Is it smart to connect my Win2k Server directly to my DSL connection?

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RavinDJ

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Or... should I have the router there and then connect the Win2k Server box? If with the router, then should I turn off DHCP?

I want the Win2k Server to act as a web server, DNS server (possibly, not a must), FTP server, file server, print server, etc.

When I try to set up Active Directory, it wants to assign an IP of 10.0.0.1 (off the top of my head), but it sees that I already have 192.168.1.1...

Thanks!
 
With the number of other jobs you have your Windows machine doing, let the router do the firewall work. Just my two cents.
 
Malk-a-mite said:
With the number of other jobs you have your Windows machine doing, let the router do the firewall work. Just my two cents.
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So put the router in, but disable DHCP?

And then if my Win2k Server will be my DHCP server... then I need 2 NIC's in there, right? Or, can I just plug in the other machines directly into the back of the Linksys 4-port router?
 
RavinDJ said:
So put the router in, but disable DHCP?
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That's how I would run it.

And then if my Win2k Server will be my DHCP server... then I need 2 NIC's in there, right? Or, can I just plug in the other machines directly into the back of the Linksys 4-port router?
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You can just plug everything into the Linksys.
 
Malk-a-mite said:
That's how I would run it. You can just plug everything into the Linksys.
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But when I try to create an Active Directory, the Win2k Server says it needs an IP of 10.0.0.1, but my Linksys router is 192.168.1.1

Hmmmm... this is a lot harder than I thought... any input, guys?
 
I have a Win2k DC setup in my house behind the router/firewall. I have DHCP disabled and DNS is running. My server has Active Directory running, but I don't remember it forcing me to choose 10.0.0.1 as the IP address. Did you assign a static IP to the NIC on the server? and a preferred DNS server (your server IP)?

I run my DC as a AD, DNS, file server, print server, internal web server, and a VPN server.
 
Nem said:
I have a Win2k DC setup in my house behind the router/firewall. I have DHCP disabled and DNS is running. My server has Active Directory running, but I don't remember it forcing me to choose 10.0.0.1 as the IP address. Did you assign a static IP to the NIC on the server? and a preferred DNS server (your server IP)?

I run my DC as a AD, DNS, file server, print server, internal web server, and a VPN server.
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Hey, Nem! Can you give me some hints... tips... when you started out? Should I have the DNS in a TEXT file or should it be part of A.D.?
 
It says:

Because one or more other servers exist, you cannot configure this server as the only server on the network.

That's when I try to choose "This is the only server in my network.". I guess that's because the DHCP is enabled and it feels a 192.168.1.xxx IP address, right?

What should I do?
 
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