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Windows 2000 Server Native Mode

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by billr

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I bought Tech Republic Active Directory and I am reading it but it refers to moor than one server I am not that big that I need more than one server at this time.
I have only one Windows 2000 Server and 5 Windows 2000 Machines and 1 Windows 98 Machine all are connected to a Linksys EatherFast Cable / DSL Router with a built-in 8-Port 10/100 Switch.
My IP address come from my cable provider for internet access automatically except for one static IP address that I pay for to host my website witch I wont to put on the Windows 2000 server
Can I run in native mode?
I am running my network as a workgroup now but want to go to native mode, last time I tried to do that my computers couldn?t see each other because the IP address given to each machine are not always in the same subnet mask.
That was before I bout the router I hope it will solve the problem.
Can you help?

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by readie

You can use native mode as long as all the domain controllers in your domain are running Win2K. You will have to install active directory on your server, and make it a domain controler.

by billr

last time I tried to do that my computers couldn?t see each other because the IP address given to each machine are not always in the same subnet mask.
The IP address come fom COX Cable
IP Address is given as needed to allow Internet Access

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