W2K server config question

What do you mean "DNS IP"? Are you using DHCP? If you are using DHCP, you should add the IP of the server to the DNS in DHCP and the server will resolve your network traffic. If you are using your server as a gateway to the internet, that is all you will need in there. If you are using static IPs (shudder), you will have to do this manually on each PC. You also need to go to the network properties of each PC and set them to be a member of a Windows NT domain. You add the FQDN of the server in this block (i.e. myserver.mybusiness.com). I am sure you know, but I will say anyways, that you should investigate upgrading your clients to Win2K for a thousand reasons, primarily security and centralized administration. That can be costly, so you will have to decide if it is justified. In past positions, I have had to go user by user and do an assessment of security and need. I forced the company to upgrade the PCs and laptops of key personnel (CEO, CFO, HR, etc.) and some people thatkept loading garbage programs and frying their systems. Anyways, that is up to you. If you need more info, just add to your origional query.

You can set your workstations to get their IP addresses from the server as long as you point them to the server's IP address for DHCP. If you want the 98/ME clients to be AD integrated you need to install the Win9x AD clients software onto them fromthe W2K server CD.

Alternatively if you have a block of addresses you want to use you can assign them manually, making sure they are on the same subnet.

If you don't assign an address or a DHCP server the workstations will get automatically assigned IP addresses (APIPA) in the 169.254.x.x range. That will work too, but only if the server is in the same address range. If your server is connected to the internet and you want to share the connection, that's another story altogether.

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