Re: how to configure SBS2003 to accept WIFI clients

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Thanks for the info Stu, I might not be able to work on this until
the W/End [Friday AM here now], but I will get back here, hopefully with
a positive reply .

cheers
Robert

"Stu" <Stu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi Roberto,
>
> Plain old access point should work. When you configure the new wireless
> router though, you will need to be on the same default subnet initially
> (192.168.1.1 or whatever the default it). Then you can configure the WAN
> port on router to a static IP on the 10.0.0.x subnet and hook it to your
> LAN.
> Then you can configure it to use DHCP for whatever local subnet (which
> should only be wireless clients and the 4 ports on the device itself) with
> the SBS server as the DNS.
>
> So basically, your setup for the locally connected wireless router would
> look like:
>
> Notebook physical NIC - (10.0.0.x by DHCP from SBS server)
> Notebook wireless NIC - (10.0.10.x or whatever subnet you configure from
> wireless router)
>
> Wireless router LAN - (10.0.10.1 or whatever) - Needs DHCP if you want or
> you can statically assign wireless clients
> Wireless router WAN - (10.0.0.200) - Connected to the local network with
> 10.0.0.1 as the gateway -- make sure DNS servers are set to 10.0.0.1 or
> you
> will have trouble.
>
> Let me know if that works!
>
> Stu
>
>
>
> "Roberto" wrote:
>
>> Hi Stu
>> thanks for the info, yes you have a true picture of my setup the
>> diferent subnets seems to be the problem.
>>
>> No1 would apear to be the best option all round, cost and easy of
>> implementation, Linksys have the WRT54G that I could hook up to a
>> spare port on the switch to do the job. Would a plain old access
>> point be suficient here ? I have one on hand I could use.
>>
>> No2 isn't an option - for security reasons
>>
>> No3 not sure, but I seem to remember having problems when I tried
>> to
>> configure the router for a 10.0.0.X subnet once before.
>>
>> I assmue I will be able to access the WRT54G via a web interface
>> to
>> configure it to the 10.X.X.X subnet ?
>>
>> Some added info for you
>> If I configure the Notebook with static values that reflect the LAN IP
>> etc, it sees the domain but shares , web etc are unavailable
>>
>> rgds
>> Robert
>>
>> "Stu" <Stu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:4734D956-70A8-461C-9EC9-770EC6C534B5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hi Roberto,
>> >
>> > So as I understand it, your setup is as follows:
>> >
>> > Server NIC 1 - 10.0.0.1 (LAN)
>> > Server NIC 2 - 192.168.16.2 (WAN)
>> >
>> > Router - 192.168.16.1 - (LAN)
>> > Router - ??? - (WAN to ISP) Don't need to know this.
>> >
>> >
>> > Server NIC 2 is hooked up to your router and server can ping the
>> > router.
>> > When the notebook is physically hooked up to the 10.0.0.1 network, it
>> > works
>> > fine. When you try to connect wirelessly to the router though, no
>> > good.
>> > The
>> > issue here is that if you connect via wireless, you'll have to be on
>> > the
>> > 192.168.16.1 subnet and that subnet won't know anything about your
>> > local
>> > network (since it can only see 192.168.16.xxx). You have three options
>> > that
>> > I can see...
>> >
>> > 1.) Don't use the wireless on your gateway, instead buy another
>> > wireless
>> > router and hook it to the lan to broadcast that network - should cost
>> > about
>> > 50 bucks
>> >
>> > 2.) Don't use the NIC2 on your server and reconfigure your router to
>> > attach
>> > to NIC1...this will work and just costs time and potential security
>> > concerns
>> > depending on how thorough you lock down SBS
>> >
>> > 3.) Reconfigure your router to attach to the lan and buy a DSL or Cable
>> > modem to attach to server NIC 2 directly.
>> >
>> > If anyone else has ideas, feel free to post. In my mind though, I
>> > don't
>> > see
>> > how you'll be able to have the notebook hook up to both networks
>> > without
>> > having to reconfigure their mail, shares, etc each time which seems
>> > like a
>> > less-than-optimal solution as the network is currently setup.
>> >
>> > Stu
>> >
>> >
>> > "Roberto" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Stu
>> >> thanks for the reply, here are some more details of my setup
>> >> and
>> >> results of ping
>> >>
>> >> DHCP is disabled in the router
>> >> ping 192.168.16.1 [router] gives "destination host unreachable"
>> >> ping 10.0.0.1 [server] gives "destination host unreachable"
>> >> Server has 2 NICs:
>> >> Security mode 10 digit WEP key [same results with no secvurity
>> >> set]
>> >> SSID set to broadcast
>> >> Wireless network access set to : allow all
>> >>
>> >> LAN 10.0.0.1 /255.0.0.0
>> >> Default Gateway blank
>> >> DNS Servers 10.0.0.1
>> >> Primary Wins Server 10.0.0.1
>> >>
>> >> WAN 192.168.16.2 /255.255.255.0
>> >> Default Gateway 192.168.16.1
>> >> DNS Servers 10.0.01
>> >> Primary Wins Server 192.168.16.2
>> >>
>> >> rgds
>> >> Robert
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Stu" <Stu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:2ECFE777-52C3-483E-A29A-E9DE08BF5DF6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > Hi Roberto -
>> >> >
>> >> > If you're having limited connectivity - it likely isn't related to
>> >> > SBS
>> >> > at
>> >> > all but rather your connection to your wireless router or network
>> >> > setup.
>> >> > What type of wireless router are you using? I assume it's on the
>> >> > same
>> >> > network segment as your SBS server so if that's correct, is your
>> >> > router
>> >> > acting as a DHCP server or is SBS (or both!?)? When you connect via
>> >> > your
>> >> > wireless network, can you ping the router or are you not getting
>> >> > that
>> >> > far?
>> >> > If we can have a little more info, I'm sure we can narrow down your
>> >> > problem.
>> >> >
>> >> > Stu
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Roberto" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Trying to setup a client Notebook to access a domain using
>> >> >> WIFI
>> >> >> with
>> >> >> 64 bit WEP Key, the Notebook will access the Domain via Cat5
>> >> >> Cable
>> >> >> OK.
>> >> >> I have tried using server assigned & static IP/ Def G /Prefered
>> >> >> DNS.
>> >> >> Using static IP etc the Notebook says it's connected for 2 or
>> >> >> 3
>> >> >> seconds then says limited connectivity,
>> >> >> Need help !
>> >> >>
>> >> >> SBS2003 with SP1
>> >> >> XP PRO Acer 4064 Notebook with SP2
>> >> >> Linksys WAG54G router/AP
>> >> >>
>> >> >> rgds
>> >> >> Robert
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>>
>>
>>


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