sbs 2003\connectcomputer help

[tedkilroy]

I am getting the following error when using the \connectcomputer and then clicking the link "Connect to the network now". When I click on the connect to network link the next page says "run the network wizard now" in bold.
On the bottom left there is a done with a exclamation on it. When I double click it I choose details and it says:
Line:22
Char:2
Error: Permission Deinied
Url:

http://domaincomputer/connectcomputer/start.htm

I am admin of workstation which has 2003 standard. Can anybody please tel if they have ran into this before and how they fixed it.

 

[markdmac]

Is the PC in a workgroup or already a member of a domain? ConnectComputer will only work for computers in a workgroup.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[tedkilroy]

It is in a workgroup. I have already created the server in the dc, and tried to use this connectcomputer wizard. I have tried a few things from other forums like giving it a temo user and workgroup name, using 169.254 for the first octets. Nothing is working.

 

[markdmac]

using 169.254 for the first octets

Hold on there. In order for this to work the PC should already have received DHCP addresses from SBS. Should be a 192.168 or 10. address. Also, the DNS MUST be set to the SBS box, if you have any ISP DNS configured ont he clients that is wrong and needs to be addressed first.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[tedkilroy]

absolutely postively there is no way to use dhcp from router? I have one server that is the dc and I didn't want/heard it was not wise to run dhcp server on a dc. The new workstation will run 2003 standard and a third party software firewall.

 

[markdmac]

Wow did yuou ever hear wrong.

SBS will shut down its own DHCP if it detects another DHCP server ont he network. You WANT to use server based DHCP as it integrates with Dynamic DNS.

Assign your router a static IP, setup DHCP on the server and all should work properly. The DHCP scope options should only provide the SBS server IP address for DNS (unless you have a secondary DC then add that too). DHCP scope should NEVER provide ISP DNS.

On the server NIC TCP/IP, configure DNS to only point to the SBS server IP.

In the DNS Snap-In configure the ISP DNS on the Forwarders tab.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[tedkilroy]

Let me ask you this, I have another system that I can install 03 standard. If I installed active directory and dhcp, could it be used as dhcp server instead of dc?

 

[markdmac]

If the server has AD it is a DC.

Please explain why you feel you should not run DHCP on the SBS server like it was designed to be run.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[dkediger]

DHCP in an SBS environment should not tax the machine in any way, shape, or form. ActiveDirectory, DNS, and DHCP are all designed to work together, and with some of SBS' unique features, its best to work this way.

Using Active Directory on a second server makes it a peer DC anyway. The second server would be OK, but if all its doing is DHCP, its a pretty "expensive" solution with no additional benefit on the AD/DNS/DHCP side.