Bridge wired LAN connection and wireless connection... ?

jon86

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Hi.

The administrator for my church's newly set up office Windows-based network is having major difficulties bridging the wireless and wired LAN connection on the server. The administrator wanted to use the server as an AP for the network (if possible). The server is running Windows Small Business Server 2003 and the bridge connections option does not exist. I heard it was because wireless connections are seen as Internet connections by Windows whereas wired connections are not.

Is this at all possible?


Many thanks.
Jon


EDIT: Hmmm... probably better in Windows sub-forum. Would a mod move it please? :)
 
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Is he trying to use the sbs server as an access point? If so I'd recommend he didn't with SBS, fork out the £50 for a good wireless access point. It will pay dividends in the long run.

I look after a place that has two wired networks bridged together with a couple of linksys wap54g's and it works like a charm.
 
You can bridge the connections, but it's very tempremental, and can be a right pain in the ass a lot of the time. Far better to use an ap as Jim said.
 
Thanks for the replies.

The administrator set up the server and it was more of a case of "I may as well install a wireless card as they are not that expensive."

All we need the server to do is to bridge the connections, as the router will take care of NAT and DHCP. I guess it might be worth getting an standalone AP.
 
jon86 said:
Thanks for the replies.

The administrator set up the server and it was more of a case of "I may as well install a wireless card as they are not that expensive."

All we need the server to do is to bridge the connections, as the router will take care of NAT and DHCP. I guess it might be worth getting an standalone AP.
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I'm always suspicious when people do that. He wasn't selling you the card by anychance was he? ;) Sorry I've seen plenty of ballsedup SBS installs by people who think its Windows Server 2003 and Exchange, when it is in fact an animal in its own right so to speak.

fwiw SBS2003 does dhcp and makes a better job of it that most routers will. If installed correctly with a 2 nic setup it makes a pretty good job of the firewall duties too.

I would recommend you spend a couple of quid and get Harry Brelsfords book "Small Business Server 2003 Best Practices" around £30 from that well known bookshop. I've been using SBS since 4.5 and still find it useful.

Also worth visit is http://www.smallbizserver.net/ there is no end of useful info there also.
 
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