Re: one or two NIC cards
- From: Owen Williams <Owen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 19:09:12 -0400
In article <1144359884.794152.175330@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
ashkaan57@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
what are the pros/cons of one or two NIC cards in a 2003 SBS server?
There is considerable debate in this group about 1 NIC or 2. Both work
fine, although a 1-NIC config requires a good firewall appliance. Most
of us use some type of appliance even with a 2-NIC config as it provides
the SBS with a static IP on the external NIC even if the Internet
connection has a dynamic IP, it takes some load off of the SBS (the
appliance drops the bulk of the unsolicited traffic), and it can enhance
security. 2-NIC also provides an easy way to configure "visitor"
Internet access to computers that are not members of the domain, if your
client needs that.
What I like about 2-NIC is that it significantly improves the amount of
information reported in the bi-weekly Usage Reports. In particular, you
get information about overall Internet usage and how much each computer
is using, when you enable either the Basic or (especially) the ISA
firewall.
Does it make much difference (easier/hardr) if I want to set up a VPN
on my server?
I will leave this to someone with more VPN experience than I have.
If I use two NICs, do I have to make my server act as a router?
Yes, but when you run the Configure E-mail and Internet Connection
Wizard (CEICW), this is configured automatically. It's a very easy
process.
-- Owen Williams
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