Hi!
We just received a new internet connection at our office (in northeastern Cambodia). The connection is working, but we have trouble with getting the clients on the network to access the connection.
The problem is the following: We have a Windows 2000 server with Active Directory, DHCP server, DNS server, etc.
When we got the new Internet connection we connected it to a router on the network. After doing that no one could still access the internet. In order for the clients to access the connection, we switched the DHCP server from the server to the router to see if it solved the problem. In one way it did, everyone could now access the Internet. But instead we got big problems with our domain. It took forever to login and communications with the server was very slow.
There are 2 possible problems as I see it:
1. Between the server and the main switch, we have a 1000 Mbps connection. When using the router as gateway, maybe all traffic goes through the router and then to the server, creating a bottle neck at the router, which is only 100 Mbps. But it feels like the speed should be enough anyway.
2. The domain controller wants to be primary default gateway and cannot function properly unless it is the default gateway.
The solution that comes to my mind is that all clients should go to the server first. If the address or name is not found there, the server should redirect them to the router and internet DNS servers. The problem is that I don’t know how to implement this.
Any help or small ideas would be appreciated!
Regards, Jeremia
We just received a new internet connection at our office (in northeastern Cambodia). The connection is working, but we have trouble with getting the clients on the network to access the connection.
The problem is the following: We have a Windows 2000 server with Active Directory, DHCP server, DNS server, etc.
When we got the new Internet connection we connected it to a router on the network. After doing that no one could still access the internet. In order for the clients to access the connection, we switched the DHCP server from the server to the router to see if it solved the problem. In one way it did, everyone could now access the Internet. But instead we got big problems with our domain. It took forever to login and communications with the server was very slow.
There are 2 possible problems as I see it:
1. Between the server and the main switch, we have a 1000 Mbps connection. When using the router as gateway, maybe all traffic goes through the router and then to the server, creating a bottle neck at the router, which is only 100 Mbps. But it feels like the speed should be enough anyway.
2. The domain controller wants to be primary default gateway and cannot function properly unless it is the default gateway.
The solution that comes to my mind is that all clients should go to the server first. If the address or name is not found there, the server should redirect them to the router and internet DNS servers. The problem is that I don’t know how to implement this.
Any help or small ideas would be appreciated!
Regards, Jeremia