Re: XP Home access Internet through SBS 2003 Standard server?

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Yes, you could do that. I take it you don't have a router in your
configuration. If you buy a cheap router and install it between your 2nd
NIC and the ADSL modem, you will get another measure of security for your
SBS network and be able to provide reasonably secure Internet access for the
WinXP HE machine as well by just plugging the WinXP HE into one of the ports
on the router. The cheap router is really a router and a switch
combination.

See the diagram at:

http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=151

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Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
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Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
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"Jason Coley" <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:etBjvqkkFHA.2852@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The ADSL modem has only one ethernet port on it, so I should add a switch
> in between the server and modem, then plug the cable coming from the other
> office into the switch.
>
> Jason
>
>
> "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23b1ATBkkFHA.2852@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Giving network access to a computer that you don't control is risky at
>> best (and besides it WinXP HE can't join a domain anyway). Run the cable
>> but connect it from the WinXP HE to a port on the router (I'm assuming 2
>> NICs and router for your SBS network config) and then assign an IP
>> address in the same subnet as the router with a gateway of the router
>> itself. The WinXP HE will then be outside your SBS network. This would
>> be a more secure way of giving Internet access to teh other company.
>>
>> --
>> Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
>> ===================================
>>
>> "Jason Coley" <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:Ouos$OikFHA.2852@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Is this possible, I have a customer who want to share the internet with
>>> another customer in the same building, the customer who wants to access
>>> the internet has WIndows XP Home. Is it possible to just route a network
>>> cable between the two offices and have the XP Home box access the
>>> internet through the SBS2003 Standard server?
>>>
>>> Jason
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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