IP Addressing Question

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Hello,
My Setup:
I have 1 win 2000 server w/ active directory, couple win 2000 professionals,
and 1 dsl router. The router has DHCP capabilites.

My Questions???:
1)Should I have router distribute addresses or install DHCP on the server
and have it distribute them?
2)Should the server IP address be hard coded or provided by the router?
3)Should the 2000 Professional machines DNS Server be the Active Directory
server or the DNS addresses given to the router from the ISP. I need to
have the clients be able to reach the internet.

_______________________________
Thanks. Everything is currently working for the most part. I was just
curious if I am doing it correctly. Thank You.

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The way me and my company do this, we normally bypass the
provided router and take it to something we can easily
control (nomrally requires a phone call to the DSL
company to bypass their router) This way you have full
control over forwarding and blocking ports and what
not... We then give the Server a ip address (normally
the router is 192.168.1.1 and the server is
192.168.1.2) we then have the router's dhcp setup to
start at 192.168.1.100. This way as you add servers, or
printers you can work your way up 192.168.1.3, .4 ect.
When you do this you will need to configure the DNS that
the DHCP sends out though to point to the server so when
you setup your domain they look at the server instead of
looking on the web for your domain. You may have to set
the DNS on the server to forward the requests it doesn't
know to the DSL DNS servers.

hope that helps.
jake
 
CK, in-line...

ck said:
Hello,
My Setup:
I have 1 win 2000 server w/ active directory, couple win 2000 professionals,
and 1 dsl router. The router has DHCP capabilites.

My Questions???:
1)Should I have router distribute addresses or install DHCP on the server
and have it distribute them?
Click to expand...

That is really up to you. I typically prefer to have WIN2000 handle the
DHCP but where I work my boss is a big fan of using the SonicWall Firewall
for DHCP. Works well that way as well.
2)Should the server IP address be hard coded or provided by the router?
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All Servers, regardless of role, *should* have a hard coded IP Address.
What I mean is that the TCP/IP information should be manually entered.
Furthermore, Servers should not be receiving thei TCP/IP information from
DHCP ( unless you have to use reservations, then you simply 'map' the MAC
Address to the IP Addresses ).

3)Should the 2000 Professional machines DNS Server be the Active Directory
server or the DNS addresses given to the router from the ISP. I need to
have the clients be able to reach the internet.
Click to expand...

All WIN2000 and WINXP Clients need to be pointing to the internal DNS
Server. No where anywhere on a WIN2000 or WINXP Client should any ISP
information be found ( in this type of environment )....

On your DNS Server ( be it the DC or a member server ) open up the DNS MMC
and make sure that the "." zone has been deleted. Essentially, this is all
you need to do. I prefer to use Forwarders ( aka the ISP's DNS Server IP
Addresses ) so I would enter them in the Forewarders tab. However, you can
skip that part as Root Hints will take care of this for you. Please note
that after you delete the "." zone it will be a moment ortwo before the Root
Hints become enabled and the Forewarders tab is available. Not trying start
that whole subject in here. It has been discussed enough in the DNS
NewsGroup.

HTH,

Cary
 
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