Re: Bare min. install with problems - Email, VPN

Thanks for your "insight" Lawrench... your wisdom is appreciated and noted,
harsh yes... but well excepted. I agree and will work on getting them
convinced toward updating the hardware.
Small consellation:
A> it is backed up nightly to both a second drive and DVD
B> the single drive is partitioned in to a 40 gig (SBS '03) and 80 gig (data)

No idea what you refer to with the dial up thing... it is not for connecting
to the office but for connecting to the internet to get their email when
abroad (Europe, Japan, Korea, etc.) I mentioned it because it was thought
that sometime down the road they may want to pull their email through the
Exchange server.

Yes they have a registered domain name and hosted website (mentioned in my
original post) but use their local ISP for internet access to the office.
I had proposed getting rid of all the emails other than their internet
domain name emails but they insist they need the attglobal.net account for
their internet access when in Europe and Asia.
I believe that smarthost was NOT selected during the CEICW. I assume by your
reply that this would be better to use. Can this be switched at this point?

I will look in to the www.dyndns.org solution as they have a dynamic IP,
thanks.

The local users that cannot connect are listed as RWW users (and Mobile
users too).

Thanks for the security information re: the wireless
Your $0.02 are appreciated.

NonProfitAdmin

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

>
>
> In news:B41B5C25-6C37-49BC-857C-43EE7F84085C@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> NonProfitAdmin <NonProfitAdmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> > We have just installed SBS 2003 Standard on a PIII-500mhz/1Gig SD
> > Ram/120 Gig HD/Single NIC and it seems to be running fine (there is
> > only 5 clients on it so load is no problem)
>
> Well, a single hard drive *is* a problem. What if it fails?
>
> > for a Non-Profit Org.
> > They have an internet website/domain plus access the internet through
> > their local ISP account. They also use attglobal.net as a travelling
> > ISP access provider so have 3 email accounts that need to be accessed
> > through the server
>
> Having a dialup for their travel doesn't mean anything has to be used via
> that ISP's email, though.
>
> > on top of the 6 email accounts based on their
> > website domain AND one email account through their local ISP account.
>
> Do they have a registerd Internet domain name? If not, they really ought to
> get one. I'd suggest they wean senders off their ISP POP account addresses
> and stop using them...
>
> I'd also ditch the POP connector and host the mail directly on the server.
>
>
> > Problems though are:
>
>
> > 1> We are using Exchange (set it up with the local ISP as the domain
> > name and adding their website domain email accounts and ISP email
> > account for some of the users) and POP3 Connector to grab the emails.
> > Problem is that SOME emails never get off the server and are stuck
> > in the Queue (when I check Servers/OurLocalServer/Queues I see
> > several emails to other domains that are stuck in the SBS Server SMTP
> > connector and have been retrying till they fail) Is there a solution
> > to this?
>
> Is mail being delivered to a smarthost (in the connector) or is mail being
> sent out directly (resolving via DNS)? You had this choice when you ran the
> CEICW. If you're using a smarthost, does the ISP/hosting company require
> that you authenticate? You ought to see some info on the queues (and select
> the SMTP connector to see what the status is)....
>
>
> >2> I can connect to the Server via Remote Desktop Connection
> > (using the IP address assigned from our local ISP account
>
> If you have a static public IP and a registered Internet domain name, have
> whomever hosts the domain's public DNS set up an A record (like
> mail.mycompany.com or whatever.mycompany.com) that points at the public IP
> so you don't have to remember IP addresses. If you have a dynamic public IP,
> see www.dyndns.org for one option I like a lot.
>
> > and my
> > Admin username/password) but no one else can access their client
> > computers remotely via RDC using the same... their username/password
> > and the IP address). How can I make it so they can remotely access
> > their clients from home/travel?
>
> Are they in the Remote Web Workplace Users group in AD?
>
> > We are using a Benq switch, Linksys WRT54GX2 wireless router to allow
> > internet access to office guest users.
>
> If you don't have a good hardware firewall appliance (not just a simple NAT
> box) and aren't using ISA, you are asking for trouble. Even if you were to
> use two NICs and the Windows server's built-in firewall (which is a wet
> paper bag from a security standpoint).
>
> Also, if you must offer wireless access to non-domain users, you need a
> separate access point that is not on your LAN at all. Do not let strange
> computers connect to your network in any way. It's dangerous.
>
>
> >
> > Thanks for any help...
> >
> > BTW, if I choose to attempt to RE-install SBS 2003 Standard on to
> > another computer than can handle 2 NIC cards would I just be able to
> > back this configuration up and restore to the new computer?
>
> See
> http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/support/articles/backup_restore_sbs2003.mspx
>
> Apologies if any of the above sounds harsh - it isn't meant to be. I support
> a couple of nonprofits, too....and I wouldn't set up a server without good
> hardware. They're worse off than if they never had one, should it fail....if
> they don't have the budget for decent server/network kit, I would rather
> they wait until they do. Just my $.02.
>
>
>
.

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