How to use ICS on WHS 2011

[KDoyle]

I had observed that it was not recommended to utilize the out dated WHS as a router. Has this had altered in WHS2011 or a hardware router is tranquil the correct method to go. The hardware router is your most excellent bet there is not anything sustained or maintained for ICS in WHS 2011. For the majority part, Mac OS X Server adds Exchange, Sharepoint, and a combine of additional and it is pleasant to haves in a business surroundings to the base OS X operating system. They are serious overkill for the home surroundings, although. As for hold up for PXE boot, receiving that to work is a real PITA for the average consumer, for the reason that of the wide range of consumer hardware obtainable, much of which does not even hold up PXE. If, on the other hand, you desire to Exchange, Sharepoint, and an all-Apple home, knock yourself out.

[RidD]

Additional than a lot of consumer systems do hold up it. If MS might make things easier the procedure sufficiently, it might be a real boon. How often do users lose the restore CD. Set the PC to boot to PXE in the BIOS, boot, acquire presented commencing from side to side a list of backed-up clients bonus if it defaulting to the system through the similar MAC address then after that you have to choose the backup to restore. I had guessed that the hold up for PXE in consumer hardware is approximately 50% to 75%, so there's a huge fraction that to facilitate does not support it. And each BIOS sustains or maintains it a diminutive differently, and requires different configuration to acquire it to work. Apple be able to do it, for the reason that Apple controls the platform, the hardware, and the arrangement thereof. When Microsoft conveys out a Microsoft branded system and withdraws Windows an OS with the intention of system builders and OEMs be able to install and ship which is what it might acquire for Microsoft to make things easier the procedure, I determine to switch to utilize Ubuntu on my desktops.

[TamaraAce]

I am steeping a bit away from the Lion Platform, at least exclusive of the server addon the prevalent piece that to facilitate I imagine has always been missing commencing from the MS Home Server platform is superior collaboration / syncing connecting the desktops. At present that our house is paired in essence from side to side the Connector software to the Home Server, it opens a gigantic world of Syncing. For illustration, each one of our systems has Outlook installed; being capable to coordinate a single Family or make sure that our favourites collections is obtainable across the systems might be a great addon. I have comprised and started playing around through the Publishing a calendar online and sharing it from side to side Office dot Com as and iCS other than there has to be a superior way for a home environment.

[Bhadran]

It's not totally clear to me accurately how your network is organize, but it sounds similar to you have comprised a PC acting as a router to permit you a cellular correlation to the Internet, then a separate router, then your server. This generates what is frequently called a double NAT circumstances, where each router in twist does it is own address translation. Simplest might be to replace the second router through a switch, then physically configure the system you are utilizing as a router to forward ports 80, 443, and 4125 (4125 is merely necessitate for WHS V1, not for WHS 2011) to your server. Your server determine to require a static IP address, or a DHCP condition, in this case. Failing that, forward the similar ports commencing from the PC to your router, then from your router to your server.

[Nicoloid]

I am configuration it right at present and it works extremely well even XBox is happy is similar to this, I have comprised one system which is working through Windows 7 Professional having two responsibilities, in this you have to attach to web over mobile network USB mobile stick commencing from side to side the 3.6 Mbit/sec download speed and make available web correlation to router it has wireless hold up to for laptops. The mobile correlation is shared utilizing Internet Connection Sharing. The XBox and WHS are associated to usual ports of router at the same time as the system mentioned in first position is connected to internet port of router this is the port where frequently ISP cable is associated. My router is Linksys WRT54G. The Windows 7 WHS and router have comprised static IP addresses, laptops acquire IP addresses commencing from DHCP provided by router at present the issue is that WHS imagines that to facilitate router is connected unswervingly to web and it be able to read external IP address commencing from the router. Router has nothing to do through exterior network in my case. I desire WHS to bind homeserver.net subdomain commencing from side to side the IP of mobile modem and as WHS is not capable to locate this address by itself I am attempting to locate a method how to set this address manually.