> First of I apologise if this has been covered before but I can not find a
> post that answers my specific situation.
>
> Background first!
>
> I am running Virtual Server 2005 R2 on a XP Pro SP2 host PC.
>
> I have a Windows 2003 R2 Server running as a guest.
>
> I have connected an Internal only netwrok card and aslo my host PC card to
> this server. If I have the internal only card disabled the server guest
> system can see the internet and connect no problem.
>
> However what I want to do is run this server as a domain controller for a
> test network of this server and one XP PC as another guest.
>
> As soon as I enable the second card on the server however I loose Internet
> connection.
>
> Now the question:-
> What do I need to do to be able to have this server connect to the
> internet
> and act as a domain contoller in my test domain??
>
> Am I going to nees routing setup?
>
> Any help much appreciated.
>
> Rob.

> It really shouldn't be any different from running real machines on real
> networks. How have you configured it?
>
> Give the NIC on the internal network a static IP in its own IP subnet.
> This is the private network which will be used by AD. Put the client XP vm
> also in the internal network and give it a static IP in the same IP subnet
> (or use DHCP on the DC). If you do it manually, set the DC's private IP
> address as the default gateway and DNS address.
>
> When you run dcpromo it will configure DNS on the DC. This DNS is
> integrated with AD. Your client machine should use this DNS server. To
> enable it to resolve external URLs you will need to configure it to forward
> to a public DNS service.
>
> You cannot run ICS on a DC to let the clients share its Internet
> connection. You can however configure NAT in RRAS to do this for you. The
> procedure is the same for physical or virtual machines.
>
> "Robl123" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > First of I apologise if this has been covered before but I can not find a
> > post that answers my specific situation.
> >
> > Background first!
> >
> > I am running Virtual Server 2005 R2 on a XP Pro SP2 host PC.
> >
> > I have a Windows 2003 R2 Server running as a guest.
> >
> > I have connected an Internal only netwrok card and aslo my host PC card to
> > this server. If I have the internal only card disabled the server guest
> > system can see the internet and connect no problem.
> >
> > However what I want to do is run this server as a domain controller for a
> > test network of this server and one XP PC as another guest.
> >
> > As soon as I enable the second card on the server however I loose Internet
> > connection.
> >
> > Now the question:-
> > What do I need to do to be able to have this server connect to the
> > internet
> > and act as a domain contoller in my test domain??
> >
> > Am I going to nees routing setup?
> >
> > Any help much appreciated.
> >
> > Rob.
>
>
>

> Hi Bill,
>
> Many thanks for your reply.
>
> I thought it would be the same as a physical network but was not sure.
> What
> is confusing me is I can still not get this to work.
>
> I have my 'external' nic statically assigned and if this is the only nic
> enabled internet access is great.
>
> If I enable my 'internal' only nic then I loose internet connectivity even
> though I have DNS set with forwarders.
>
> I will try Routing and Remote Access as see if this solves my problem.
>
> Many thanks again for your prompt reply and help.
>
> Rob.
>
> "Bill Grant" wrote:
>
>> It really shouldn't be any different from running real machines on
>> real
>> networks. How have you configured it?
>>
>> Give the NIC on the internal network a static IP in its own IP
>> subnet.
>> This is the private network which will be used by AD. Put the client XP
>> vm
>> also in the internal network and give it a static IP in the same IP
>> subnet
>> (or use DHCP on the DC). If you do it manually, set the DC's private IP
>> address as the default gateway and DNS address.
>>
>> When you run dcpromo it will configure DNS on the DC. This DNS is
>> integrated with AD. Your client machine should use this DNS server. To
>> enable it to resolve external URLs you will need to configure it to
>> forward
>> to a public DNS service.
>>
>> You cannot run ICS on a DC to let the clients share its Internet
>> connection. You can however configure NAT in RRAS to do this for you. The
>> procedure is the same for physical or virtual machines.
>>
>> "Robl123" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> > First of I apologise if this has been covered before but I can not find
>> > a
>> > post that answers my specific situation.
>> >
>> > Background first!
>> >
>> > I am running Virtual Server 2005 R2 on a XP Pro SP2 host PC.
>> >
>> > I have a Windows 2003 R2 Server running as a guest.
>> >
>> > I have connected an Internal only netwrok card and aslo my host PC card
>> > to
>> > this server. If I have the internal only card disabled the server
>> > guest
>> > system can see the internet and connect no problem.
>> >
>> > However what I want to do is run this server as a domain controller for
>> > a
>> > test network of this server and one XP PC as another guest.
>> >
>> > As soon as I enable the second card on the server however I loose
>> > Internet
>> > connection.
>> >
>> > Now the question:-
>> > What do I need to do to be able to have this server connect to the
>> > internet
>> > and act as a domain contoller in my test domain??
>> >
>> > Am I going to nees routing setup?
>> >
>> > Any help much appreciated.
>> >
>> > Rob.
>>
>>
>>

> Check the default gateway settings on the two NICs. The public NIC dg
> should point to the Internet. The dg on the private NIC should be blank.
>
>
> "Robl123" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > Many thanks for your reply.
> >
> > I thought it would be the same as a physical network but was not sure.
> > What
> > is confusing me is I can still not get this to work.
> >
> > I have my 'external' nic statically assigned and if this is the only nic
> > enabled internet access is great.
> >
> > If I enable my 'internal' only nic then I loose internet connectivity even
> > though I have DNS set with forwarders.
> >
> > I will try Routing and Remote Access as see if this solves my problem.
> >
> > Many thanks again for your prompt reply and help.
> >
> > Rob.
> >
> > "Bill Grant" wrote:
> >
> >> It really shouldn't be any different from running real machines on
> >> real
> >> networks. How have you configured it?
> >>
> >> Give the NIC on the internal network a static IP in its own IP
> >> subnet.
> >> This is the private network which will be used by AD. Put the client XP
> >> vm
> >> also in the internal network and give it a static IP in the same IP
> >> subnet
> >> (or use DHCP on the DC). If you do it manually, set the DC's private IP
> >> address as the default gateway and DNS address.
> >>
> >> When you run dcpromo it will configure DNS on the DC. This DNS is
> >> integrated with AD. Your client machine should use this DNS server. To
> >> enable it to resolve external URLs you will need to configure it to
> >> forward
> >> to a public DNS service.
> >>
> >> You cannot run ICS on a DC to let the clients share its Internet
> >> connection. You can however configure NAT in RRAS to do this for you. The
> >> procedure is the same for physical or virtual machines.
> >>
> >> "Robl123" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> >> news:(email address - cut out)...
> >> > First of I apologise if this has been covered before but I can not find
> >> > a
> >> > post that answers my specific situation.
> >> >
> >> > Background first!
> >> >
> >> > I am running Virtual Server 2005 R2 on a XP Pro SP2 host PC.
> >> >
> >> > I have a Windows 2003 R2 Server running as a guest.
> >> >
> >> > I have connected an Internal only netwrok card and aslo my host PC card
> >> > to
> >> > this server. If I have the internal only card disabled the server
> >> > guest
> >> > system can see the internet and connect no problem.
> >> >
> >> > However what I want to do is run this server as a domain controller for
> >> > a
> >> > test network of this server and one XP PC as another guest.
> >> >
> >> > As soon as I enable the second card on the server however I loose
> >> > Internet
> >> > connection.
> >> >
> >> > Now the question:-
> >> > What do I need to do to be able to have this server connect to the
> >> > internet
> >> > and act as a domain contoller in my test domain??
> >> >
> >> > Am I going to nees routing setup?
> >> >
> >> > Any help much appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Rob.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>