Hello all,
I'm interested in hearing from anyone who's using 10.3.5 server as a router
and DHCP server for a network with NAT turned on from the server admin.
What are you looking to hear?
<broken-record>
While you can certainly do this it is strongly recommended that you
don't since a cheap NAT router offers better ROI, easier management,
and better uptime. A $3000 server rarely is a good substitute for a
$9 appliance. Yep, cheap NAT routers are going for this price at your
local computer supermarket after rebates (base prices are around $40)
and can be set up in five minutes.
</broken-record>
Unfortunately it seems it is not possible to run the setup assistant again
without reinstalling the OS.
No, you just need to nuke the one file that says it's been run. But
this isn't necessary. You just need to configure NAT, ipfw, and the
like in Server Admin.
I have the server connected to the internet via the onboard ethernet (static
IP DSL connection with no PPoE required) and the PCI ethernet set to private
address range. I setup the DHCP service and this seems to work ok as the
clients get all the correct info. I then set NAT to share the onboard
ethernet connection and turned it on but no traffic is getting past to the
net.
Have you enabled the firewall?
I just read on Apple's site that firewall needs to be turned on for NAT
to work (this like all the other services was turned off) and I'm hoping
that is the missing link here.
Well "required" does imply that, yes.
I am not able to get to the server till
tomorrow to test this but I would like to hear from someone who already has
this working to make sure I don't waste any more time setting this up as I'm
charging my client by the hour.
The procedure for setting this up is documented in the Admin Guides.
Reading it and then asking questions about what you don't understand
would seem to be the most logical step than asking us to repeat the
documentation.
There are lots of articles on the net about
setting up NAT in X server but they are all relating to pre 10.3.5 where the
NAT function is built into the admin (about time).
While many ppl think that the "point" releases are just upgrades;
they are in fact major releases of new versions of OS X 10. Each
represent vastly different kernels, operations and other "guts".
I can turn my hand to
command line but I want this thing to work like a Mac should!
Which means what?
My previous
experience with X server has not been positive and I'm hoping they have got
it right now.
The only person who can get it "right" is your sysadmin. Try talking to them.
I find it very puzzling that this feature (NAT) which seems
such a basic requirement for a small business server and can be turned on
with one checkbox in OS X client can be so difficult to implement in Apple's
server offering.
They perform vastly broader functions.
--
-dhan
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