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07-13-2009
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| | Re: Using AD on guest "Bill Grant" <not.available@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ubbbaM1AKHA.4608@xxxxxx Quote: > > Quote: Quote: >>>How can I get past all these networking config requirements and just get >>>the >>>role up and running so I can play with AD? >> you can't, AD requires all the networking components, including >> working DNS. >> Set up a local DNS server on your AD server. >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP >> http://vpc.essjae.com/ > As Steve said, that is all part and parcel of AD. > > Give the server a static IP in its own subnet. Let dcpromo configure DNS > for you when you get that option. It won't work without it. In the interests of finishing this thread before Xmas could you list the places and values please?  I'm a programmer not a network admin and although I know the jargon/techs you are talking about I am not certain how to navigate to the places in Windows and the values to provide. |
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07-13-2009
| #12 (permalink) |
| | Re: Using AD on guest On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:58:40 +1200, "Jack" <noreply@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >"Bill Grant" <not.available@xxxxxx> wrote in message >news:ubbbaM1AKHA.4608@xxxxxx Quote: >> >> Quote: >>>>How can I get past all these networking config requirements and just get >>>>the >>>>role up and running so I can play with AD? >>> >>> you can't, AD requires all the networking components, including >>> working DNS. >>> Set up a local DNS server on your AD server. >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers, >>> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP >>> http://vpc.essjae.com/ >> As Steve said, that is all part and parcel of AD. >> >> Give the server a static IP in its own subnet. Let dcpromo configure DNS >> for you when you get that option. It won't work without it. > >In the interests of finishing this thread before Xmas could you list the >places and values please? >I'm a programmer not a network admin and although I know the jargon/techs >you are talking about I am not certain how to navigate to the places in >Windows and the values to provide. surely you really *must* be able to install and configure client side networking??? What can be done nowadays without network access??? Do you want a Dummie's guide to tell you click-by-click and config page by config page how to set the IP address of your Windows networking? Please go to a beginner's forum for this. -- Bo Berglund |
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07-13-2009
| #13 (permalink) |
| | Re: Using AD on guest On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:58:40 +1200, "Jack" <noreply@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >"Bill Grant" <not.available@xxxxxx> wrote in message >news:ubbbaM1AKHA.4608@xxxxxx Quote: >> >> Quote: >>>>How can I get past all these networking config requirements and just get >>>>the >>>>role up and running so I can play with AD? >>> >>> you can't, AD requires all the networking components, including >>> working DNS. >>> Set up a local DNS server on your AD server. >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers, >>> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP >>> http://vpc.essjae.com/ >> As Steve said, that is all part and parcel of AD. >> >> Give the server a static IP in its own subnet. Let dcpromo configure DNS >> for you when you get that option. It won't work without it. > >In the interests of finishing this thread before Xmas could you list the >places and values please? >I'm a programmer not a network admin and although I know the jargon/techs >you are talking about I am not certain how to navigate to the places in >Windows and the values to provide. Try this one: http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_instal...ndows_2003.htm You can use the 192.168.1.xxx subnet for your local only domain. Setting Up the Domain Name System for Active Directory http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237675 -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ |
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