Urgently, Help Needed!!! Setting up a Router/Firewall in Windows 2003 Server

[Guest]

I've got like 5 (2000 servers) and 1 (2003 server). The 2003 Server connects directly to the Broadband Internet through a DSL modem and ICS is enabled for the othe 2000 servers to get onto the Internet

I havent got a Router/Firewall, yet so I want to setup the 2003 Server as a router and also a firewall. Can you please give me a step-by-step I should take in setting up routing and firewall on the 2003 server so that all other server can connect succesfully to the Internet without enabling ICS on the DSL modem connected to the 2003 Server

Will I have to configure Routing? Here is my email address, would be glad if someone can provide step-by-step with screenshots in a Word Doc and email it to me with subject line Configuring Routing in Windows 2003 Server, Enterprise Edition. (e-mail address removed)

Thank you.

 

[Massimo]

I've got like 5 (2000 servers) and 1 (2003 server). The 2003 Server
connects directly to the Broadband Internet through a DSL modem and ICS
is enabled for the othe 2000 servers to get onto the Internet.

I havent got a Router/Firewall, yet so I want to setup the 2003 Server as
a router and also a firewall. Can you please give me a step-by-step I
should take in setting up routing and firewall on the 2003 server so that
all other server can connect succesfully to the Internet without enabling
ICS on the DSL modem connected to the 2003 Server.

You need to tell if the Internet connection is a direct one (i.e. you simply
connect your network card to something and give the computer an IP address)
or some kind of PPPoE/PPPoA stuff (i.e. you have to create a RAS connection
which uses the ADSL modem).

Massimo

 

[Bill Grant]

As Massimo indicated, setting up the server as a NAT router is not the
hard part. The tricky bit can be getting RRAS to recognise your Internet
connection. If that works OK, the setup is easy - if fact, the wizard will
do it for you.

Just remember that you need to use your local DNS server, and you need
to modify that to forward to a public DNS server.