Build LAN

[ashley75]

I am not a sys admin, I am a DBA and I want to build LAN for my house so I can put my DB on there for test purpose.

could someone please shed some light for requirement and instruction of how to set one up?

thanks

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

Sounds like a test environment...

Physical:
Wireless router with wireless NICs on each of your test machines.
-or-
Switch/hub connecting all your server via CAT5

Alternative, Go Virtual:
Download either VMWare Virtual Server or MS Virtual Server.
You can run multiple Virtual Servers on one host, the LAN is Virtual as well. You can run multiple test machines, limited only by the hardware of your host machine.

Visit

http://www.vmware.com

and

http://www.microsoft.com

 

[ashley75]

I guess you understood my questions or I am not clear myself. The question I have is "how can I build LAN for my house?"

 

[pgaliardo]

I think WhoKilled Kenny was pretty clear. Basically you need a couple of machines and a switch or router. The switch can be wired with CAT 5 cable or you can go wireless. Assign address on the same subnet to to your machines or use DHCP. A LAN is simply a local network - 2 or more machines networked together.

 

[ashley75]

Ok, I guess I misinterpret myself, sorry WhoKilled Kenny. I guess the question come down is "how can I build a domain for my house, instead just the LAN".

thanks

 

[pgaliardo]

OK -if you want a domain you're going to have to have at least 1 Windows 2003 server. Make that server a domain controller by running dcpromo. There's too much to go into here, but it should walk you through making this server a DNS server, etc. You may also want to make it a DHCP server also. Once you have set up the server as a domain controller, configure your client machines to join the domain. Not sure what O/S you have, but hopefully it is XP Pro because Home edition won't be able to join a domain. Hope that at least gets you started.

As an alternative, you ca do this all virtually as WhoKilledKenny described above.

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

Ashley,
Pickup and Active Directory book or research how to on microsoft's site. As pgaliardo stated there are a lot of steps you need to do and this would be a tough forum to explain it in detail, espically if you are new to the technology.

You should still look at VMWare or MSVirtualServer for you test domain. This will simulate (to an extent) real world situations. The benefit you get with this envionment is exceptional and the cost is minimal.

VMWare Server is Free, As is VirtualServer.

Good luck on building your domain.