BT2700HGV making Server available to internet

[msaunders]

HI there I have a BT2700HGV router with the following settings

DHCP turned off

Router IP 192.168.1.254

Wireless: WPA2

Broadband IP network: Obtain IP address automatically

DNS: Obtain automatically

I have a block of 5 IP addresses

I have 5 client PCs on the network and 1 Small Business Server 2008 server

The Small Business Server is doing the following:

DHCP

DNS

SharePoint

Active Directory

Exchange 2007

Now all the clients can get out onto the internet but I am having trouble assigning one of my Static IPs to the Server.

When I log into the router and go to Settings > Lan > NAT & Address Allocation I can see the Server entry but when I try to change the Wan IP mapping to one of my public IPs I get the following error

Errors: For the public routed subinterface only wan IP mapping is allowed

When I look further down the list of devices I can see a internal device has a static IP assigned and it accessible from outside the network via port 81

Why cant I assign a static Ip to the Server?

Thanks

[msaunders]

Ok so I have just been told we do not need all 5 IPs so we are in the process of changing it to 1 Public IP

With just 1 Public Ip can I use my own router Say a Netgear 

[alastair]

yes,

you could have used it for 5 statics aswell

[msaunders · Accepted solution]

Hi Alastair

I have now got the server up and running with 1 public IP using a netgear DG834 router

I can port forward as expected.

Thanks for all your help 🙂

[Fiona]

Hi Msaunders,

I'm really happy to read you have managed to get this working and i am sure this post will help others who have a similar issue. Thanks for keeping us updated on the progress and Thank you Alastair for all your help with this.

Kind Regards

Fiona

BT Business Forum Moderator

[kay]

hi msaunders,

did you manage to get your network up and running? I am planning the same thing and I haven't got much experience in this specific technology.

I have a windows 2008 server

switch

bt business hub 2wire(2700HGV)

and around 10 client/computers

cheers,

Kay

[alastair]

kay,

post 33 says he has.

start a new thread if you need assistance

[msaunders]

Kay 

I had no end of problems with the 2wire router for some reason when we restarted the router is would lose its settings????

So in the end we got a netgear dg834 router and everything is working how it should