Re: Moving to Win2k Server - but how to make it a DC?

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From: Kristofer Gafvert (kgafvert_at_NEWSilopia.com)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 00:03:23 +0100

Any reason why you want it to be a Domain Controller? Sounds like you only
have problems with that.

If you want a DC, then you need/should separate your LAN and Internet. You
should have a separate network, behind a firewall, where all your computers
are. You can forward port 21 to the workstation running FTP, and there
should be no problems using VPN if your hardware supports it (which it
probably did not when you tried this first).

You will never succeed, and it will not be a secure and good network, if you
do not have a central firewall separating your LAN and Internet. 

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"Tim" <timakal@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've always enjoyed having a server at my home network. I've used NT 4 for
several years. I built
> myself a newer computer last year and bought Windows 2000 Server up at
CompUSA.
>
> Home network consists of 1 server, and 3 workstations.  On my old NT
network, I ran both TCP/IP and
> IPX/SPX protocol stacks. I never needed DNS/WINS/DHCP. Only reason I even
had TCP/IP was because I
> liked to setup my own FTP server and WWW server and create an intranet
with it.
>
> Now, I don't do much with the IIS server.
>
> I've not upgraded it to a domain controller mainly because of my problem.
My ISP is a cable
> provider, and I'm allowed 5 IP's (4 being used now). So, I have a 10/100
switch, and each computer
> connected to it, all getting its IP address from my ISP.  My ISP also
limits speed... upload to
> 35kb/sec. So file sharing doesn't work very well with that (not to mention
the fact that my
> computer's cannot see each other on the network using only TCP/IP). So,
I'm still using IPX/SPX as a
> protocol stack, so I can see my other PC's and do file/print sharing
easily.
>
> Now I'd like to promote it to a DC, but that requires several things,
including DHCP and DNS.  How
> do I install it with DHCP & DNS when I already have those services offered
with my internet
> provider? (starts to make me wish I'd stayed with NT... lol)
>
> My server has two NIC's in it, and I thought about just sharing out the
internet connection and
> doing it that way. That would solve my problems, but in the long run,
create other's. One
> workstation has a FTP server on it, while another one uses VPN to connect
to an office network. So,
> both of those need their own IP address. I tried a router in the
beginning, and could get the FTP
> working, but VPN never could connect properly.
>
> I could purchase another switch/hub and connect the second NIC to it (but
it would have no PC's on
> it), and go ahead and setup everything from there (just disconnect the
internet from it for the time
> being). Once AD and other services are setup, reconnect it.  If I were to
do this, would my
> workstations be able to see my server in its new role and access it
normally (like
> \\servername\sharename)?
>
> I'm anxious to do something soon, so ANY help would be greatly
appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
>
>

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