Setting up SBS 2003 General/Network Qs

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I need to set up SBS 2003 in our office tomorrow and just want to check what the best way to go about it would be.

Will be mainly used for Exchange , Fax Server and hosting our Sage data files to be shared across several PCs.

We currently have 8 users/PCs, 1 FreeNas box, 1-2 laptops (wi-fi)

Network equipment wise we have 1 x 24port switch , 1 x Belkin Modem w/router

I'm a bit confused as to which way I should be connecting these up do I use both NICs or just a single one on the server?

I was thinking of : Server NIC1 to switch, Server NIC2 to Belkin - but if done like this, would the wi-fi laptops also be able to access the internal network ?

I have tried to find a webste explaining everything but didn't come across anything good unfortunately :(

Thanks in advance :)
 
Its going onto a DL380 G2, Dual Xeon.

Everything will be backed up onto the NAS frequently :) Not very familiar with SBS , hence my questions here :) this is the only server so will be domain controller.
 
Run into my first problem so far :D

I have connected everything up, installed SBS , run the internet/e-mail config wizard but for some reason can't access the setup page of the router from the server :confused:

The SBS 2003 is the DHCP server, Ip 192.168.100.1, and the router has DHCP off and set to 192.168.100.2 - didn't think I could do much wrong up until this stage :o
 
Nope, can't ping the router from the server - I am using router IP and added it to trusted list already

Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0

The actual very critical files are small ... only around 1gb which we can backup easily on DVD or so frequently
 
The router is connected to switch, server to switch and network definetely active.

I have tried to connect from laptop (currently only other workstation connected) with no luck - however if I give my laptop static IP and connect to router instead of switch I can connect fine - so the router IP is definetely correct.

I can ping the server from here fine , no problems.

This is ipconfig /all on workstation :

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Telement.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Fast Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-C5-80-4E-09
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c53a:ee40:9bc0:f885%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.12(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 15 February 2009 14:53:42
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 23 February 2009 15:11:55
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5073:3a3f:8c99:2b72%11
192.168.100.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 301995461
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-10-8D-3B-AC-00-1D-E0-28-6D-F7

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

On Server :

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0B-CD-D3-79-FD
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
 
The router has 4 ports and have tried putting into different ports, doesn't seem to change anything :(

Edit : Success , seems to work now :) - Thank you :D
 
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I unplugged all the other stuff from the router - switched to different ports and also found one cat5 which was going from one port of the switch into another which may have confused it?

Although, now I have a red light on one of the drives telling me its failed :eek: :confused:
 
K.C. Leblanc said:
That will confuse a network, don't do it.



I hope you're using RAID.
Click to expand...

Wasn't meant to be like that - the cabinet was a bit of a mess so was difficult to tell - all tidied up now.

The OS is set up on Raid 1+0 , although after reboot it said repairing and now the red light is off, seems strange as all the disks are brand new
 
Got in this morning, the thing crashed during backup, 3 drives with red lights :eek:

Rebooted, selected F2 (risk data loss by enabling array) boots into Windows with a couple of errors showing - try a backup and during backup 2 red lights on drives :confused:

I think something else is faulty, not the drives !
 
Got into windows, with a few problems (few services couldn't start) managed to do a full backup and now 1 red light again already - is it likely that something else could be faulty here?
 
That was my next step to remove the backplate and possibly replace with a new one.

When I create an array now the disks come up as failed pretty much immediately :p - I ran the SmartStart diagnostics and the drive tests fail
 
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