trying to share internet using win2k3 rras

[user3657]

ok im trying to get a windows 2003 server to share its internet access. i have another pc connected to it using 2 nics. i started it at 12am, and thought it was going to be no problem but now its 4:35am and still dont have it working!! lol


i set up rras as a nat, it installs and configs. at the end it shows the ip range it will asign. however the xp box is not getting an ip address.
"Clients on the local-area network will be assigned IP addresses from the following range:network address:192.168.0.0; network mask 255.255.0.0" doesnt this mean that the xp box should get an ip?


i set up dchp manually. after this the xp box gets an ip address from the pool i set manually using the dchp service.

at either stage, i can browse the server's files from the xp box. its pingable too.


ive been playing with settings all night, i still cant get it to work. when the xp box has an ip, and i try to use the web on it, i think it is using my internal dnsing. so i tried to manually mess with the xp's box tci/ip settings, thinking if i used the servers ip as the gateway, etc.


someone, please help me! i also tried sharing the connection using "share this connection". the xp box wouldnt grab an ip address though(but it would update the second nic to 192.168.0.1). i dont think i can use this even if it did work, i plan on hosting a website with dns and if im currect you cant using sharing and have dns running.

the server has 2 nics, one connected to the internet and connected to the xp box

 

[dberg35]

Witch box has 2 nics? Do you have a router or network switch setp also? If the server has the 2 nics and the internet is going into one and the other to the XP box, then highlight both nics right click and select bridge.

 

[Stevehewitt]

Normal config is something like:


Win2k3 Box
|_NIC 1 goes to router/modem/WAN etc.
|_NIC 2 goes to LAN switch

Have RRAS setup as NAT

Use as default gateway on clients for external web access. (make sure DNS is setup correctly though)



Steve.

"They have the internet on computers now!" - Homer Simpson

 

[user3657]

ya the server has 2 nics. this is as big as the network is goint to get so id rather not buy a router/switch.

 

[user3657]

what kind of dns zone would i set up, and what do i use as a gateway?

 

[user3657]

i got it to work, i put my isps dns server into the dns box of the xp system and i have net access now.

somebody give me a beer.