Re: Two SBS, different networks, but linked?

Quicktech wrote:

> I have two companies that are merging and will be keeping separate
> domains for now.
> One company has a Small Business Server 2003 and the other Small
> Business Server 2008.
>
> I will be separating both domains on separate switches as well as WAN
> IPs.
>
> The problem I have is that they want to access files on each others
> domains.
>
> How would one go about doing this?
> I would rather not setup VPN tunnels between the two routers as some
> of the files they are using can be up to a gigabyte in size.
>
> If I install a second NIC in both the SBS 2003 and SBS 2008 machines
> and connect them via network cable setting static IPs will this cause
> DHCP conflicts, is it even possible?

Unless there are extremely strong reasons for retaining both servers
(and running multiple email domains is not one), I'd be planning to
retire the SBS2003 box ASAP.

You can run multiple email domains off a single SBS server without any
significant difficulty - use OUs to divide the address allocations.

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