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Connect SBS 2003 to the Internet

by TheSiliconValleyConnection Mar 19, 2004 2:21PM PST

I have just installed SBS 2003 and am having trouble getting connected to the internet. My machine is connected to a small home network via a SMC router. I tried using every senario via the wizard but cannot quite get there.

I am simply trying to get familiar with the product and have no need to use some of the advanced features now like Exchange but do want to connect to the internet.

A second though, the router always give the following addresses all of the time.

IP 192.168.1.102
SUB 255.255.255.1
Gate 192.168.1.1
DNS 1 206.13.28.12
DNS 2 206.13.29.12

Can I set the server up to think the router is a statc IP and add another NIC and use that to attach to the LAN?

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Re:Connect SBS 2003 to the Internet
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 19, 2004 10:06PM PST

The subnet mask looks incorrect. Try 255.255.255.0 instead.

As to Static IP, try all the same numbers and for the machine IP, 192.168.1.10

In closing, the router is a static IP. The machine is not but could be.

You could add another NIC, attach it, but configuration would be more work than what you have now.

Bob

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Re:Re:Connect SBS 2003 to the Internet
by TheSiliconValleyConnection Mar 20, 2004 2:08AM PST

I mistyped, the mask is 255.255.255.0. Are you saying that I should set up the Server as a DHCP Client and automaticcaly obtain an IP or should I set the server to use a hard coded IP with the spec's I menioned before ?

Thanks,

Tom

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Your choice.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 20, 2004 2:47AM PST

"I mistyped, the mask is 255.255.255.0."

Good to read that.

"Are you saying that I should set up the Server as a DHCP Client and automaticcaly obtain an IP or should I set the server to use a hard coded IP with the spec's I menioned before ?"

With all due respect, can you reveal why you haven't tried this? Its a few minutes to change these settings and retest.

As to which, for a server, I use static IPs since I might want to run it as a server...

Bob

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