Comments on: Deploying Windows Small Business Server 2008

By: Muhr

Muhr — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:14:21 +0000

I need help in resolving these issues: I have 2 new servers with SBS 2008 Installation package. I connected both servers to a router and each has an IP address. I used the first dvd 64 bit for the first server and used a fourth dvd which is 64 bit labelled for additional server for the second server. After the installation, the second server is not shown in the MyBusiness ........SBSServer folder in the first server. I am unable to join the second server to the domain. I have gone through the installations instructions about SBS installation of second server at the Microsoft support links. I have read these from A-Z and followed the steps indicted. I will like someone to give me suggestion on how to resolve these problems. I have resolved DNS issue with the first server. I am using 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2 as IPs. Subnet is 255.255.255.0, Gateway as 192.168.0.10

When I use nslookup, it points to the first server with its IP.

By: David

David — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:55:16 +0000

John great site thanks. I have a question. I would like to disable DHCP server on SBS 2008 long enough to get some things configured before calling files from the old server. Is this possible? Is it a good idea? I know that I may run into problems if I try to connect the new server to the network while the old server is still running if they both try to manage DHCP.

By: John Fox

John Fox — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:40:59 +0000

I am deploying sbs 2008 in a old windows 2000 network and it has a unix machine on the network and it uses a 221.21.21.0 subnet and as im working thru this configuration i finding that sbs will not allow you to use any other subnet but 192.168.1.0 is there a work around for this problem.

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:58:16 +0000

For Steve I was having the same problem. Found it was caused by AVG anti virus installed on the server.

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:56:31 +0000

Trying to access the sql server data on the second server via vpn. Is there a procedure for implmenting this?

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:19:57 +0000

I ran into that problem but it was because i also had a wireless router connected as well. Once i disconnected that it found my main router and was able to complete the connection wizard.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:31:49 +0000

Hi John,

I am pulling my hair out with the connect to internet wizard in SBS 2008. Here is my problem. I connect to the internet with my Dlink 615 Router. When I run the wizard for sbs 2008 to connect to the internet it asks me to turn off my dhcp server on the router. So I login to 192.168.0.1 and turn it off. Then I run the connect to internet wizard again and it says it cannot find a router, so the only way it seems it can find it is if it is turned off? Have you ever come across this?

Thank you

By: John R. Pattison

John R. Pattison — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:27:17 +0000

Anthony,

I can't think of any problem using Open DNS with SBS 2008. You would just need to go into the DNS management console and configure your server with the proper forwarders to relay external DNS requests through OpenDNS instead of using root hints.

Best of luck,

John R. Pattison

By: anthony pittarelli

anthony pittarelli — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:29:34 +0000

can you still use a service like open dns with sbs 2008?

By: A

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:53:09 +0000

Thanks so much for the prompt reply!

Makes more sense to me now...but what if I manually enter the SBS IP address to the DNS entries on the client computers.

I will still have to turn DHCP off on the router because the fix it wizards will not run later on...

Yes I also think SBS is able to switch off a router's DHCP server.

Thanks again!