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by psteinmetz

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I have 3 computers at home. 1 win2k pro laptop, 1 win2k server and 1 extra. I use DSL. What I want to do is build a home lan so all the machines can access the internet and so i can start practicing for the mcse. But I am not sure how to go about it. I was thinking about it like this, connecting the dsl to the extra (build a linux box for firewall), connect linus box to hub, connect win2k server and win2k pro to the hub. configure so that they can all reach the internet. but i also want to be able to practice mcse so i want to be able to have to logon to the win2k server domain through the win2k pro box. is this feasible? suggestions?

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by qomputek

What you want to do is not something that can be thoroughly explained in a sigle post. But you can be given some hints and if you trully want to be a good MCSE you can do much of the detailing on your own.

Here is my tip:

Unless you plan on assigning each workstation an IP address given from the DSL service provider you will need to set up a gateway ( not the computer sold from the company Gateway but a system that will allow you to share a single IP address ) You can purchase a router,or firewall that can do this for you, or you can configure one of your OS's to do it. This will separate your home network from the rest of the world.

by nt4.0mcse

You can learn a lot from that scenerio, try it multiple ways, 98/2k internet sharing, NT RRAS, Linux, broadband router..... Each is a little different to get the same results. You will learn TCP IP and if you stay with BillSoft stuff it wouldn't hurt..

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