Issues: setting 2 NIC's (TCP/IP)

Hey fellas,

I am trying to setup a sbs 2003, so that it has an internal network that is controlled by server, which is connected to the internet. I also want all the the computers on the intranet to be connected to the internet.

Map:
>modem
>server
>hub
>workstation 1
>worstation 2
>workstation 3
>printer



The issue now .....

When setting up my 2 NIC's I have one set to the Static IP (internet) and other to a completely different tcp/ip stuff.

Nic1 (internet)

IP: 71.xx.xxx.251
subnet: 255.255.255.248
gateway: 71.xx.xxx.249
dns1: 65.32.1.65
dns2: 65.32.1.70

Nic2 (intranet)

IP: 192.168.16.2
subnet: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 192.168.16.1
dns1: 65.32.1.71
dns2: 65.32.1.81

When I hit "ok" on the tcp/ ip properties screen of the NIC2 I get this warning:

WARNING- Multiple default gateways are intended to provide redundancy to a
single network such as and Intranet or the Internet. They will not function
properly when the gateways are on two separate, disjoint networks (such as
one on your intranet and one on the Internet). Do you want to save this
configuration? ( which I hit cancel, and type up my issue here))

SOooooo now I wonder well it says nothing about this in the book that I'm going through, so what do I do?

Do I infact want to create to seperate networks, or do I want them to function one and one on the same gateway?

I showed what my ideal layout above, so if anyone can help it would be much apreciated!

 

Ok well I ended up following the is article on microsoft that I luckly came across.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=825763

It told me to set the server local network as:

nic2
IP: 192.168.16.2
subnet: 255.255.255.0
gateway: blank
dns1: 65.32.1.71
dns2: blank

and then follow a few steps other specified steps. Guess what? IT WORKED!

Soooo I'm currently configuring the rest, but feel free to chime in if you think I should have done something else, or just feel the need to confirm the information (would make me happy ).

 

As an SBS server is by definition also a 2003 AD server, you need to set it as the primary DNS for your network. That means that the NIC TCP/IP settings for DNS need to point at the server itself. So

dns1: 192.168.16.2
dns2: blank

You need to set up forwarders in the DNS service to get your DNS talking to the outside world correctly. Have a look at this article that describes how you need to set up DNS on the server:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814591

 

Ok one more thing!

How do I configure my server to let my laptop access my computer remotely? By that I mean I want to connect to one of the workstations remotely.

Please any info on this would be awesome. For some reason I'm having a hard time finding information on this. I have plenty of info on how to setup the remote location, but I can't find anything on how to setup the server so that it will except the request to connect. (I'm sure I just don't know the terminology which is making this much harder).

Thanks again,
Dimitri

 

http://www.logmein.com

Simple and secure. What more could you want.

 

That log me in site is pretty cool, but thats not exactly what I wanted.

Although I kind of figured it out.

I just needed to type in the right thing into the browser.

I could either sign in FTP or static IP of the server.

example:

ftp

https://server.sexyladys/remote

or

ip

http://71.75.989.786/remote

and then use the user login info that was created earlier, such as

Name: Administrator
Password: sexyman

Thats is it! As far as connecting through a browser.

Although I keep getting **** error 800 if I try signing through the desktop remote access shortcut.....