Wireless LAN Questions

Hello:

Have couple of questions.

1. I have Windows 2003 server installed on my IBM Thinkpad. Recently bought
Belkin Pre-N MIMO Router and compatible Belkin Wireless LAN card for the
Laptop. It looks like Belkin doesn't have drivers for 2003, so I am unable to
test it. Can someone please let me know a list of Wireless LAN cards
supported (with drivers) for 2003?

2. I have a Wireless router (Router 1) attached directly to the Cable Modem
and a Network Printer that is attached to another wired router (Router 2).
Due to cabling issues I had to connect the devices this way. Router 2 is
attached to Router 1. I have few couple of Laptops that connect to Router 1
using wireless and but unable to attach to shared network printer. How can I
have the laptops connect to network printer? Any additional steps/config to
be done?

3. I would like to setup a DNS for my own home network PCs that are behind
the firewall/router. Where could I find step-by-step procedures do that and
are there any free software available to accomplish this?

Really appreciate your response and thanks in advance.

- Chenthil

Hi,

Chenthil Ramasamy wrote:
> Can someone please let me know a list of Wireless
> LAN cards supported (with drivers) for 2003?

Perhaps this will help:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/cat...e-3393eaec7cbc

I'd go about it the other way -- make a short list of cards available to
you, based on where you shop and what you are willing to spend, then
research each one (Google is great for that kind of thing).

> a Network Printer that is attached to another wired router
> (Router 2). Due to cabling issues I had to connect the devices
> this way. [...] How can I have the laptops connect to network
> printer? Any additional steps/config to be done?

Replace the second router with a plain switch. Chaining two routers in this
manner is not a sane LAN configuration and not worth dealing with.

A few routers can be configured to function as a plain switch, so you might
want to check into that before buying one.

> 3. I would like to setup a DNS for my own home network PCs
> that are behind the firewall/router. Where could I find step-by-step
> procedures do that and are there any free software available to
> accomplish this?

Your 2003 Server can do that. Perhaps this will help:

http://www.petri.co.il/install_and_c...dns_server.htm


--
Chris Priede

Hello Chris:

Thank you very much for taking the time to respond to my multiple queries.
It sounds like from the Hardware list for 2003, under Misc --> PCMCIA/Cardbus
adapters there are no Wireless LAN cards for Laptops in 2003. I might have to
look into something else. It would have been nice if there was a Belkin
driver for 2003 for the Pre-N card. I tried that card in XP and it was
amazingly fast at 108 Mbps. Anyways I will check with Belkin if they have any
plans to support 2003. Setting up thr DNS link was really good. Since my
wife's laptop is the one that runs 2003 and she would take it to work the DNS
would be unavailable whenever the laptop is disconnected. So I was wondering
if DNS could be done in XP Pro which is what I am running all the time in my
desktop.

Again thanks for the help

- Chenthil

"Chris Priede" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Chenthil Ramasamy wrote:
> > Can someone please let me know a list of Wireless
> > LAN cards supported (with drivers) for 2003?
>
> Perhaps this will help:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/cat...e-3393eaec7cbc
>
> I'd go about it the other way -- make a short list of cards available to
> you, based on where you shop and what you are willing to spend, then
> research each one (Google is great for that kind of thing).
>
> > a Network Printer that is attached to another wired router
> > (Router 2). Due to cabling issues I had to connect the devices
> > this way. [...] How can I have the laptops connect to network
> > printer? Any additional steps/config to be done?
>
> Replace the second router with a plain switch. Chaining two routers in this
> manner is not a sane LAN configuration and not worth dealing with.
>
> A few routers can be configured to function as a plain switch, so you might
> want to check into that before buying one.
>
> > 3. I would like to setup a DNS for my own home network PCs
> > that are behind the firewall/router. Where could I find step-by-step
> > procedures do that and are there any free software available to
> > accomplish this?
>
> Your 2003 Server can do that. Perhaps this will help:
>
> http://www.petri.co.il/install_and_c...dns_server.htm
>
>
> --
> Chris Priede
>
>
>

Ok, here is my topology for the network which will make a VPN connect
through the internet to Domain1 system.

Linkysys DSL/Router (Default Gateway) 10.12.4.10

Windows 2003 Server (Domain2) IP 10.12.4.7 MASK 255.255.255.0 Default
Gateway 10.12.4.10

Configured DNS with root deleted and forwarders set to 10.12.4.10
Configured DHCP with scope 10.12.4.1 to 10.12.4.40 with except range
10.12.4.1 to 10.12.4.15 with scope options of
003 Router 10.12.4.7, 10.12.4.10
006 DNS 10.12.4.7
015 DNS Name Domain2

Configured RRAS with a demand dial interface Remote Router for VPN through
internet.
Host IP w.x.y.z
Static IP route added 10.12.3.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 Interface Remote Router.

Now, from this, my workstations should be able to make get access to the VPN
network. When I ping from a workstation, the ping does cause RRAS to
initiate the connection. On the RRAS server, the connection is established,
but after that, no network traffic to the VPN Domain1 side.

However, if I log onto the server, which is configured as the PDC, DNS,
DHCP, RRAS, I can reach the computers on the other end of the VPN
connection.

I have not setup any additional security for the user accounts, they should
have standard rights to communicate through the VPN.

Is there something else that I am missing. When I do a pathping from one of
the work stations, it gets to 10.12.4.7, but after that it stalls with no
responses. Almost like the routing is not configured correctly on the RRAS.

Any Ideas??

Thanks,

James




"Chris Priede" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Chenthil Ramasamy wrote:
>> Can someone please let me know a list of Wireless
>> LAN cards supported (with drivers) for 2003?
>
> Perhaps this will help:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/cat...e-3393eaec7cbc
>
> I'd go about it the other way -- make a short list of cards available to
> you, based on where you shop and what you are willing to spend, then
> research each one (Google is great for that kind of thing).
>
>> a Network Printer that is attached to another wired router
>> (Router 2). Due to cabling issues I had to connect the devices
>> this way. [...] How can I have the laptops connect to network
>> printer? Any additional steps/config to be done?
>
> Replace the second router with a plain switch. Chaining two routers in
> this manner is not a sane LAN configuration and not worth dealing with.
>
> A few routers can be configured to function as a plain switch, so you
> might want to check into that before buying one.
>
>> 3. I would like to setup a DNS for my own home network PCs
>> that are behind the firewall/router. Where could I find step-by-step
>> procedures do that and are there any free software available to
>> accomplish this?
>
> Your 2003 Server can do that. Perhaps this will help:
>
> http://www.petri.co.il/install_and_c...dns_server.htm
>
>
> --
> Chris Priede
>