Networking problem:

I have a problem with RRAS using a Linksys Wag 300N router
Current Set-up
As required by windows server 2003 when setting up NAT I have two NIC cards on my Dell 2600 server with different subnets. My server’s current set-up is as follows:

1st NIC Card "“ Connected to Router (Internet Connection)
IP address: 192.168.1.10 (server)
Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (Routers IP Address)
DNS: 192.168.1.10 (server)
2nd NIC Card "“ Connected to LAN

IP Address 192.168.16.1
Gateway 0.0.0.0
DNS 192.168.16.1

The issue is with DHCP, when I attempt to allocate IP addresses dynamically it does not work. I attempted to set up a DHCP Relay within RRAS and although the DHCP server was receiving the requests and it allocated the client computers with IP addresses, the client computers did not actually receive them.

NOTE: the DHCP was issuing the IP of the LAN (192.168.168.xx) as stated above.

I am assuming that this is because the linksysy router is not sending the DHCP packets to the client computers and I am not sure how o resolve this issue.

However, if I provide a static IP address to client computers for example:

Static IP: 192.168.16.201
Gateway: 192.168.16.1
DNS: 192.168.16.1
Then all works well and the computers can connect to the Internet and the shared devices on the network.

Can anyone help on this matter.

Frustrated

 

I've not played much with RRAS as I find remote access much easier to set up using a hardware firewall.

However, the one point I would make is that you should disable DHCP on the router, and use the DHCP service that comes with Server 2003. This will give you a lot more options and control than that which you will get on a standard router. It should also talk more easily with RRAS.