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windows 2000 server - wireless network - DHCP DNS Active Directory File Server
Hello
I have a home network with 6 pcs (all running win XP) and a domain controller (Windows 2000 Server). This all run fine over Ethernet. Now we have just moved house & the adsl connection is in the living room. As my wife doesn't want the server in the living room, I have bought a wireless router.
Previously my DC was DNS, DHCP, Active Directory and File Server at once, now the Wireless router is giving the IP addresses. How do I best setup the network, so that all pc can communicate with eachother, the server continous to be the fileserver and all pcs can access the internet.
Any help would be very much appreciated!
I have a home network with 6 pcs (all running win XP) and a domain controller (Windows 2000 Server). This all run fine over Ethernet. Now we have just moved house & the adsl connection is in the living room. As my wife doesn't want the server in the living room, I have bought a wireless router.
Previously my DC was DNS, DHCP, Active Directory and File Server at once, now the Wireless router is giving the IP addresses. How do I best setup the network, so that all pc can communicate with eachother, the server continous to be the fileserver and all pcs can access the internet.
Any help would be very much appreciated!
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The problem is that my server is only connected through ethernet to a pc which has wireless access.
I tried to install a wireless network card in my windows 2000 server, but the driver didn't seem to work.
Will your suggestion still work if I have some computers on the network connected
via Ethernet and some on the wireless network? Especially if the server is not directly on the wireless network?
I tried to install a wireless network card in my windows 2000 server, but the driver didn't seem to work.
Will your suggestion still work if I have some computers on the network connected
via Ethernet and some on the wireless network? Especially if the server is not directly on the wireless network?
Ouch...
I had a problem getting wireless cards for the server as well, which is why it's plugged into the router.
It should be possible to get a wireless bridge, so you could plug the server into that directly instead of trying to get it through a PC.
What router do you have there at the moment?
It doesn't matter that the server doesn't use the same medium, it just needs to be on the same physical network.
Chris
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I'm not expert enough to quite grasp the concept of a wireless bridge...what is that exactly?
My wireless router is a D-Link DI-624.
Regarding your comment about the same physical network. Does that mean it would be impossible to have the wireless router in the living room & lan network in the office (with 1 pc in the office having wireless access)?
My wireless router is a D-Link DI-624.
Regarding your comment about the same physical network. Does that mean it would be impossible to have the wireless router in the living room & lan network in the office (with 1 pc in the office having wireless access)?
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Sorry for the long delay....it took over 2 weeks for the wireless bridge to arrive in the post.
I installed it yesterday & it worked immediately!!
Thanks for your help :-)
I installed it yesterday & it worked immediately!!
Thanks for your help :-)
Excellent. Glad you have everything working. :)
Chris
Either have the Router give out the DNS addresses of your DC or disable the DHCP service on the router and use the servers DHCP service again.
I think it works well enough over a wireless connection. My server sits behind the telly and gets itself plugged in directly to the router, but it had to be silent to work there.
Chris