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Q: One NIC or two NICs in RRAS
I Have a W2K server with 2 NICS it has DHCP DNS ect
running and serves to win98 and XP clients using static IP addresses from
192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.25 on utp cable connected via a switch. All
clients access the internet through an ADSL Router set up on
192.168.0.100 and all is well. I have recently installed the second
NIC on my server and both NICs are on 192.168.0.1 & 192.168.0.2
respectfully. I have an IP address given to me by my internet
provider but at this point I have run out of steam. I have tried
connecting the router directly onto NIC 192.168.0.2 and running
RAS/Routing setup but as soon as I do this the whole network goes
down so I have to retrace my steps so that every one can keep
working. I can access the Admin part of my router easily from my
remote home computer using the IP address given me by my IP provider so I
think I have all the components in place. Would any one be good enough to
help me set up my windows 200 server as a vpn server in an easy to follow
manner as I cannot seem to relate the
Microsoft white papers that I have found directly to my issue.
A1: It really depends on what you want the
final setup to look like. There are really only three scenarios that make
much sense.
1. Leave the hardware router as the gateway of the LAN,
and
leave the server as a LAN machine with one NIC.
2. Make the server the gateway of your LAN. In that case, the
router is not connected to the LAN. It connects only to the "public"
interface of the server (on a different subnet from the LAN
interface).
3. Throw away the router and put the server where the router
used to be.
Both 1 and 2 above require using port forwarding on the router
to get the VPN traffic to the server.
Reply: Fantastic. I got it working using option 1 thank you very much
Next problem is I cannot see the network I am connecting to but I can
connect to all resources available provided I know its location.
How can I browse the LAN im connecting to as if I was on a wired LAN
client
A2: You won't see anything in NN. VPN is just
an IP connection. It doesn't carry LAN broadcasts, so you can't use
broadcasts for browsing/name resolution. You will need to use net view
\\machinename to see shares and net use
\\machinename\filename to share a file. If the LAN isn't running DNS or
WINS, you will also need HOSTS/LMHOSTS files for name resolution.
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