Setup a private w2k server netwok with domain controller and AD

[jetq88]

Hi,
I am about to lead a group of people in a lab to setup a w2k server network with domain controller and active directory, the lab is in school environment and has its own internet connection and network connection, I have no idea of what kind of active directory forest the school has.
what i want to do is to setup a private network with one server running w2k server and a couple of workstation with XP, this private network will not connect to school network, neither will it connect to internet.
I have following problem:
1. when I install w2k server on one machine which is not connect to netwok jack, it won't go through, remind me to check connect, after I connect to netwok jack, it can go through, why is this? can't I install w2k server on a standalone PC?

2. after I install w2k server, I go ahead to config this PC to be domain controller and active directory, since this machine is still connected to network jack, other lab's machine won't work because those machine can't find DNS anymore. why is this? why is school's network so easily interrupted?

3. what is the correct way to setup a private w2k server with a couple of computers connected each other with a switch and running its own domain controller and active directory?

it's kind of long, thanks for reading, please help

 

[Goner05]

To answer:

1. In order to set up AD with DNS you HAVE to have an NIC card with and active IP address. You have to manually set the IP adress of the card to a static IP address (eg. 192.168.1.200). The best way to keep it seperate is to find/buy a 4 port hub (approx 25.00). This way you can get an active IP signal and not interfere with the school network.
2. When you put two Primary DNS servers both handing our DHCP on the same network problems will arise. One option may be to set the second server's IP address to a 10.0.0.x range and use a different subnet mask when setting the static IP. This might help the problem.
3. for tips you can check out a cople of other posts @

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1099524&page=1

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1096912

(see closer to the bottom)

Goner05

 

[paulha]

petri.co.il has some really good tutorials