Vista - Windows 2003 Server within Virtual PC

I hope someone may be able to help me. I have a Windows Vista Ultimate PC.
I have installed Virtual PC, and then a Windows 2003 server. I have set the
networking to Shared Networking (NAT), however the virtual machine will not
get a DHCP IP Address, it just gets an automatic IP address from the system.

I have turned off the firewall on the Host PC, but this has made no
difference.

Can anyone help me?

Stuart

"Stuart Seeley" <Stuart Seeley@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E490BB97-93EF-49CE-B62C-8A0E0A7797B9@xxxxxxWith Shared, the guest gets its IP address from VPC, and the guest is
invisible to the host. If you want to get an IP address in the same range
and subnet as your LAN, then use the real NIC, not shared. This will make
the guest OS appear as just another machine on your LAN.

I agree with Bob. Shared Networking (NAT) is not a good option for a
server. A server does not work well as an ICS client either.

Either run the server as another server on the LAN (as Bob suggested) or
run it in its own network (Local Only). The latter is the best option if you
are considering running it as a DC.

"Bob Campbell" <bob@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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