Can someone shed some light on the scenario below?
I have a wireless network running on Windows 2003 Server of about 15 workstations all on Windows XP.
On the server I have an add-on D-Link PCI wireless adapter card and an on board Ethernet Card. I also have an additional two D-Link access points connected via RJ45 cable to extend the wireless network range.
I?ve just installed a wireless Sagem HD Livebox for internet connectivity which is terminated via a physical phone line from the provider/ISP.
Trying to set up RRAS/NAT on the server so that I could use both cards i.e. wireless to connect my local area computers and Ethernet to connect and share the internet did not bear fruit. I was reaching a point where none of the PC?s on the network could see the server while the server was able to see all the PC?s. Disabling RRAS rectified the problem.
Doing the following worked but I need an explanation how?
On the Server:
Wireless Card
IP Address: 192.168.0.1 (Address on server for local domain)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (Address on the Sagem HD Livebox)
Preferred DNS: 212.49.70.22 (Provided by ISP)
Alternate DNS: 212.49.70.23 (Provided by ISP)
Ethernet Card (Internet Connection Sharing Enabled)
IP Address: 192.168.1.2 (Personally assigned so as to communicate with Livebox)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Preferred DNS: 212.49.70.22 (Provided by ISP)
Alternate DNS: 212.49.70.23 (Provided by ISP)
On the Workstations:
Wireless Card (All have wireless cards)
IP Address: 192.168.0.**
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1
Preferred DNS: 212.49.70.22 (Provided by ISP)
Alternate DNS: 212.49.70.23 (Provided by ISP)
With the above settings my workstations can access the server and use the mapped drives connected to a shared database. They can also connect to the internet.
Please explain how the above works and if there is a better option for the above scenario.
Regards,
Steve Biko