Re: Help with learning SOHO setup

Aloha Kelly,

Sounds pretty good to me. I'm not sure why you'd want to keep DNS separate from AD in that case however. I'm a little tired (it's been a long day) but I think we've always tried to keep them tied together because your AD and DNS need to work together for best effect.

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
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Hi All,

I am new to networking, and I am hoping you can help me better
understand several things. I would appreciate your feedback.

I want to create a fully functional Windows domain to learn and apply
networking administration functions in a way that would be practical
to apply in a SOHO. I read an article that indicated it would better
to install DNS first and separate from AD. I did this, followed with
DCPROMO, and finished by installing and configuring DHCP.

I have a router, Windows 2003 server, and a couple of Windows XP
clients. I registered a domain name of: kelly.net

Installed 2003 Server
Setup my domain controller with:
Static IP address = 192.168.2.10
Subnet = 255.255.255.0
Gateway = 192.168.2.1
DNS Server = 192.168.2.10
Setup DNS
Created forward lookup zone
Zone name = office.kelly.net
Zone file = office.kelly.net.dns
Chose to not allow dynamic updates
Setup a forwarded to my ISP’s DNS
Ran DCPROMO
Full DNS = office.kelly.net
Netbios = OFFICE
Setup DHCP
Name = office scope
Range = 192.168.2.50 – 192.168.2.254
Subnet – 255.255.255.0
No exclusions
Default gateway = 192.168.2.1
DNS parent domain = office.kelly.net
DNS server = 192.168.2.10
No WINS
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What do you think of my overall strategy? What do I need to change? Is
my order of operations fine: 1. assign IP static IP addressing, 2.
Setup DNS 3. Run DCPROMO 4. Setup DHCP?

Would it be correct to say that my DNS server is authoritative for the
“office” zone, while my ISP will be authoritative for the “Kelly.net”
zone?

Thanks!



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