Ashley Dawkins
March 28th 03, 10:04 PM
Hi DG, I am not the worlds greatest networking guru, but I
beleive you would have to replace the hub or add in a
broadband/ADSL router/switch/hub. I have used this very
succesfully to share my Internet connection and run a
games server that is available to the Lan and the
Internet. The only problem you might come across is the
fact that you will be adding a NAT device and leads to
some problems with software ( i.e. VPN clients need to
enable options to allow the encrypted packets to reach
their destination ). With regard to the Router, have a
quick search at your prefered hardware vendor. The model I
purchased has four 10/100 ports and a print server and
works well. You may well find a single port option that
you could connect to your existing hub.
Hope that is of some help and if I am slightly off in my
understanding anyone, please piont out the errors of my
ways.
Ashley.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I have a Windows 2000 SP3 server set up as an Active
Directory domain
>controller, and I am looking to connect it via a hub to
an XP Pro
>client machine, so the client can join the domain.
>
>The XP Pro machine currently has a connection into the
hub and another
>port on the hub is connected to a cable modem, which
obviously goes
>off to my ISP for my internet connectivity. I want to
retain this
>setup ie end result is a domain logon onto the XP Pro
machine, then
>full internet connectivity from the client (not bothered
about the
>server). My issue is this:
>
>1. The ISP insists the client has a dhcp assigned ip
address.
>2. For example, my server has a static ip of 175.10.1.1
>
>Therefore, what is the best way to get my XP Pro machine
to talk to
>both the internet and the A.D. server?
>.
>
beleive you would have to replace the hub or add in a
broadband/ADSL router/switch/hub. I have used this very
succesfully to share my Internet connection and run a
games server that is available to the Lan and the
Internet. The only problem you might come across is the
fact that you will be adding a NAT device and leads to
some problems with software ( i.e. VPN clients need to
enable options to allow the encrypted packets to reach
their destination ). With regard to the Router, have a
quick search at your prefered hardware vendor. The model I
purchased has four 10/100 ports and a print server and
works well. You may well find a single port option that
you could connect to your existing hub.
Hope that is of some help and if I am slightly off in my
understanding anyone, please piont out the errors of my
ways.
Ashley.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I have a Windows 2000 SP3 server set up as an Active
Directory domain
>controller, and I am looking to connect it via a hub to
an XP Pro
>client machine, so the client can join the domain.
>
>The XP Pro machine currently has a connection into the
hub and another
>port on the hub is connected to a cable modem, which
obviously goes
>off to my ISP for my internet connectivity. I want to
retain this
>setup ie end result is a domain logon onto the XP Pro
machine, then
>full internet connectivity from the client (not bothered
about the
>server). My issue is this:
>
>1. The ISP insists the client has a dhcp assigned ip
address.
>2. For example, my server has a static ip of 175.10.1.1
>
>Therefore, what is the best way to get my XP Pro machine
to talk to
>both the internet and the A.D. server?
>.
>