RE: SBS2003 and DHCP

From: Mark A. Fulton (markf_at_thescinc.com)
Date: 04/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:11:44 -0700

Thanks, Terry, for the information. As you have suggested,
this will be a very messy situation. My main goal was to
implement the SBS2003 domain while maintaining the Win2K
domain long enough to move files, users, configure the
companyweb, etc. to/for SBS2003. As I have a hardware
firewall, which also administers forced virus protection
on the network, I was trying to use the firewall as the
gateway for SBS2003 also at the same time as the Win2K
during this transition (to keep the antivirus update
working and remove the necessity of using another router
to connect the two subnets). That was the reason for being
on the same subnet.

It looks like I will need to rethink the move: 1) Put the
SBS2003 on its own subnet 2) Use the SBS2003 DHCP server
and DNS (as currently configured, DHCP comes from the
firewall DHCP server; DNS comes from SBS2003) 3) Point the
SBS2003 to the Internet router (one of the Nics (a two Nic
install) in the SBS2003 is on the DMZ of the firewall) 4)
Use a router to allow traffic between the two subnets to
get files, etc. transferred.

I will make this a "clean" install with SBS2003 to make
sure all remnants of the old config are gone.

If you have any other observations, I would appreciate
your comments. Thanks again for your help!

Best regards,

Mark
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Mark,
>
>Thank you for posting here!
>
>After installing the SBS2003, it can handle DHCP for
Win2K domain. However,
>we don't recommend this scenario because it will affect
DNS settings. As
>you know, the two domains should have two separate DNS
settings. Once you
>enable the DHCP on the SBS 2003, the DNS settings of the
Win2K clients will
>also be affected. It would cause potential problems so we
don't recommend
>you use SBS 2003 to handle another domain's clients.
>
>Further, we recommend you separate the two domains from
the same internal
>subnet in order to prevent any potential problem. Hope
this helps!
>
>Best regards,
>
>Terry Liu
>MCSE 2K MCSA MCDBA CCNA
>Microsoft Online Support Engineer
>
>Get Secure! - <www.microsoft.com/security>
>=====================================================
>When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via
your newsreader so
>that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
>=====================================================
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>.
>

Relevant Pages

  • RE: 2 x DC, 2 sites and NT4 servers same domain HELP
    ... with regards to the dhcp and dns on a second ... site, i understand i can install dhcp on a different subnet, but would it be ... a good idea to install dns on this server too, or should i keep it to only ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.migration)
  • Re: What are FSMO roles?
    ... Hardware firewall as DHCP ... ... SBS2000 is the DNS server, and of course, the DC. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: DHCP assinged DNS servers dont work
    ... Although the WinXP firewall is enabled and configured via Group ... The first two DNS servers are AD controllers running ONLY core ... I have 75 WinXP machines on a Win2K3 domain using DHCP for address ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.networking)
  • Re: dhclient blues
    ... This dhcp stuff had me in a bad ... There's an application running on one of the LAN machines, ... Yes, correct, but it is not *my* subnet; ... I'm trying an alternative solution now by turning the firewall ...
    (comp.os.linux.networking)
  • Re: Site Creation
    ... If you will be installing CO-DC ... I'm thinking NY because the 192.168.200.x subnet has to ... Internal DNS will resolve al queries for your local DNS domain which is ... If there is a firewall it should be confugured to ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.general)