Re: Server setup questions?

"Froglevelmc" <Froglevelmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:2FF78CC6-4DC5-4CD7-90CE-C50BD28D1713@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

First time setting up a Domain Controller.

1.) I registered a domain name currently parked at godaddy. Should I name
the first domain controler in my domain the same name as my registered
"domain.com" name or should I name it "domain.local" or something like that?

2.) When giving a domain controler a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) is
it supposed to include the host name or does it pick that up from the
computer (or NetBios) name?

3.) The first domain controler will have a static IP and will be the only
system directly connected to the internet. I plan to set up DHCP for my lan
in the range of 192.168.0.xxx. Any other node connected to it would need to
have the domain controllers static IP set as their default gateway to access
the internet, right?

We'll just start with these, I have lots more!

Thanks for any input!
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Have you ever stopped to think, then forgot to start again?

1) - Usually it is best to use a ".local", ".lan", etc for an internal only domain name.

2) - The domain name does not include the host. The fully qualified computername includes the host and the fully qualified domain name (domain.local)

3) - I would hope you plan on having a firewall in between a public IP address device and your domain controller. There are several reasons for this!

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