Hi
I recently aquired a Dell poweredge600c box onto which I've had server2003 and exchange 2003 installed.
I've been quoted to have the box installed on my home network, but I'm running out of budget so I'd like to have a crack at it myself and hopefully pick up some knowledge along the way.
I have a simple(ish) home network - most of which is either wireless or wired through the mains power network.
The Dell server has 1 NIC, but I have another I can install - I'm told I need 2.
I'm at a loss as to know where to start, ie, how to plug it all in, and from then how to configure it all.
I'm told the server needs to sit in the DMZ, this true? If so should I fit it with AV software? (recommendations here, please!)
Also the box is noisey, and might therefore live in the garage and need to be accessed remotely from another terminal in the house. This possible?
Could I get away with cabling the server into the modem/router via the mains electricity route or, better still, via a wireless router I have sat upstairs in a cupboard?
What would be really useful is if someone who has carried out a similar installation can offer advice, tips, pitfalls, etc. Also if I could be pointed in the direction of some kind of Exchange home-user for complete *****s guide, that too would be very useful.
I recently aquired a Dell poweredge600c box onto which I've had server2003 and exchange 2003 installed.
I've been quoted to have the box installed on my home network, but I'm running out of budget so I'd like to have a crack at it myself and hopefully pick up some knowledge along the way.
I have a simple(ish) home network - most of which is either wireless or wired through the mains power network.
The Dell server has 1 NIC, but I have another I can install - I'm told I need 2.
I'm at a loss as to know where to start, ie, how to plug it all in, and from then how to configure it all.
I'm told the server needs to sit in the DMZ, this true? If so should I fit it with AV software? (recommendations here, please!)
Also the box is noisey, and might therefore live in the garage and need to be accessed remotely from another terminal in the house. This possible?
Could I get away with cabling the server into the modem/router via the mains electricity route or, better still, via a wireless router I have sat upstairs in a cupboard?
What would be really useful is if someone who has carried out a similar installation can offer advice, tips, pitfalls, etc. Also if I could be pointed in the direction of some kind of Exchange home-user for complete *****s guide, that too would be very useful.