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April 13th, 2004 19:00
Need help with 2016 at work.
We recently upgraded here at work,(new dell pcs, new powerconnect 2016) and my boss wants me to do 2 things, figure out how to connect to machines here at work remotely, and how to set up an ftp server for our clients to use to send us files. All the machines, including the main server have internal ips(192.168.etc). The user manual is less than informative, im also curious about if im able to connect to the switch like i would a router(via http://192.168.0.1 for one i have at home) Please point me in the right direction.
I dont have the necessary knowledge to guide myself through doing this alone and im hoping someone here can help me.
Thanks for your input.
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PiGGX
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April 13th, 2004 19:00
btw, we have one external ip here at work. Its not like it is of course at my house, where i have a hub, and ICS(internet connection sharing) going to the hub from my server(celeron 533 LOL). But it works and has been good for 7 much faster machines going through it for a few years now. Each machine is assigned its own ip from windows dhcp(winxp).
Also here at work we are running windows 2003 server. Im sure that will have some sort of an influence on the advice i might be getting.
GregG1
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April 13th, 2004 21:00
The PowerConnect 2016 is simply a Layer 2 switch. It provides network communication between clients on the same LAN (Local Area Network).
1. It is an unmanaged switch, so there is no management interface via any method (console, http, telnet, etc.).
2. It forwards traffic based on Layer 2 MAC addresses only. It has no Network Address Translation (NAT) or routing functions, so it cannot provide multiple clients access to the internet from a cable/dsl modem with a single internet IP address.
To forward traffic destined for an internal FTP server, you would need a router/firewall that uses port translation to send all traffic with destination port 21 (and most likely port 20) to your FTP server. To connect to your local machines across the internet, the best solution would be to configure a Virtual Private Network (VPN). VPNs can be either software- or hardware-based.
PiGGX
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April 14th, 2004 12:00
thanks for the advice, now i know where to start