Testing environment question
- From: "JohnB" <jbrigan@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:52:41 -0400
I am in the process of studying for a MCP, and have run into a problem. I
have the following setup:
- I have setup a PC with a 180-day eval copy of Windows Server 2003.
- It's a home network with a NetGear router. The router is setup for DHCP.
- There are 4 computers on the network, counting the 2003 server.
- On one of the PC's I have install Microsoft's Virtual PC. The VPC has
been joined to the domain.
My problem is I can't use any of the 2003 Administrative MMC's from the VPC.
It says it can't find the domain, even though the VPC was joined to the
domain without a problem. I'm guessing it's a DNS issue. The reason I say
that is, the VPC doesn't show up in DNS on the server. I do not have DHCP
setup on the server.
I thought about configuring DHCP on the server, thinking the VPC would then
show up in DNS. But my problem is, I already have DHCP running on the
router and, I don't want to turn that off because the "home" computers rely
on that.
What's the best solution for this situation? Should I just set the VPC to
static IP, and then add it in DNS on the server? I'd rather not, because
then I miss out on the opportunity to test this as if it was a corporate
network. But then I don't know of any other way, while still keeping DHCP
on the router. (I guess I have the option of putting static IP addresses on
the other home computers, and then disabling DHCP on the router).
Thanks in advance for your help.
.
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