local network + wireless

[SOSAGES]

Lo this aint just your normal wireless question

i have a network - attached to the www.
it goes Modem - Wireless router - Server - clients

all clients access the web through the server it works and all is well,
now i recently got 2 toshiba tablet pc's and the people using them are "mobile" now they can access the domain email/desktop etc etc from home and on the road by using the remote features i have setup - my only issue is how to treat them when they come into work. i dont want any wireless hubs/stations inside my network so i will be wanting them to connect using the routers wireless abilities. Now i need a way of making the tablets act the same way no matter where they are but when they come into work it should be a little bit faster as they are only a jump away from the server.

So i "think" i need a way of adding some dns entries into the router to let it know that certain address such as mail.domain.com and intranet.domain.com are actually a hop away at 192.168.0.10 (my servers external cards ip)

so im not sure any of this makes sence and im kinda thinking about it as i go along - im also interested in how other companies handle mobile workers who also bring the computers into work but dont connect "inside" the network.
btw - dont wanna use vpn's

thanks if u can help and sorry for the mumbling

[Chris W]

slightly confused by what you are trying to do, but to add dns entries on your local machine you can edit the hosts file. It contains urls and ip address and this is the first place that the pc will look when you need a url resolving.

I *think* on 2k the hosts file is in the i386 folder but haven't looked at it for ages. To edit, just open with notepad and edit the list as given in the example and then resave

hth
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[SOSAGES]

i could do that for example have mail.domain.com 192.168.0.10 into the hosts file BUT that would only work for when they are on that router - what if they are connecting via gprs or their dsl connections at home it will go no where