Internet access with XP Home on a SBS 2008 Domain

I have a client that is using SBS 2008. They also have visitors that use XP
Home. That is the problem!
When they plug their XP Home laptops into the network to get access to the
internet thay get "Network cable uplugged"
We are not trying to join the computers to the domain, just access the
internet.
Question, how do I configure the SBS 2008 to allow this??
and why dose it say that a Network cable is unplugged When everthing else is
OK??
Regards Doug

Hi Doug:

The symptom you are describing does not ring any bells. The fact that the
lappy is XP Home should not be relevent to whether or not the system reconizes
the presence of a network link.

What is on the other end of that cable?

How many users have been affected?

What steps have you taken to remedy?

The first that I would try are a new cable and a different port in the device
at the other end of the cable.

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> I have a client that is using SBS 2008. They also have visitors that
> use XP
> Home. That is the problem!
> When they plug their XP Home laptops into the network to get access to
> the
> internet thay get "Network cable uplugged"
> We are not trying to join the computers to the domain, just access the
> internet.
> Question, how do I configure the SBS 2008 to allow this??
> and why dose it say that a Network cable is unplugged When everthing
> else is
> OK??
> Regards Doug

I would think you would want to keep the "visitor laptops" off the SBS 2008
network entirely, possibly by putting a network switch ahead of the current
router and then having one Ethernet cable go to that router's WAN port and
another go to an inexpensive consumer wireless router used for Internet
Access for laptop guests.

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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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> I have a client that is using SBS 2008. They also have visitors that use
> XP
> Home. That is the problem!
> When they plug their XP Home laptops into the network to get access to the
> internet thay get "Network cable uplugged"
> We are not trying to join the computers to the domain, just access the
> internet.
> Question, how do I configure the SBS 2008 to allow this??
> and why dose it say that a Network cable is unplugged When everthing else
> is
> OK??
> Regards Doug

Yes, I agree with Merv.

I would consider keeping visitors off the internet connection entirely.

If one of them carries in a rouge SMTP server and blasts out 500 emails in
a few minutes your ISP will shut down your connection, and that is the good
news. You can remedy that by calling the ISP and sending that lappy home.
But to clean up the mess on the many block lists that will keep your email
from going where it is meant to go will be a real PITA.

Don't know what the minimum charge for inet access is where you are, but
you might consider a separate connection just for visitors. That $39/mo
for visitors may be one of the best things you can buy if you are dependent
on a steady outflow of mail.
-
Larry
Please post the resolution to your
issue so others may benefit
-
Get Your SBS Health Check at
www.sbsbpa.com


> I would think you would want to keep the "visitor laptops" off the SBS
> 2008 network entirely, possibly by putting a network switch ahead of
> the current router and then having one Ethernet cable go to that
> router's WAN port and another go to an inexpensive consumer wireless
> router used for Internet Access for laptop guests.
>
> "itinfo" <> wrote in message
> news:56BE5A4E-FFB8-48BD-AB1F-...
>
>> I have a client that is using SBS 2008. They also have visitors that
>> use
>> XP
>> Home. That is the problem!
>> When they plug their XP Home laptops into the network to get access
>> to the
>> internet thay get "Network cable uplugged"
>> We are not trying to join the computers to the domain, just access
>> the
>> internet.
>> Question, how do I configure the SBS 2008 to allow this??
>> and why dose it say that a Network cable is unplugged When everthing
>> else
>> is
>> OK??
>> Regards Doug

doug

If it says unplugged it proberly is !!!!
Try a new access point or flylead.