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    I'm considering changing from cable internet to ADSL to save money. The problem is that my computers are on a different floor from my telephone point. The ADSL ISP (BT) will supply a wireless router, so I'm wanting to check that I can put a wireless NIC in my WHS box and install RRAS. I'll leave my old router / switch in place as a DHCP server and switch for the wired network.
    qts
    Thursday, April 2, 2009 11:19 AM

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    You might be able to configure RRAS. However, doing so is unsupported and a violation of the EULA, which explicitly mentions RRAS as not permitted. In addition, connecting your server wirelessly to your home network isn't supported, or if you were planning to use it to bridge between your wired and wireless networks, that's also not supported, and probably won't work, since Windows Home Server is not designed to function in a multi-homed environment.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    Thursday, April 2, 2009 12:01 PM
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    Wireless for the server is a bad idea, especially if you are doing backups of your pc's to it. You will likely experience problems and if i recall correctly, this is not a supported scenario.
    Thursday, April 2, 2009 11:58 AM
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    You might be able to configure RRAS. However, doing so is unsupported and a violation of the EULA, which explicitly mentions RRAS as not permitted. In addition, connecting your server wirelessly to your home network isn't supported, or if you were planning to use it to bridge between your wired and wireless networks, that's also not supported, and probably won't work, since Windows Home Server is not designed to function in a multi-homed environment.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    Thursday, April 2, 2009 12:01 PM
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    I thought that might be the case, but my home server will not be connected wirelessly to my network, it will just act as a wireless bridge to the internet. Anyone had success getting two wireless routers to talk to each other wirelessly?
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    Thursday, April 2, 2009 12:19 PM
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    You buy two wireless access points (or one, if your ISP is supplying a wireless router) and configure your wireless network as a bridge between your internet connection and your wired network. You won't be terribly happy with performance or reliability, unless you're quite lucky...
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    Thursday, April 2, 2009 3:10 PM
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