RE: AD and DHCP

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Thanks for your quick response.

The question I have now is whether there is an advantage of doing it one way
over the other? or does it really matter?

Thanks

Mischa Rihm, MCP

"Ele7eN" wrote:

> You can continue to allow the DSL router to give out addresses. Just make
> sure that your workstations are configured to register themsleves in DNS.
> Here's how:
> 1. Open Control Panel
> 2. Open Network Connections
> 3. Right-Click on the local area connnection and choose "Properties"
> 4. Click on "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)"
> 5. Click on "Properties"
> 6. Click on "Advanced..." (in the lower right)
> 7. Click on the DNS tab
> 8. Make sure the checkbox next to "Register this connection's addresses in
> DNS" is checked.
>
>
>
> "Mischa" wrote:
>
> > I am relatively new to AD and Networking in general and I have a question
> > regarding AD and DHCP.
> >
> > I am in the process of setting AD with Windows 2003 in our small office (2
> > servers; 3 workstations). So far we used a peer-to-peer network where each
> > computer was part of the same workgroup. Each computer has Windows 2000
> > server or Pro. The plan is to upgrade all servers to 2003 once we know how to
> > set up AD.
> >
> > We have one static IP address and connect to the Internet via DSL router.
> > The DSL router is connected to a Netgear firewall which, if I understand
> > correctly, serves as the DHCP server.
> >
> > The question now is how do I setup AD and DHCP? Do I have to install and
> > configure the DHCP server on the Windows 2003 machine or can I just leave it
> > as is and let the firewall handle the assignment of the non-routable IP
> > addresses?
.

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