware of the 2nd NIC and start using RRAS
> >> automatically? Is it a good idea to connect the SBS Server to another
> >> Linksys
> >> Router which then connects to the cable modem (or is that simply
> >> unnecessary)? And will my wife kill me when I have to re-re-configure the
> >> network (and hence, her computer) yet again?
> >>
> >> So, which is preferred method:
> >> 1) Internet-->SBS Server-->Linksys Switch/AP-->workstations
> >> or
> >> 2) Internet-->Linksys Cable/DSL Router-->SBS Server-->Linksys
> >> Switch/AP-->workstations
> >>
> >> Thanks much,
> >> Geordie
> >
> >
>
>
>
.

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