Windows 2000 server RE: [lug] NIC Question

[LittleViggy at alum.manhattan.edu]

I'm assuming that Win2k Server is similar to Win2K Workstation as far as 
networking goes.

I'm not familar with Hugh's Networks Sat Modem, but if you have to setup a 
"dial-up" connection (i.e. it's a PPP over Sat. connection), then you should be 
able to use Microsoft's ICS, "Internet Connection Sharing" option.  Select the 
dial-up connection in the "Network and Dial Up Connections" control panel 
applet.  Right click on the dial-up connection, and bring up "Properties".  
Now, select the "Sharing" tab, and turn on "Internet Connection Sharing".  If I 
remember correctly, Windows will assign IP addys to *ALL* machines on your LAN, 
and wa-la, you're on line.  I briefly looked around at this feature, and it 
looks like it will only work with dial-up connections, and only one dial-up 
conection at a time.

Personally, I've heard mixed things about ICS.  Some people get it working 
great, some don't.  Also, I'm running Win98 on one of my machines, and ICS in 
Win98 was very shoddy.  So, I went and purchased NAT32 (http://www.nat32.com).  
It's a great little NAT program that runs on all Windows machines.  It's not 
limited to dial-up connections, and the Plus version will support up to 8 
adapters.  It even has built in packet tracing to track down problems.

Good luck on whatever route you take.

Viggy

Fred Robinson wrote:
> 
> jd,
> Unfortunately I haven't found anyone to date who had info on a driver/Linux
> Daemon to run the Hugh's Networks Satellite modem.
> 
> As such I'm setting up a Windows 2000 box as the satellite interface/gateway
> and connecting my Linux box via Ethernet for Internet connectivity.
> 
> Conversely, you mentioned a NAT, I would expect the server to do DHCP with
> clients automatically?  Can anyone confirm that Windows 2000 will
> automatically do DHCP?
> 
> Does anyone have experience/advice for setting up a Windows 2000 server
> (proxy actually), I've never setup this configuration before?  Should it be
> as simple as connecting the W2K server to the Internet via the USB satellite
> modem, and connecting the server to the network PC via ethernet, and the
> server will negotiate an IP address with the client without any
> custom/specific configuration settings on the W2K server machine or network
> PC?
> 
>  Fred Robinson
> Operator, SIPFusion
>  
sipfusion

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