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by santanaw

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I need to connect 2 offices to my HQ office.
The tree offices has a T1 line. also win2003 server and a firewall.
I need the steps to connect and config this WAN.
I don't know how to start.

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by cg it

ah, are the offices sites within the HQ domain? I should ask is the network a domain? Next question is how [or more apt, where] are users in the office going to get authentication to log in? The DC server at the HQ or a local DC [I would recommend having a DC at each site. speeds up log in and reduces traffic on the T1.] Have each site DC replicate AD on off hours. In AD sites and services create site links for each office and set the replication time and cost for each site.

If you have firewalls and are running in Native Mode, set DNS updates to secure updates and specify only servers listed on the Name Servers add in the 2 offices DCs there. Open up port 53 for replication traffic [or go the VPN route and establish dedicated VPN router to router and the servers will use the tunnel to pass traffic.

by cg it

oops forgot to say use active directory intergrated when setting DNS [DC]updates. With AD intergrated, each DC within the domain and zone are peers and will replicate only changes made [after initial AD replication]. This also reduces traffic over the WAN link even if its a T1 line.

by hanumantpratap

I think u wanna to design an intranet,So for this purpose u need wireless modem like UC-2020(for 256kbps),uc-2050(768kbps),pointred cpe or many mores, & also be the full set up like anteena n all thats.U can used ur local Ip to be communicate them but of same class & remember wireless modem & anteena must be at both end & u need to set the frequency & channel & many more configurations in it & ya this type of setup is very costly.

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by maniskid

To start install routing and remote access on the DC or Routing computer if you havent previously.

Next, use the wizards to set up static routing to the other offices to get a connection. From the command line, adding a static route looks something like (use the ip assigned to your T1's):

(route add destination netmask gateway metric costmetric if interface)(-p = persistent)
i.e. route add 10.0.0.0 mask 255.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 -p
Note that you can use DHCP Relay agents to simplify ip addressing.

Once you have a connection to the HQ, you need to move onto installing member servers, etc.

by sgt_shultz

start by setting up a vpn server at the main office. use vpn clients on at each branch office. how to's available from technet.microsoft.com and support.microsoft.com

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