lan setup

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alan wolfson

Hi, I am migrating from a win98 peer to peer network (11
station with data residing on one computer-NO outside
connection to the internet). I will be using Win2k Server
on the machine where my data is due to the 10 inbound
connection limit with win2kPro. I have already tried all
11 with win2kpro and got the "no more connections"
message. My question is this, I have loaded Win2k Server
and keep getting error messages from the Service Control
Manager relating to DNS and WINS errors. For networking
purposes, I have given the data computer and IP address
and subnet mask so TCP/IP is happy. Is there such a thing
as "simple network" for small networks without internet
so one can bypass all the DNS stuff?

thanks

alan
 
Are you planning on installing AD? If so, that absolutely needs DNS.

As for a workgroup, just use your ISP's DNS server. If not connected on the
Internet or don't have AD, then no need for DNS, unless a specific app needs
it.

If AD, then yes, yhou do need it. Matter of fact, you would the need to ONLY
use the internal DNS.

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Ace

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
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