Re: Server setup questions?

"Froglevelmc" <Froglevelmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:9F11D003-6F91-4543-BC7F-04AC42E06AB2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Thanks for you help!

........and yes, it will be behind a hardware firewall as well as software!
Though it doesn't matter at the moment, I am just setting it up for learning
purposes.
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Have you ever stopped to think, then forgot to start again?



OK, So you really don't want multiple NICs in a Domain Controller.

Let your DC be a DNS server (and forwarder), DHCP, WINS, but *not* a router.



"kj [SBS MVP]" wrote:


> "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!
> > --
> > 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!
>
> --
> /kj
>
>
>


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/kj


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