Confusing title I know, but here's the situation :
On a network with SBS2000 or just plain win2000, you can use ISA server to provide internet access (not just web browser) for the network of, say, 5 clients.
However, since a rebuild over the summer, nothing in the way of games or fancy stuff has worked. I can only assume that before the rebuild, the ISA server was blown wide open port-wise, and that now despite many attempts I just can't get the right ports open. Having many instant messengers and other file transfering thigns use dynamic ports makes it even harder!
The easy life is a software firewall, you just say 'yes' to an application and it handles the rest. Why can't ISA do this?! With ISA, you don't even get a log parser, so there's NO easy way to see what ports are being blocked from what pc's or ip's etc. So I have no help in trying to get anything working again!
My options are these :
1 - Someone points me to a log parser for ISA and instructions on how to run it as sweet as a software firewall.
2 - I use SBS2003 instead, and someone points me to a log parser for ISA and instructions on how to run it as sweet as a software firewall.
3 - I use win2003 instead, and someone points me to a log parser for ISA and instructions on how to run it as sweet as a software firewall.
4 - Someone points out it is better to get a cable modem router (yaknow the home sort, 4 port hub) and use software firewalls and a different way to setup net sharing? (don't you have to setup the router the same way you'd setup ISA anyway?)
5 - Anything else anyone can brighten my life with? Argh!
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Leozack
On a network with SBS2000 or just plain win2000, you can use ISA server to provide internet access (not just web browser) for the network of, say, 5 clients.
However, since a rebuild over the summer, nothing in the way of games or fancy stuff has worked. I can only assume that before the rebuild, the ISA server was blown wide open port-wise, and that now despite many attempts I just can't get the right ports open. Having many instant messengers and other file transfering thigns use dynamic ports makes it even harder!
The easy life is a software firewall, you just say 'yes' to an application and it handles the rest. Why can't ISA do this?! With ISA, you don't even get a log parser, so there's NO easy way to see what ports are being blocked from what pc's or ip's etc. So I have no help in trying to get anything working again!
My options are these :
1 - Someone points me to a log parser for ISA and instructions on how to run it as sweet as a software firewall.
2 - I use SBS2003 instead, and someone points me to a log parser for ISA and instructions on how to run it as sweet as a software firewall.
3 - I use win2003 instead, and someone points me to a log parser for ISA and instructions on how to run it as sweet as a software firewall.
4 - Someone points out it is better to get a cable modem router (yaknow the home sort, 4 port hub) and use software firewalls and a different way to setup net sharing? (don't you have to setup the router the same way you'd setup ISA anyway?)
5 - Anything else anyone can brighten my life with? Argh!
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Leozack
Code:
MakeUniverse($infinity,1,42);