Setting up SBS 2003 with a BT USB modem and static IP

Hi

I want to setup a SBS 2003 with six clients running XP.
My only concern is that I have a USB broadband modem from BT and a static IP
address.
Do i need to add an external router/firewall device between the SBS 2003 and
the USB modem ? and have two NIC's
OR Can i add the USB modem directly in the server and only use one NIC of
the server to go in the switch and configure the firewall within SBS 2003.


Any comments will be much appreciated.

thanks in advance.
Ali

Ali wrote:


> Hi
>
> I want to setup a SBS 2003 with six clients running XP.
> My only concern is that I have a USB broadband modem from BT and a
> static IP address.
> Do i need to add an external router/firewall device between the SBS
> 2003 and the USB modem ? and have two NIC's
> OR Can i add the USB modem directly in the server and only use one
> NIC of the server to go in the switch and configure the firewall
> within SBS 2003.
>
>
> Any comments will be much appreciated.
>
> thanks in advance.
> Ali

Gawd, BT is annoying. I wouldn't use a USB connection for this at all. Two
NICs wouldn't even apply at this point even if you wanted them, as the only
LAN facing interface on the modem/router is USB, right?

Is that the only device they'll give you at all? Is your account with them a
business or residential account? If the former, they have no excuse - if the
latter, if you call them, don't mention that you're running a server - just
say you want to use your own firewall device on your small home network.
Have you already tried called them to bitch up a storm? Ick.

General notes:
Do you have SBS Standard or Premium? If the latter, you need two NICs - one
for internal, one for external.
If Standard, I'd stick w. one NIC only (I like to fly in thefaceof some SBS
folks' advice here as I do not like multihomed domain controllers) and get a
decent hardware firewall/router appliance to stick between your Internet
modem/router & your hub/switch.

Note that the SBS2003 ng is microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs and you will
get a lot of SBS-specific help in there.

thanks for pointing me to the SBS NG.
BT only provides a USB modem for their broadband connection. I havent called
them yet but fingers crossed.

thanks again
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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> Ali wrote:
>
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I want to setup a SBS 2003 with six clients running XP.
>> My only concern is that I have a USB broadband modem from BT and a
>> static IP address.
>> Do i need to add an external router/firewall device between the SBS
>> 2003 and the USB modem ? and have two NIC's
>> OR Can i add the USB modem directly in the server and only use one
>> NIC of the server to go in the switch and configure the firewall
>> within SBS 2003.
>>
>>
>> Any comments will be much appreciated.
>>
>> thanks in advance.
>> Ali
>
> Gawd, BT is annoying. I wouldn't use a USB connection for this at all. Two
> NICs wouldn't even apply at this point even if you wanted them, as the
> only
> LAN facing interface on the modem/router is USB, right?
>
> Is that the only device they'll give you at all? Is your account with them
> a
> business or residential account? If the former, they have no excuse - if
> the
> latter, if you call them, don't mention that you're running a server -
> just
> say you want to use your own firewall device on your small home network.
> Have you already tried called them to bitch up a storm? Ick.
>
> General notes:
> Do you have SBS Standard or Premium? If the latter, you need two NICs -
> one
> for internal, one for external.
> If Standard, I'd stick w. one NIC only (I like to fly in thefaceof some
> SBS
> folks' advice here as I do not like multihomed domain controllers) and get
> a
> decent hardware firewall/router appliance to stick between your Internet
> modem/router & your hub/switch.
>
> Note that the SBS2003 ng is microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs and you
> will
> get a lot of SBS-specific help in there.
>
>

Ali wrote:
> thanks for pointing me to the SBS NG.
> BT only provides a USB modem for their broadband connection. I havent
> called them yet but fingers crossed.

Good luck. I know what you're up against.
Might want to post in the SBS group as I mentioned for more help.

>
> thanks again
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <(E-Mail Removed) ahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Ali wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I want to setup a SBS 2003 with six clients running XP.
>>> My only concern is that I have a USB broadband modem from BT and a
>>> static IP address.
>>> Do i need to add an external router/firewall device between the SBS
>>> 2003 and the USB modem ? and have two NIC's
>>> OR Can i add the USB modem directly in the server and only use one
>>> NIC of the server to go in the switch and configure the firewall
>>> within SBS 2003.
>>>
>>>
>>> Any comments will be much appreciated.
>>>
>>> thanks in advance.
>>> Ali
>>
>> Gawd, BT is annoying. I wouldn't use a USB connection for this at
>> all. Two NICs wouldn't even apply at this point even if you wanted
>> them, as the only
>> LAN facing interface on the modem/router is USB, right?
>>
>> Is that the only device they'll give you at all? Is your account
>> with them a
>> business or residential account? If the former, they have no excuse
>> - if the
>> latter, if you call them, don't mention that you're running a server
>> - just
>> say you want to use your own firewall device on your small home
>> network. Have you already tried called them to bitch up a storm? Ick.
>>
>> General notes:
>> Do you have SBS Standard or Premium? If the latter, you need two
>> NICs - one
>> for internal, one for external.
>> If Standard, I'd stick w. one NIC only (I like to fly in thefaceof
>> some SBS
>> folks' advice here as I do not like multihomed domain controllers)
>> and get a
>> decent hardware firewall/router appliance to stick between your
>> Internet modem/router & your hub/switch.
>>
>> Note that the SBS2003 ng is microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs and
>> you will
>> get a lot of SBS-specific help in there.