civic00typer
Gawd
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- Dec 5, 2003
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Without a network administration background, I am having a little trouble figuring out the most reliable method to reconfigure the following network. I recently inherited this network, I would have done things differently.
Network 1
- DSL Gateway with NAT to Router/Firewall (72.xxx.xxx.xxx external, 192.168.1.254 interal)
- Linksys RV0041 Router Firewall to server and 1 client (192.168.1.254 WAN interface, 192.168.10.1 on LAN interface)
- Dell Server with Dual NIC (192.168.10.10 NIC 1, 10.10.1.1 NIC 2) - Network interfaces are not bridged, no NAT. Purpose is to isolate clients on 10.10.1.xxx from the internet, but allow for incoming connections via RDP from the server.
- 8x client computers on 10.10.1.11 with no internet access
Network 2
- DSL Gateway with NAT running to a switch
- All clients have internet access
I am going to recommend moving to a bonded cable model connection or doing a load balancing scheme between two connections. One idea I have is to run the WAN connections to the server (utilizing both NICs), install a third NIC for the local network and figuring out how to use ISA for NAT to block the client computers from the internet on Network 1 and allow the clients from Network 2. Without any prior experience with ISA... I am concerned about the difficulty and feasibility of that setup. Another solution I am thinking about involves the use of a router with multiple networks. However, I dont' know how to configure everything to meet the above criteria... I don't even know where to start when it comes to finding the right router to run multiple networks, allow access to the WAN for some of the clients, block WAN access to others, and make sure all can see the file server. Any ideas? There are only 20 clients at this particular location, including the file server.
Network 1
- DSL Gateway with NAT to Router/Firewall (72.xxx.xxx.xxx external, 192.168.1.254 interal)
- Linksys RV0041 Router Firewall to server and 1 client (192.168.1.254 WAN interface, 192.168.10.1 on LAN interface)
- Dell Server with Dual NIC (192.168.10.10 NIC 1, 10.10.1.1 NIC 2) - Network interfaces are not bridged, no NAT. Purpose is to isolate clients on 10.10.1.xxx from the internet, but allow for incoming connections via RDP from the server.
- 8x client computers on 10.10.1.11 with no internet access
Network 2
- DSL Gateway with NAT running to a switch
- All clients have internet access
I am going to recommend moving to a bonded cable model connection or doing a load balancing scheme between two connections. One idea I have is to run the WAN connections to the server (utilizing both NICs), install a third NIC for the local network and figuring out how to use ISA for NAT to block the client computers from the internet on Network 1 and allow the clients from Network 2. Without any prior experience with ISA... I am concerned about the difficulty and feasibility of that setup. Another solution I am thinking about involves the use of a router with multiple networks. However, I dont' know how to configure everything to meet the above criteria... I don't even know where to start when it comes to finding the right router to run multiple networks, allow access to the WAN for some of the clients, block WAN access to others, and make sure all can see the file server. Any ideas? There are only 20 clients at this particular location, including the file server.