Windows 2000 Server w/Linksys BEFVP41 and BEFW11S4

[Guest]

I have the following

2 Servers, running Windows 2000 Server (ready to be configured
- One of the Servers (domain controller) has 2 NIC's; the other has one NI

1 Laptop running Windows XP Professiona

1 Linksys BEFVP41 VPN router (w/4-port switch built-in

1 Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless Router (w/built-in 4-port switch

1 DSL connection (Westell Wirespeed DualConnect) from Bellsouth (1 port

I originally had Windows XP Professional on one of the machines (currently a server). The other server did not exist (construction was not complete). I had the Westell set up as a DHCP server only handing out 1 IP address. This address was used for the BEFVP41's WAN IP (192.168.1.253). The BEFVP41's LAN IP was 10.251.1.1. It was serving as a DHCP server for the internal network (10.251.1.100-150). Both of the BEFW11S4's IPs (WAN and LAN) were static (WAN = 10.251.1.5; LAN = 10.251.1.10). DHCP was disabled on the BEFW11S4. In order for me to get any internet connectivity to the internal network, I had to forward all ports (0-65534; TCP and UDP) from the Westell to the BEFVP41; in essence, it (the BEFVP41) was my external router. In this configuration, any computer set up to obtain an IP address automatically, can successfully connect to the Internet

With 2 servers, what would be the best configuration (router setup) to allow a domain to exist internally, and allow one of the servers to be a DHCP server (instead of the router), whiile allowing all computers to access the Internet? Also, how would I configure the other server to host VPN connections? Any insight would be greatly appreciated

Paul Yhonquea

 

[Brian Oakes [MSFT]]

You actually have plenty of options here. First I would take the DSL
Connection and plug it into your choice to routers. Really those are about
the same, but one is wireless and the other handles VPN connections. Either
way, we can have the W2K box handle VPN Connections so the Wireless would be
my choice.

So we have the DSL Modem plugged into the Wan port of the router. On the
router I would disable DHCP and enable a port forward for TCP/1723 and GRE
47 to the Internal IP Address of the Windows 2000 Server that will be your
VPN Server. (Of course make sure the router can handle this). Also on the
W2K server, configure it to provide DHCP for the internal environment.

You really have plenty of options, if you wanted 1 server to be DHCP and the
other to be VPN, just configure the port forward as needed.

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Brian Oakes

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I have the following:

2 Servers, running Windows 2000 Server (ready to be configured)
- One of the Servers (domain controller) has 2 NIC's; the other has one NIC

1 Laptop running Windows XP Professional

1 Linksys BEFVP41 VPN router (w/4-port switch built-in)

1 Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless Router (w/built-in 4-port switch)

1 DSL connection (Westell Wirespeed DualConnect) from Bellsouth (1 port)

I originally had Windows XP Professional on one of the machines (currently

a server). The other server did not exist (construction was not complete).
I had the Westell set up as a DHCP server only handing out 1 IP address.
This address was used for the BEFVP41's WAN IP (192.168.1.253). The
BEFVP41's LAN IP was 10.251.1.1. It was serving as a DHCP server for the
internal network (10.251.1.100-150). Both of the BEFW11S4's IPs (WAN and
LAN) were static (WAN = 10.251.1.5; LAN = 10.251.1.10). DHCP was disabled
on the BEFW11S4. In order for me to get any internet connectivity to the
internal network, I had to forward all ports (0-65534; TCP and UDP) from the
Westell to the BEFVP41; in essence, it (the BEFVP41) was my external router.
In this configuration, any computer set up to obtain an IP address
automatically, can successfully connect to the Internet.

With 2 servers, what would be the best configuration (router setup) to

allow a domain to exist internally, and allow one of the servers to be a
DHCP server (instead of the router), whiile allowing all computers to access
the Internet? Also, how would I configure the other server to host VPN
connections? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.