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Installation and Upgrades / Zentyal 3 as File Server, but not gateway, for home network

« on: February 03, 2013, 04:37:33 pm »

I'm trying to test Zentyal 3.0.11 on my home network as a simple file server. Later I'd like to enable and configure more services, but for now that's it. I keep getting errors saying I have to configure DNS and give the box an IP address, but I did that at initial setup - or so I thought. I found other posts mentioning something similar, and many said they had to "assign static IPs" and what-not, but none walked through that I could find.

I'm running this off an old desktop machine with a single NIC. I'll just use my router as the DHCP server, etc. But, I guess I need someone to hold my hand through the configuration please. I've read for hours in the documentation, forums, and through Google searches to no avail. I'm not network wiz, so maybe my problem is all related to lack of understanding. Here's what I think I know:

I have a DSL modem connected to my TP-Link wireless router. I then have that connected to an unmanaged switch. I'm using my router as the DHCP server.

My router lists the LAN info as
IP: 192.168.1.1
Netmask: 255.255.255.0

WAN
IP Address:   192.168.0.3    Dynamic IP
Subnet Mask:   255.255.255.0   
Default Gateway:   192.168.0.1    
DNS Server:   192.168.0.1 , 68.94.156.1

I wonder if some of that should be set differently. The TP Link is assigning addresses in the 192.168.1.2/199 range. I'll narrow this and assign some items static IPs as I go (printer and Zentyal server will be reserved and assigned static)

So, what should I be doing? If someone could send me a tutorial for setting up a small home network with a file server like this that would be great, but I haven't been able to find one. Must be searching the wrong terms.

Thanks!

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Installation and Upgrades / Re: Basic File Sharing Setup Help

« on: January 14, 2013, 06:07:15 pm »

I'll give that a run. Think I'll start from scratch and see what happens. If I'm not mistaken, I can use it as a domain server and if it's behind the router (same as any client) if it fails my machines will still get to the Internet, just not the domain, right?

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Installation and Upgrades / Basic File Sharing Setup Help

« on: January 12, 2013, 09:00:52 pm »

I'm finding I know less of this than I thought - not the realization I was hoping for. So, Can some of you all help me dig myself out?

I installed Zentyal 3.0.10 and installed the modules I thought I'd need (later finding I don't need half of them, but oh well). I'm scaling back what this server will do for me to just a simple file server. Eventually I want to set it up as a domain controller and maybe later a gateway. For now, just a file server. I'm now being told I can't enable file sharing because Samba cannot start due to are having no IP and Domain configured. That seems odd to me, especially since the instructions at http://doc.zentyal.org/en/filesharing.html say I shouldn't need that.

I'm sure I probably did something wrong further upstream. Could someone please shed some light? Even better would be a link to a good tutorial. My main goal is to back up my other machines (Mac OS, Windows 7/8, Ubuntu) to this machine. Then, later on, I'd like to run it as a domain controller and possibly some other uses.

Thanks.

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Installation and Upgrades / Re: Providing Client Backup?

« on: January 10, 2013, 02:58:31 pm »

I looked a little more and it appears maybe I should set up file sharing and then push the backups from the clients. Is that what you mean?

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Installation and Upgrades / [SOLVED] Providing Client Backup?

« on: January 10, 2013, 03:25:52 am »

Zentyal v 3.0.9
I'm brand new to Zentyal and just installed on a machine I have here for testing.  I want to back Mac OS, Windows, and Linux machines to this Zentyal box. What's the best way to do that?

Thank you.