Hey Gang, I would like to run two individual IP addresses from my cable connection. Time Warner has told me I can do this with a 2nd modem, which I am probably going to do. The situation is that my IT guy died in July and my mail server/web server have been at his house, I have moved them today, but need to have a 2nd dedicated IP address to get it up and working at my house. The reason I need two, is that I want to VPN into it, or could I just set it up inside the existing Modem/router and have my email connect to it automatically INSIDE the network? Also, I have no password for the server, he died and the password went with him.....it is running Windows Sever 2003, if anyone knows how to bypass or reset the password on the administrator account that would be most helpful as well. Thanks, DD
Two things. 1) To remove the admin password, try this: http://www.loginrecovery.com/ 2) I don't see why you need two static IP addresses. You could just connect a hardware VPN (such as one of these http://www.dlink.com/products/category.asp?cid=9&sec=0 ) within your network.
Have you tried PW recovery? As for 2 IPs.....if I get the password, I may not need that etc. But I would have to set my current router to allow Email and internet traffic to access our web page. The extra modem/router would allow me to just plug and play....... DD
For the password recovery ... I heard the OphCrack works well (though I've never used it). For the two IP's / VPN ... I would get a single IP, use the router to port forward the services (port 80 goes to the web server, ports 25 110 and whatever other ports you use go to the email server.... if they are seperate). Those servers would use a static IP, while you could continue to play as normal with your machines....... What is the reason you want VPN? If it's to have remote (desktop) access to just the boxes, you could setup port forwarding on the router for the RDP ports that you use .... or VNC ... or another remote control app.... It sounds like you already checked, but if you didn't you may want to verify that you can (under the ISP's terms) host a web-server and email server.
I didn't ask if I can host an email or webserver, but when I talked to Time Warner I told them I wanted a web server and that was the reason for the 2nd IP addy. I probably do not need the 2nd IP, but would need to know which ports to open up for email and VPN and external access to the web server. I could just point them to an internal IP, as long as I hard coded the IP into the server box...say like 192. 168.1.199 or something, Right? DD
FrancisFan is on the right track with the port-forwarding. All you need is one static IP address from you service provider, not too. I use a Linux boot disk that removes the NT admin password. I don't remember the sight that I got it from.
For webserver: 80 is default For Email: 25 SMTP; 110 POP; 143 IMAP; I use SuddenLink for cable internet and port 25 is blocked for me Your setup would look like: I'm not sure what VPN you're using .. so I can't speak to any of those ports or additional router setup that may be required. If you really want VPN, it may be easier (i.e. cheaper to use a hardware device like WildSweet&Cool said) ... eBay has some nice ones for under $200 ... playing around with software VPN's could take you a few hours to setup. The easiest solution is to enable Remote Desktop on the server, then forward port 3389 from the router....
You guys are being very helpful. The reason I am thinking of getting the 2nd IP addy is that the mail/web server is already configured to run and I believe I could just plug it into a linksys router and give the router the proper IP it is looking for 192.168.10.40 and away I go. Of course I would have to change the DNS routing at Domain Register, but it would get me up and running right away. At least in theory.....what I don't know though is what settings I would need on the linksys router to allow incomming and outgoing mail. Or if I decided to forgo a 2nd IP address, could I simply setup my email that is currently using VPN to simply look inside my own network? And if so, I still have the same questions, what ports would I have to open and dedicate to the email/web server? Thanks. DD
And I've found that a hardware device (as opposed to a computer) is immensely better. Lower cost, easier to configure, easier to maintain, reboot is faster, fewer conflicts, more reliable.... just a better solution overall.
But the computer is already configured for VPN and all my laptops work with it as well. So I would prefer to keep it as intact as it is...and go from there. DD
DD- you need the DD-WRT firmware on your router. Check their wikki for compatability. It gives you enterprise-type functionality on a $60 router. I love it.
I was thinking of switching over to that, I hate the linksys' firmware, and it is really slow to get to the admin page now. How hard is it to switch to the WRT firmware? DD
It's as easy as updating your firmware. First you make sure that you have a compatible modem. Then follow a tutorial. There are several of them out there. Here's the one that turned me on to DD-WRT. Here's another that I found on Google Really easy. It also has built-in VPN server (NOT passthrough), tons of security, etc. I'm pretty whiped out or I would be able to use my brain farther than google to expound on more of it's virtues. Bottom line: much better than the Linksys firmware.
For webserver: 80 is default For Email: 25 SMTP; 110 POP; 143 IMAP; VPN: Not sure what VPN you're using ... I'm guessing it's the MS built-in .. if that is the case:
DaDa, once you have your setup complete, and it's easy to get to the appropriate service remotely, don't forget you can get a DNS entry from www.dyndns.com so you can call your service with a name instead of IP. For example, if you're hosting webpages with a photo album, and you want to dial it faster from any browser in the world, you would set up: PC 2 - web server, mail server, etc., with internal address 10.100.100.2 Router - port forward web service (port 80 or whatever you configure in IIS or Apache) to that PC 2 DynDyns - dadakota.myphotos.cc routes to your DYNAMIC IP on your router and then to PC2. Newer LinkSys routers have a Dynamic DNS page on their administration web GUI to log in to DynDns auto-magically. A dyndns host is just easier than having to remember some long IP.
I am thinking about just getting a CoLo deal and just putting my web server and Email server somewhere else. Is it possible to use Outlook to access offsite email? Do those generally work as a server or is it a pull type of deal where the mail gets pulled down when accessed? The reason I ask is I do a lot of traveling and having crucial "older" mail available to access by my laptop is invaluable. Also, can you have one email that gets email from 2 different email addresses? Thanks DD
You sound more and more like cost is no factor and you're just throwing money at it to get a solution.
My boss uses 1and1.com for web hosting, and has been looking at their exchange program. For 6.95 a month you can get an exchange account with 1gb space. You CAN use Outlook with both gmail and hotmail, too.
