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Mike Hagstrom
Asked: 2013-02-01 18:19:30 +0800 CST

Small Business Server Standard 2011 Acting As A Router/Firewall or Connected Via Switch

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Using Small Business Server Standard 2011, what is the preferred best practice for a group of about 15 computers.

To use it as the router/firewall and have it be assigning DHCP, or have it connected with the rest of the network via a switch?

switch

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  1. SBS 2003 used to ship with ISA Server which would allow you to use the SBS box as a firewall/gateway.

    It is no longer supported to have SBS 2018 or SBS 2011 as an edge device. Thus your only option is to have the SBS sit on the network like a normal server would and have something else provide your internet connection.

    The internet device can be "dumb" - in that you don't need to use its DHCP or WiFi, you can still (and should) have SBS serve your DHCP requests.

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