Domain or Workgroup? What are the subnets at each location?
Doh! I didn't know he was trying to connect directly to the AP wired directly from the laptop. I assumed he had the AP pluged into the LAN already!
My father in law has a desktop that has a pirated copy of XP corporate from a now defunct computer store. I orderd the get genuine pac tonight...
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DHCP from the server should pass straight through the WAP. Sounds like your laptop is not being authenticated from the WAP. Therefore it won't...
If you put the WAP on fully automatic where the server will still hand out DHCP info what adress does your laptop get? That's some unushual IP...
Just set the WAP to automatically receive an IP address from the LAN and your golden.
NT backup will not back up Exchange. The database is in a constant changing state therefore NTbackup can not handle that task. Veritas (Now...
Yep that was what I was telling you to do but did not have time to follow up. Sorry about that. FYI, A client will never use the secondary...
When you changed ISP's the DNS forward lookup zone on the server is now incorrect. The clients need to be pointed to the local server for DNS...
I could be wrong but I believe you have to setup faxing localy just like you do on an XP machine. From the printers folder. Don't have an SBS...
I'm thinking it's a permission issue.
Never had to cut the connection. Just reboot and the clients will be reconnected when it boots back up seemlessly.
How many Wan IPs do you have on the 90 client LAN?
Unless your using dialup get a router and you will have a lot more hair left on your head.
Your still need a switch or hub for all the devices to plug into. You will only need one network card on the desktop. You will need to setup ICS...
Depends on how big your client base is and the amount of work your DC is doing. If it's not taxed it will work fine. Done it plenty of times on...
Wow that was clear as mud. :) The Gateway would be your routers address in most cases. DNS servers would be your ISP's DNS servers unless...
Is that an April Fools joke? :D :D :D
If the external clients are trusted (employees) put the server on the LAN and have the clients VPN in.
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