Re: SBS 2003 w/ 2 Linksys routers
- From: "Les Connor [SBS MVP]" <les.connor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 17:53:45 -0500
Hi Cpnet,
Buddy gave you what will work, but if you'd like to simplify things then replace the BEFSR41 with a similar router, but with wireless. You can enable DHCP on the device, and keep your DHCP running on the SBS, as they're on different networks and won't see each other.
Alternately, you could add an Access Point in place of the second router, or perhaps your WRT54G can be configured as an access point. You don't need - and probably don't want - DHCP running on both of these routers.
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Les Connor [SBS MVP]
"cpnet" <cpnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23ejYpYoCIHA.6012@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I've been using my SBS 2003 server fine with my Linksys BEFSR41 router for a couple of years with no problems. I have my Linksys connected to my cable modem. DHCP is disabled on my BEFSR41 router which has a LAN address of 192.168.1.1. My SBS server has 2 NIC's - one connected to the BEFSR41, and one connected to a switch that I connect all my computers to. My SBS server acts as another router and DHCP server. My SBS Server's 'wan' NIC has an IP of 192.168.1.2, and the lan NIC has an IP of 192.168.16.1, so all my network computers are using 192.168.16.xxx addresses.
I recently added a Linksys WRT54G to my network. I've put it between my cable modem and my BEFSR41. The idea is that machines (XBOX, gf's laptop, etc) connecting wirelessly will be outside of my SBS network. I've set up the WRT54G to be a DHCP server, and it's LAN IP is 192.168.2.1.
Everything works until I power everything off and then power back up. After that only machines connected wirelessly to the WRT54G can access the web. To get machines on my SBS wired LAN to get web access I have to change the LAN IP on the WRT54G (192.168.3.1). Then everything works. If I again shut things down, I see the same thing until I again change the LAN IP for the WRT54G (back to 192.168.2.1).
I assume I'm doing something wrong here with the IP's or having 2 DHCP servers not configured right. I do need DHCP on my SBS network, and I do need it for the wireless router. I don't need DHCP on the BEFSR41. I see both Linksys routers have settings to be either a gateway vs. a router, and also some dynamic routing options. I don't know how to configure such a setup, and I haven't found anything on the web for 3-router setups. Can anyone help?
Just to summarize my setup (listed in the order they're connected):
- Cable Modem
- WRT54G (DHCP enabled; Gateway mode; WAN IP dynamically assigned; LAN IP 192.168.2.1)
- BEFSR41 (DHCP disabled; Gateway mode; WAN IP dynamically assigned; LAN IP 192.168.1.1)
- SBS 2003 (DHCP enabled; WAN IP 192.168.1.2; LAN IP 192.168.16.1)
- Dell 2016 Switch
All laptops/desktops/XBOX'es either connect with a cable to the Dell switch, or wirelessly to the WRT54G. I understand that devices connecting wirelessly will not have access to my SBS network, and I'd prefer to keep it that way.
Thanks
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