RE: Port Forwarding With 2 NIC Configuration

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I am having the same problem. I am trying to do port forwarding with SBS.
What I need to do is forward 2 ports to each machine behind the SBS machine.
Obviously each machine has different ports forwarded to it. I read the
article you referenced, but could not find out how to do the port forwarding.
You mention that you can do it via RRAS, but could you please elaborate?
Also, since I am kind of new to this, could you please explain this to me as
you would a 6 year old? If it helps, it is a fresh install of SBS 2003, with
all the updates. The SBS machine was installed behind a router which has
DHCP disabled -- which means (if I understand it correctly) that the SBS
machine is functioning as the DHCP server and DNS server. I have no idea if
it also has a DHCP relay agent (I have no idea what this is, but have heard
it referenced), routing, or NAT enabled. I suspect it has NAT enabled because
I clicked the "enable basic firewall" box during the install process. I also
suspect it has routing enabled simply because I cannot imagine things
functioning for the users behind the SBS machine if that were not the case.

MANY MANY ****MANY**** thanks in advance for your help!

Cheers,
rolf

"Edward Tian" wrote:

> Dear Ken:
> Thank you for posting here.
>
> For a SBS server, the external network card usually directly connects to
> Internet or a router, and the internal card (LAN card) connects to LAN''s
> switch or hub. The SBS server itself usually doesn''t use ICS, since ICS''s
> function is too simple. Instead, it uses the Routing and Remote Access
> service (or the ISA server firewall program, if installed), which provides
> the same more management and security functions. SBS has a wizard for you
> to complete the configuration. A key function of Windows? Small Business
> Server 2003 is to configure Internet services to your small business
> network. To configure Internet services, use the Configure E-mail and
> Internet Connection Wizard. The wizard is designed to correctly configure
> settings for your network, firewall, secure Web site, and e-mail services
> that are used when connecting your computer running Windows Small Business
> Server to the Internet. Additionally, you can use the wizard to return your
> server''s network configuration to its original state.
>
> You can refer to following KB article for detailed information:
>
> 825763 How to configure Internet access in Windows Small Business Server
> 2003
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=825763
>
> One supplement: RRAS has the ability to forward a port to your internal
> specific computers.
>
> If anything is unclear, please feel free to let me know. I am glad to be of
> assistance.
> Have a nice day!
>
> Best Regards
> Edward Tian(MSFT)
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> | I have a question, when using 2 NICs on SBS you are basically running ICS
> | however unlike ICS in previous versions of windows I am unable to locate
> how
> | to apply port forwarding information. is this at all possible or am i
> just
> | going to have to deal with not having the ability to forward a port or 2
> to
> | specific computers on my network. Thank You in advance.
> |
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