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NiCkNaMe · 12 Apr 2008 at 09:14

smoove said:
Sorry to bump my old thread but have a few more questions on this:

When the server is setup, can i use some sort of web interface or similar to control it?

There are numerous piece of remote management software. The easiest if you will only be accessing on the LAN is MS Remote desktop (Start > Run > mstsc > server name/ip) If you want external access look at VNC.

Would it be OK to setup this fileserver/antivirus PC up as a web server as well?

Yeah that's fine. It's generally etiquette to not mix the web server with any other applications but in your setup it will be fine. You could try vmware or virtual pc if you'd prefer to keep them seperate.

In regards to the 2x network cards for routing, is there any special requirements I need in order to have this setup? Wont be using any sort of fancy PC, will be a dell gx150 with just 2x hard drives really.

Not sure what your asking here. Are you still considering using the system as a firewall? I see very little point if i'm being honest. Your routers inbuilt firewall will be more than adaquate. It won't gain you any real life experiance as companies mainly use dedicated solutions now!

NiCkNaMe · 13 Apr 2008 at 08:58

Or setup the router to deny all then open what's required ;-)

oddjob62 · 15 Apr 2008 at 15:48

smoove said:
So am i right in thinking i would only need two network cards If I wanted todo it as the server also acting as a firewall? And it wouldnt matter realisticly where the server is located on the network?

Yes if you server is just running as a server with the router as your gateway you only need 1 network card.

Ethics · 15 Apr 2008 at 15:55

Ideally you want your firewall between the clients (and the switch) and the modem.

Since your server is going to filter the traffic obviously it has to take connections from the modem, apply the rules you have defined and then filter accordingly, if your clients went straight to the modem (and you didnt have the server as your gateway) you wouldn't have any firewall so you have to have Modem ----> whatever ----> Server ----> switch ---- > Clients.

You can see why you have 2 Nics there

the whatever can be used for another machine for a webserver etc. or for clients to connect in a semi DMZ (outside of your server and it's controls, a full DMZ could be achieved without any filtering done by the modem).

you can use that server for whatever you want really, a webserver is just another set of services (check out LAMP for a nice way to do it all) that run on it.