You probably need a wireless access point rather than a router. You
wireless machines could then be in the same network as your servers and
would access the Internet in the same way that your LAN machines do. You
don't need any more NICs in your server.
As Phillip said, there is really no need to have two NICs in your server
if you have a DSL "router" (which is probably a NAT device). This device can
be the default gateway for all the machines on your LAN including the
server. If you do put two NICs in the server, you need to configure your
network so that the server is the default gateway for the LAN. You then use
your server as a router between the LAN and the DSL router. The DSL router
and the server's "public" NIC are in one subnet while the LAN machines and
the "private" NIC are in another. Here is a diagram of the two scenarios.
1. Router as default gateway of LAN.
Internet
|
public IP
DSL NAT router
192.168.1.1
|
workstations
192.168.1.x dg 192.168.1.1
|
server
192.168.1.n dg 192.168.1.1
2. Server as default gateway of LAN.
Internet
|
public IP
DSL router
192.168.1.1
|
192.168.1.2 dg 192.168.1.1
server
192.168.2.1 dg blank
|
workstations
192.168.2.x dg 192.168.2.1
This setup also needs extra routing on the DSL router because that
router does not have an interface in the LAN subnet.
Bill Grant wrote:
> It may not help you, but it helps me. It indicates that the device
> you have is a wireless NAT device, as Phillip suggested. It is not
> really suitable for a LAN router.
> It is doing what it was designed to do.
>
> Matt wrote:
>> well that post didnt help...
>> anyways I want to add a wireless router. I can simply plug it into
>> my switch and use standard setting and get internet sharing between
>> all of my wireless devices but I can't get access to the domain or
>> files located on the server. I want to know how to add a wireless
>> router to the network so as to still be able to connect to the
>> domain and file server
>>
>> "Phillip Windell" wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Matt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:C070BAB2-4225-45FE-A61C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> I have a server and I want to add a wireless router to it.
>>>> What all do i have to do?
>>>
>>> Wireless Access Point? (WAP) or a Wireless Broadband Router? In any
>>> case, you don't add such things to a "machine",..you add them to a
>>> network. So I don't understand what you are really trying to do..
>>> Also,..the broadband routers are really just NAT Devices, or NAT
>>> Firewalls,..they aren't "real" routers and by the nature of what
>>> they are they will change the LAN Topology simply because they are
>>> "there".
>>>
>>>> I am currently running server 2k3 and have 2 ethernet connections
>>>> for it (1 for DSL connection and 1 for wired network) and I want to
>>>> add a 3rd ethernet connection for the wireless router. I am using
>>>> a standard netgear router.
>>>
>>> If you already have a "router" in place then the Server should only
>>> have *one* nic,...unless you are creating a Back-to-Back DMZ between
>>> the Server and the "router". The "router" is the only thing in the
>>> entire LAN that will have "two nics". So I still don't understand
>>> what you are doing and how the Wireless Device fits into this..
>>>
>>> --
>>> Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
>>> www.wandtv.com
>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>> Understanding the ISA 2004 Access Rule Processing
>>> http://www.isaserver.org/articles/IS...cessRules.html
>>>
>>> Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Guidance
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2004.asp
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2000.asp
>>>
>>> Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Partners
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/partners/default.asp
>>>
>>> Deployment Guidelines for ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...isaserver.mspx
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