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I have three computers. They all connect to a 2Wire
wireless DSL router/modem (SBC-Yahoo). Two computers
have Windows2000 server and one has WinXP Pro (this is
how I got them). I was able to set up the the home
network on the XP computer (via the wizard), and I
created a home network setup disk, but it does not work
on Win2K Server.

How do I set up the Win2K computers and how do I connect
them all (virtually) via a workgroup or domain?

Via the 2Wire router, they are connected and by accessing
the routers IP, I can see all three computers. This is
the alternative to a shared network, however, it does not
always work...always get "ubale to locate IP address"
errors - probably the firewall (McAfee).

I would like to be able to have a home workgroup/domain
and to be able to log in so that each computer can access
the shared files and devices of each other.

Thanks,

DJ Dave
 
DJ Dave said:
I have three computers. They all connect to a 2Wire
wireless DSL router/modem (SBC-Yahoo). Two computers
have Windows2000 server and one has WinXP Pro (this is
how I got them). I was able to set up the the home
network on the XP computer (via the wizard), and I
created a home network setup disk, but it does not work
on Win2K Server.

How do I set up the Win2K computers and how do I connect
them all (virtually) via a workgroup or domain?

Via the 2Wire router, they are connected and by accessing
the routers IP, I can see all three computers. This is
the alternative to a shared network, however, it does not
always work...always get "ubale to locate IP address"
errors - probably the firewall (McAfee).

I would like to be able to have a home workgroup/domain
and to be able to log in so that each computer can access
the shared files and devices of each other.

Thanks,

DJ Dave
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Hi Dave.

Normally, I just lurk in these newsgroups because I am afraid of giving bad advice and looking like a moron, but I am going to get brave and respond to your problem with what I would try.

Disconnect from the internet first. Then turn off the internet sharing and the firewall.

I would then take one of the Win2K Server machines, and make it a Domain Controller. We can call the domain Dave.com.

Configure DNS and DHCP on the DC so that the second server and your XP machine get their ip addresses automatically and so that you can reference them by their names instead of having to fool around with ip addresses. Then add the second server to the domain as a member server, or you can make it a DC too, I suppose that it does not matter. And add the XP machine to the domain as well.

Then, I would recommend getting a second NIC for the domain controller that we created and have the Internet connection enter your network from the second NIC. Give it a static IP address and set it up as the default gateway in DHCP, so that way when you go to a website, the request is forwarded out of your internal network out to the internet. If it is not already, install the firewall software on the DC. Then with the NIC that was already in the DC, connect that to the wireless router. Configure the wireless router to get its ip address from the DHCP server that you configured on the DC, and then make sure that you set the XP machine and then second server to get their IP addresses from DHCP also.

If that is not completely on the mark, I hope that at least gets you on the road to what will work for you.

Rob.
 
I found that the two Win2000 machines can see each other
and the WinXP machine, but the WinXP Machine can't see
the two Win2000 machines. File transfers from the XP to
the 2000 (requesting from the 2000 machines) machines
were successful and I was able to print to the printer on
the XP machine from a 2000 machine.

I assigned each computer to "HOME" workgroup in the
network configuration. Should I assign them to a domain
instead? Does each computer have to be assigned the same
workgroup/domain name?

My network is a wireless network. Machines connect to a
2Wire wireless modem/router (SBC DSL). They each connect
to the internet seperately, having their own IP address
assinged by the HomePortal (2Wire).

Dave.
 
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