I got a trial version of MS Small Business Server 2003 and feel like tinkering with it.

What I want to do is setup my network to look like this:

               Cable Modem (Roadrunner WAN)
                        l
                        l
              MS 2003 SBS box w/ 2nic's (DHCP SERVER,FIREWALL,WEBSERVER,blah,blah)
                        l
                        l
                  HUB/Switch 
                        l
                        l
           --------------------
           l            l              l
           l            l              l
        Client1    Client2     Client3

2/27/2006 2:47:27 PM

you could do this, but *nix + iptables or a distro meant for this would be a lot better for the application. 2k3 has some neat QoS rules for its firewall system, but I still wouldn't trust something MS as my first line of defense. check out http://www.psfense.org

2/27/2006 2:54:21 PM

No I know you can. Like I said I have done that before. Even used smoothwall.

I just want that box with a WAN IP addy.

Anyone else? Ohh.. that link was no good

2/27/2006 3:08:25 PM

this is very possible and very very easy to do assuming 2003 SBS edition has the following components:

DHCP server, DNS server, Routing and Remote Access, and IIS(the routing and stuff wont need IIS of course. Thats just for the webserver part).


In fact, in 2003 the wizards make it so stupid easy. Once you have it installed and patched you can litterally set it up as a primary domain controller with DHCP, DNS, and whatever other services you want in about 15-20 minutes.

I had actually sent someone a pretty detailed walkthrough on how to setup the NAT routing in 2000 (pics are in my photo gallery under windows 2000), but it was sent by PM and has since been deleted.

Of course thats if you wanted to do it all manually, which you might want to do instead of using the wizards just to see where all the advanced settings are.

When you first start up the comp after installing 2003 it will bring up a "Manage my server" dialog and from there you can do whatever wizard you want.

i'd recomend setting up Active Directory and then DHCP and then routing and remote access.

I think you'll find that its pretty self explainitory, but if you have more questions just post them here.





[Edited on February 27, 2006 at 3:36 PM. Reason : .]

2/27/2006 3:18:04 PM

You are a good man.


I will do that!

2/27/2006 3:32:53 PM