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Question about creating an Active Directory with my modem providing DHCP services....Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 03/24/2005
From: "Patrick Dickey" <pd1ckey43**RemoveThis**@msn.com>
Message:Hello, All!
I have some questions about setting up an Active Directory on Windows
Server 2003 (which is being ran inside of Virtual PC, 2004 on a Windows XP
Pro SP2 host OS). First, I'll give you my specs then ask the questions.
Eventually, I plan on setting at least one of my physical computers (as well
as at least one Virtual one) inside of the domain created in Active
Directory.
I'm crossposting this to three different newsgroups, because it applies to
two of them (Windows Server AD and Virtual PC) and that someone in Virtual
Server may have some helpful information.
I have Virtual PC 2004 running on a "bridged" network connection with the
host computer. My DSL modem provides me with IP addresses for all of my
connections. For example, I have one physical computer that is 192.168.0.1,
the "host" computer 192.168.0.2 and the VPC is 192.168.0.8. I also have
another VMWare Virtual setup that is 192.168.0.6. I can ping each one from
each one and get replies. If necessary, I can turn off DHCP and assign
static IP's at the modem level, but I'm trying to avoid this.
When I tried setting up an Active Directory using the instructions at
http://www.visualwin.com It required me to set up the DHCP server on my VM.
I don't want to do this, if I can avoid it. So, here are my questions.
1. Can I set Active Directory up so that it looks to the modem for DHCP
information? If so, how?
2. Since the router doesn't have a setting where I can specify the domain
name for my AD server, can I set one of the DNS servers on the router to the
AD Server? (If you notice in his steps, he makes the WS2k3 a DNS and AD
server, and has a loopback set up for the DNS lookups).
3. Would it be simpler in the end, to just get another computer and put
WS2k3 on there? Set the router to point to that computer for everything, and
then set it up to run DHCP for everything else?
4. In theory, if I have one computer with one copy of WS2k3 running, how
many different Active Directories can I put on there? I'm guessing one, but
I'm curious if I could create an external domain on one AD, and an internal
domain on a second one? If I can do this, then it will solve most of my
problems, I believe. This is because I can create the DNS for the AD that
would house my "external domain", and then have the internal domain point to
that for it's information. I think I can find the "internal" domain in a
roundabout way through the external domain (although the other computers
will connect directly to the internal one after joining it.)
I should note that I tried this with the VMWare Virtual computer, and I
couldn't locate the internal domain to join it. But, I didn't create an
external domain, and I didn't let the AD use the router to get it's DHCP
information from. I'm sure I'll have more questions as I go along, but
these will get me started.
Also, I should point out that I do have VPC set up as a service. So, when I
reboot (if I join the host computer to the domain), I just have to wait a
couple of minutes to log in. That's assuming, of course, that I don't have
to have a user logged into WS2k3 in order for client computers to log into
the domain. I can also set VMWare up as a service, so if I get all of this
lined out, I'll use that one as well.
Thanks in advance for all of the information and assistance in this.
With best regards, Patrick Dickey. E-mail: pd1ckey43**RemoveThis**@msn.com
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