Hello everyone, I hope someone can help me. I've setup 1 Windows Sever with DHCP, DNS and AD and as a domain controller. The rest of the machines are WinXP Pro. DHCP assigns the IPs for the WinXP machines (10.0.0.10 - 10.0.0.40) to keep the network private. I disable the DHCP on the router to accomplish this. I can join the domain (called OCL.local) on the XP machine (although, logon is very slow). So far it's Ok. This is the LAN on the first NIC. I also have a DSL line coming into the room that I want to run into the second NIC. The DSL connection uses PPPoE. I have a few questions. 1. Can Windows Sever be setup to authenticate the PPPoE logon information from my ISP (just like a broadband router does)? and... 2. Can I share this Internet connection through the LAN I currently have setup or does my LAN require a different setup to accept a shared Internet connection? Thanks for all your help guys. Greg

1) I'm pretty sure you can setup your PPPoE connection to the server. I can't verify for sure as around here DSL/Cable is not PPPoE and doesn't require any login/authentication to connect (lucky us!). However, I'm sure Bill and his programmers were aware of PPPoE so it's likely they made server capable of connecting to it. 2) Yes you can. You have two choices for sharing your internet....either a) ICS, or, b) RRAS with NAT enabled. For ICS to work though, you'ld have to use the Class C private IP addressing scheme with your LAN NIC on the server having the IP address: 192.168.0.1 (this would be automatically applied to the LAN NIC when you enable ICS on the external NIC). If you use RRAS/NAT, you can use the Class A private IP's you're using now but setup is a little more complex. However, RRAS works better in my estimation.

Thanks for all your help CurtR. I'm going to try what you suggested and see if that works. Thanks again. Greg

Greg, if you can post back after you've tried the above I'd really appreciate it, as I've been trying to enable ICS in 2003 Server without success. (the option is not there to enable it). I can get it working fine in XP, but not 2003, even though they are both running on the same PC. I'm told that this may be something to do with the fact when running 2003, my machine is acting as a domain controller. thanks < insert profound, thought-provoking statement here >

I've got ICS running on mine....on dialup though, not highspeed (I live out in the country too far for any highspeed). I enabled ICS on my 2003 server by going into the property sheet for the dialup connection and clicking on the Advanced Tab (same place as you enable the built-in firewall). It should be the exact same for highspeed.....go into the property sheet for the external NIC and enable it on the Advanced Tab for that connection.

Yeah that's how i did it in XP, but there's no Advanced tab in the Network connection properties in 2003 Server. (even though both OS's are using exactly the same hardware, as it's a dual boot). Weird huh? < insert profound, thought-provoking statement here >

Dannyboy, on my machine, I'm able to select ICS through Advacned on the Properties of the NIC. There's a little check box to enable ICS. But I haven't done that yet. I'm trying to use CurtR's other method using RRA. So far, this is what I have. I have my domain setup and I can log in from the XP clients. I have the internet coming to the 2nd NIC through PPPoE. I can surf the net fine. I'm on it right now on the 2003 machine. Problem is, what do I do now to get it to the XP clients? On the private NIC on the 2003 machine, I'm 10.0.0.10 with a default gateway of 192.168.2.1. But I can get on the net without any problem. Is that normal? That was the only way I could configure it to get on the net. When I go to the RRA screen, under IP Routing, I have Loopback, LAN (priavte NIC), Internet (DSL connection), and Internal. I don't understand how I'm connected now, nor how to get the clients connected. So now, one NIC is 192.168.2.10, etc. If I use a gateway of 192.168.2.1 on the private nic (10.0.0.10) I see the net. Help.. now what can I do so the XP clients see the net too. Thanks guys. Greg