I have a rather tricky question regarding multiple domains on the same physical network.
I am a user of a large network. The network is split into two parts. One part of the network is used for institutionally-owned computers that are part of a domain. The other part of the network is for individual users to plug in their own machines; the individual machines are not part of the domain and users retain complete control over the management of their own machines, and have considerable freedom to configure or establish systems as long as they are not intrusive upon the institution’s network. These two parts of the network represent the two different subnets. The institution has a large block of IP addresses that are registered internet addresses – not private addresses – that are assigned to each machine.
My question is, I would like to set up a domain controller because I have multiple machines on the network at different physical locations. I would like to be able to log on with the same username and password, make use of roaming profiles and network home directories, and run my own Exchange Server and IIS. Would there be any potential conflicts if I were to set up my own Domain Controller/DNS? From what I’m thinking, my domain controller would only be servicing logon requests for my group of computers, and shouldn’t have any impact on other users because 1) the rest of the machines on the network rely on local logins, and 2) the institution’s domain-member workstations are on an entirely different subnet. Since DHCP is done by the institution’s servers, I realize I might have to manually configure the DNS server on my individual machines and forward DNS lookups to the institution’s DNS servers, but other than that does this sound workable?
