Win 2003 server switching internet

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Hi Everyone,

One of the sites I look after is running Win2003 server with a 512K ADSL1 connection that is going!
( Don't ask it just is :) ! )

It is being replaced with a 3G Mobile USB Wireless Internet Key Modem.

Yesterday I tried to install it on the server ( it is a Huawei model that self installs it's
software ), but it just didn't seem to 'see' it when plugged into USB on the server.

So I installed it on on of the workstations for the time being ( ADSL is still active until the end
of November )

My questions:

1) If I can't install it on the server, can I tell the rest of the network that the internet
source is via this USB modem on the workstation somehow ?

2) How do I get around the fact that we will be loosing a Static IP address via the ADSL account
and having a Dynamic IP address via the USB modem ?

TIA, Dave Porter
DJ Software
 
Re: Win 2003 server switching internet

To use it on the client, the client would need to act as a router. I don't
believe you can install RRAS on XP or Vista. But you could use ICS.

I had to do something similar to that once... provide internet access where
there was none. I used a Linksys router that had a slot for a Sprint
AirCard. It worked great. And, you could get a static IP from Sprint.

That would be a better option for a business network. But if you're stuck
with the Huawei device, maybe someone else here is familiar with that and
can help.


"Dave Porter" <dave@dj-software.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> One of the sites I look after is running Win2003 server with a 512K ADSL1
> connection that is going!
> ( Don't ask it just is :) ! )
>
> It is being replaced with a 3G Mobile USB Wireless Internet Key Modem.
>
> Yesterday I tried to install it on the server ( it is a Huawei model that
> self installs it's software ), but it just didn't seem to 'see' it when
> plugged into USB on the server.
>
> So I installed it on on of the workstations for the time being ( ADSL is
> still active until the end of November )
>
> My questions:
>
> 1) If I can't install it on the server, can I tell the rest of the
> network that the internet source is via this USB modem on the workstation
> somehow ?
>
> 2) How do I get around the fact that we will be loosing a Static IP
> address via the ADSL account and having a Dynamic IP address via the USB
> modem ?
>
> TIA, Dave Porter
> DJ Software
 
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