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Hi All

I would like to setup a home network for the purpose of learning about
Active Directory and networking technology. I would like it to somewhat mimic
a small network environment. I plan on using 2003 Server for my DC and a
802.11g wireless router. Here is my plan:

Use the router as a gateway and for NAT.
Use the DC for DHCP and DNS
Use one NIC on the server for local traffic and a seperate NIC for outbound
Internet traffic

1. Does the plan make sense?
2. Is it best to have the DC do DHCP and DNS (instead of the router)?
 
Mickey said:
Hi All

I would like to setup a home network for the purpose of learning about
Active Directory and networking technology. I would like it to somewhat
mimic
a small network environment. I plan on using 2003 Server for my DC and a
802.11g wireless router. Here is my plan:

Use the router as a gateway and for NAT.
Use the DC for DHCP and DNS
Use one NIC on the server for local traffic and a seperate NIC for
outbound
Internet traffic

1. Does the plan make sense?
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I have a similar setup, but use only 1 NIC on the server.
In your case, the entire LAN is behind NAT, which is doing the Internet
sharing,
so there's not a whole lot of benefit from multi-homing the server.

Set the server up with a static IP address.
2. Is it best to have the DC do DHCP and DNS (instead of the router)?
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Yes, it's essential. ( well, the DNS anyway. )
Also, the DHCP server on the windows machine is
much more full-featured than on any domestic broadband router.
 
look good to me.
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Hi All

I would like to setup a home network for the purpose of learning about
Active Directory and networking technology. I would like it to somewhat mimic
a small network environment. I plan on using 2003 Server for my DC and a
802.11g wireless router. Here is my plan:

Use the router as a gateway and for NAT.
Use the DC for DHCP and DNS
Use one NIC on the server for local traffic and a seperate NIC for outbound
Internet traffic

1. Does the plan make sense?
2. Is it best to have the DC do DHCP and DNS (instead of the router)?
 
Yes, you want the server to do both DHCP and DNS for your "network",
especially if you're considering setting up a domain. Windows Active
Directory works best when it provides DNS and DHCP to the computers in the
network.
 
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