I'm using Cat 5 UTP cables from both the server and client into the switch. Right now, I'm thinking that all WHS is, is a glorified back-up agent. If' I'd have known that I would have never invested in the technology software and hardware-wise. And if someone tells me that a pentium 4 3. Windows 7 RC ran flawlessly on that machine, registering a 6.
So it is NOT the machine! Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. Windows Home Server Hardware and Installation. Sign in to vote. Wednesday, August 19, PM. I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. I can get the idea of using a switch and crossover ethernet cable, but the whole concept of DHCP is foreign to me.
Thursday, August 20, AM. As long as there's no DHCP server your router, typically, performs this function for your home network on the "lan", both your client and your server will use APIPA Automatic Private IP Addressing and will wind up on the same subnet, so they'll see each other. Thursday, August 20, PM. Ah, is this the same thing as ICS? Or is it more complicated than that? I tried connecting my modem's ethernet cable directly into my PC and then connected my server's ethernet cable into another ethernet port on my PC Are there settings that must be changed?
If so, where? On the PC or Server? Monday, August 24, PM. You should use a router to connect to the Internet, then connect both your server and your home computer s to the router or to a switch connected to the router.
I thought you were asking about the case where you want to connect your server and a home computer directly with no other network available. The Reason I'm asking about this is I have everything connected to a router now. The reason we had to go with this router was to connect our Dish Network DVR to the internet wirelessly. Their specifications required this 'particular brand' router. Transfers snail along, via the router, at speeds of meg a sec. I know this can be speeded up. I have NO other computers attached via any network in the house, and never needed a router to begin with, so all this seems so pointless.
The purpose of forwarding ports is to make a direct connection from the internet to Windows Home Server. By default routers do not allow incoming network requests. By forwarding a port you can overcome this limitation. To find your router's IP address the easy way you can use our free Router Detector software. It is part of our Network Utilities suite of tools and is free for you to use it.
Click Advanced Sharing. Check the box that says Share this folder. Give your shared folder a name. This is what will show up in File Explorer, not the actual folder name. Click Permissions. Remove the user Everyone. You can only add users that have an account on this computer. It can be a Microsoft account or a local account. Click Check Names to verify the account. If everything is good, click OK. The default permission is read only. Full Control means the user can also modify permissions.
Choose your allowed permissions then click OK. Click OK again to close out the window. Now, navigate to the shared folder. Repeat this procedure for each user. This is one area where I will greatly miss Windows Home Server. WHS let you set up Remote Web Access, which was pretty much a web site you logged into to access your files when you were away from home. VPN stands for virtual private network , and provides end-to-end encryption to keep your files secure. The drawback is that you will need access to a VPN server on your network.
There are many different ways to achieve this, but that goes beyond the scope of this article. Open up File Explorer. Type in the UNC path name i. One of the advantages of WHS was the ability to stream movies, shows, and music over the internet. There are three steps for you to complete. The first step in configuring your network is to determine the IP addresses of your Windows Home Server and your router gateway.
The final step in configuring your network is to verify that your Windows Home Server has a static IP address. Typical home routers have DHCP enabled. Your home server receives its IP address from the router and, because it is a dynamic IP address, the home server IP address can change. A changing IP address will break router firewall settings you set up as directed later in this article. A static IP address for your home server will ensure that firewall settings will continue to work and network traffic will continue to reach your home server.
Once you have determined IP addresses, verified communication, and set Windows Home Server to a static IP address, you are ready to configure your router to allow remote access. Many broadband routers designed for home use support Universal Plug and Play UPnP — a standard that simplifies router setup. Check your product documentation for UPnP support. If your router does not support UPnP, you must manually configure your router to forward the following ports to the IP address of your Windows Home Server:.
A typical router-configuration page includes a table that looks similar to the following one, assuming the IP address of your home server is Follow the first two steps in the General Directions to verify your network is properly configured.
Then, configure your home server with a static IP address. Windows Home Server will attempt to automatically configure the Linksys router to forward Web site requests to your home server. Windows Home Server will run the configuration test to verify network settings. Model: RP Version: 4 Firmware: 1. You must manually configure your router to forward the following ports to the IP address of your Windows Home Server:.
However, initial tests using UPnP to configure the router were not successful. You should use manual configuration. Model: X20e Firmware: There are two ways to set a static IP address for your home server: reserve an IP address on the Firebox X20e router, or set the IP address of the home server to be a static IP address.
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