ADSL/Network setup
Hi,
I have BT ADSL modem/router with 4 port, a 24 port hub and 8 pcs, all intended to plug into the hub. I have setup my network (small office network) and sharing files and printers (using ips 192.168.0.x) - no problem. The pcs are xp, 2000, win98 and win2000 server etc.
What I need is a step by step instructions/guide of how to setup the pcs to share my new ADSL internet connection. BT expects me to use their 4 port router which does not meet my requirement - Help !!!
Honest64
I have BT ADSL modem/router with 4 port, a 24 port hub and 8 pcs, all intended to plug into the hub. I have setup my network (small office network) and sharing files and printers (using ips 192.168.0.x) - no problem. The pcs are xp, 2000, win98 and win2000 server etc.
What I need is a step by step instructions/guide of how to setup the pcs to share my new ADSL internet connection. BT expects me to use their 4 port router which does not meet my requirement - Help !!!
Honest64
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Plug the modem into the router's WAN Port, then plug the hub into the router using the hubs uplink port. then plug your clients and such into the hub. GO to the routers configuration page and either use DHCP or like rid said you can setup the ips staticly and just put the routers ip in as the gateway and thats it.
we had the BT modem/router here originally connected through a switch & linked to our nt network,
but thankfully the Bt engineer disabled the pesky DHCPserver.
we have since moved to w2k server.
within the DHCP scope in win2k I added the modem/routers LAN IP address as the gateway entry, and the w2k servers IP as the DNS server (V Important for Active directory).
All client machines point to the w2k server to know where the gateway is. + make sure in the DNS settings on your w2k server that you set up the DNS forwarder entries ( the DNS addresses from your ISP) which allows your LAN internet requests to get out.
Therefore if you set all this up on your w2k server, there is no fiddling around with your client machines. Get them to join the w2k domain & your server tells the client machines where everything is.
btw our bt supplied router died the other day & in a rush I had to purchase a replacement, there are plenty out their for £99+ & you don't have to call out the BT engineer to configure them.
but thankfully the Bt engineer disabled the pesky DHCPserver.
we have since moved to w2k server.
within the DHCP scope in win2k I added the modem/routers LAN IP address as the gateway entry, and the w2k servers IP as the DNS server (V Important for Active directory).
All client machines point to the w2k server to know where the gateway is. + make sure in the DNS settings on your w2k server that you set up the DNS forwarder entries ( the DNS addresses from your ISP) which allows your LAN internet requests to get out.
Therefore if you set all this up on your w2k server, there is no fiddling around with your client machines. Get them to join the w2k domain & your server tells the client machines where everything is.
btw our bt supplied router died the other day & in a rush I had to purchase a replacement, there are plenty out their for £99+ & you don't have to call out the BT engineer to configure them.
Doh ignore the bit about adding the DNS server into the DHCP scope.
if DNS is running on your server your clients should pick this up, if not always use your INTERNAL dns server's adddress as your preferred DNS server on your client machines (TCP/IP) settings.
if DNS is running on your server your clients should pick this up, if not always use your INTERNAL dns server's adddress as your preferred DNS server on your client machines (TCP/IP) settings.
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RID, Thnx what you said worked.
However,my needs have extended. For some circumstance I had to get static public IP addresses and given subnet does not allow me to migrate all my PCs to this network - I don't want to anyway.
How can I setup routing services between both my private network 192.168.254.0 and my public IP address ?
Simple Step by step answer will be well appreciated !
Moshud
However,my needs have extended. For some circumstance I had to get static public IP addresses and given subnet does not allow me to migrate all my PCs to this network - I don't want to anyway.
How can I setup routing services between both my private network 192.168.254.0 and my public IP address ?
Simple Step by step answer will be well appreciated !
Moshud
I don't have much experience with such a setup as you need to create, but generally speaking (again!), it depends on how your router can be configured. If you can set the router to allow sort of "direct access" to some ports, you could hook up your public IP nodes on these ports and leave the private IP LAN as is. If this is not possible, you may have to get another setup, with a modem going directly to a switch for your public IP nodes, and then hook up a router to one of the ports, connecting your LAN to the "inside" of this router.
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Plug in to the router call this WAN
Call the other LAN and plug in to your 24 port hub
setup DCHP on the server with gateway address of the LAN card
setup routing on the server picking NAT's