ServiceLink Manual

Chapter 6. Installing And Conﬁguring Your SME Server V5 with ServiceLink Software

assigned the IP address of "192.168.1.1" then the lowest possible number in the DHCP range should be "2".

We recommend that you leave a small pool of IP addresses that can be manually assigned: Some of the computers (or devices

such as network printers) on your network may not be able to accept DHCP service. Therefore, it is preferable to exclude some IP

addresses from the DHCP range so they are available to be assigned manually to those computers. For example, using the

192.168.1.0 block of addresses, the default "beginning of DHCP address range" is "192.168.1.65". This ensures that non-routable IP

addresses "192.168.1.2" through "192.168.1.64" are available to you if any computers on your network cannot accept DHCP service.

Additionally, the default end of "192.168.1.250" leaves addresses "192.168.1.251" through "192.168.1.254" available.

6.14. Further Miscellaneous Parameters

There are a few, ﬁnal connectivity-related parameters that must be entered into your SME Server V5 with ServiceLink.

Master DNS server: The ﬁrst option is for a master (or primary) DNS server. You should only conﬁgure this value if your server is

behind a ﬁrewall and cannot perform direct queries to Internet DNS servers. Most installations should leave this setting blank. You

do not need to conﬁgure your server to use your ISP’s DNS servers.

Note: Your SME Server V5 with ServiceLink contains a fully functional caching DNS server and in almost all cases you will not

need to enter the address here for a DNS server. However, some corporate ﬁrewalls restrict DNS queries from internal DNS

servers. If that is the case, you will need to supply the address for an external DNS server.

External proxy server: The next screen allows you to conﬁgure your server so that the computers on your network will use a proxy

server outside of your own network . Some Internet Service Providers may require this. Additionally, if your server is behind another

ﬁrewall, it may need to use the external proxy server. If you have questions about whether to use a proxy server, we recommend you

read Appendix C on using a proxy server. In most environments you can probably leave this blank.

Status reporting: You will be asked to decide whether to enable status reporting to Mitel Networks Corporation. Through status

reporting, Mitel Networks Corporation, tracks the performance of its servers worldwide. Every day, your server would send a small

packet of data containing up-time information to Mitel Networks Corporation. The information sent to Mitel Networks Corporation

is minimal and is not shared with any other organization.

Console mode: Next, as shown below, you select the security setting for the server console itself - in other words, whether users will

require a password to access the server console. If you choose the default, "auto", the server console will be displayed on your server

monitor. In many small ofﬁce or home ofﬁce situations, this is perfectly acceptable. However, doing so allows anyone with physical

access to your server monitor and keyboard to make system-wide changes. If you are concerned about security in your situation, you

may wish to choose "login." This setting prevents users from accessing the server console unless they login as "admin" with the

system password you set earlier in the process. Note that this setting controls access to the server console only; it does not control

whether you (or anyone else) can administer your server using the web interface.