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Hi,

i wonder if anyone can help / advise me on the following please:

i've decided to integrate a server with SBS 2003 on into my home network. i am planning on using this and a stand alone laptop as a "training tool" etc. however to get the most out of it i will hopefully be using a lot of its features DHCP / DNS / Exchange / Intranet etc so i've had to re-arrange my setup. currently its just a general d-link router / DHCP enabled, couple of pc's and xbox hard wired to it, bit of wireless for a couple of laptops, nothing special.

now the following is what im considering, can anyone with a bit of knowledge tell me if its the best way, or advise otherwise and maybe point out any problems i may come across because no doubt i'll have missed a few. the tight bums at work won't pay for any training so i'm going it alone till i can gather some funds for proper training.

I appreciate i could proabably get rid of the router but, i can't afford a static ip at present from my ISP, the server won't be on 24/7 so net access for the wireless laptops would be out the window and lastly i want some form of protection and don't want it unsecure because ive changed a setting or missed a tick box etc :)



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Thanks!
 
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Any reason why you want to set up the red part of the network seperately?

You could just plug the switch direcrtly into the router and then. plug all other devices on to that

If you're not using ISA there's not really much use for the 2nd network cards on the SBS server

Both ways will work though
 
$c8t@ said:
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i've decided to integrate a server with SBS 2003 on into my home network. i am planning on using this and a stand alone laptop as a "training tool" etc. however to get the most out of it i will hopefully be using a lot of its features DHCP / DNS / Exchange / Intranet etc so i've had to re-arrange my setup. currently its just a general d-link router / DHCP enabled, couple of pc's and xbox hard wired to it, bit of wireless for a couple of laptops, nothing special.
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Overkill for home. You will run into more problems that it is worth.

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now the following is what im considering, can anyone with a bit of knowledge tell me if its the best way, or advise otherwise and maybe point out any problems i may come across because no doubt i'll have missed a few. the tight bums at work won't pay for any training so i'm going it alone till i can gather some funds for proper training.
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Why not use a virtual system to atleast look at it first?

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I appreciate i could proabably get rid of the router but, i can't afford a static ip at present from my ISP, the server won't be on 24/7 so net access for the wireless laptops would be out the window and lastly i want some form of protection and don't want it unsecure because ive changed a setting or missed a tick box etc
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What ISP you on? Some of them include them in the price. There is more settings than you could dream of and one wrong setting could result in you having major issues.
 
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