Server 2003

[rctneil]

Hello,
I am pretty new to networking and we have been setting up Windows Server 2003 at uni so I ahve decided to sort of follow along at home and have downloaded Server 03 from Microsoft Dreamspark and ahve set it up as a virtual machine and it is on the network part of installation and I ahve paused it to ask a question on here:

I IP address can I use that will work for just this small test network?

I am aiming to have the 1 server and maybe 1 or 2 client machines and to just mess around with group policies and so on to get the hang of it a bit more!

So I need to know what IP to use
and the subnet mask
and the DNS servers.

Thanks

[K.C.Leblanc]

Ok this should work.

IP: 192.168.2.1
Subnet: Mask 255.255.255.0
DNS 192.168.2.1

When you only have one machine on the network. Once the server is up and running you can make it into a DNS server.

When you add work stations give them the same Subnet and DNS, but change the last number (the technical term is octet) of the IP address. Of configure your server as a DHCP server.

For more info about using IP addresses google IP classes, aswell as subnetting. Should throw up some riveting reading.

[rctneil]

yes, we ahve been covering clases and subnetting but it was a bit much and am working it out over time but couldn't figure out what to use. could 127.soemthing be used as isn;t that a loopback address also?

[K.C.Leblanc]

Don't set your IP to anything starting 127 it won't work. 127 addresses loopback so whenever you send data to 127 address it goes back to the computer it originated from (in fact it never leaves).

Open up command prompt (Start > Run > cmd [enter]) and then type 'ping 127.0.0.1', you'll get a reply even if you network cable is unplugged.

[rctneil]

ok, I see why it should be 192 as that is for LAN's but how do you know it should be ???.168.2.???

Just try to explain those 2 middle parts then I should be ok.

Thanks for your help so far!

[K.C.Leblanc]

ok, I see why it should be 192 as that is for LAN's but how do you know it should be ???.168.2.???

Just try to explain those 2 middle parts then I should be ok.

Thanks for your help so far!

They could infact be any number between 1 and 254. Most domestic routers use either the 192.168.0.0 or 192.168.1.0 range. I just chose the next one along.

[codemonkey]

192.168 is generally used as it is a reserved address range for private networks as described in RFC1918 Address Allocation for Private Internets.

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1918.html

[rctneil]

Just got this server 03 network up and running at it works!

yay, just gotta learn more about everything now

What I need to know is if I log onto a client machine onto the domain as a user and create a document and then log off again?

Where is that file stored?, where are all the users settings and everything stored?

If i set the background wallpaper of a user on 1 client and then go to different client and log on as that user then the background is the original one. So it seems like it is storing it on the client machine. how do I store it on the server so any log on from any client will bring back the users personal files and settings?

[MikeV2]

The instructions will vary depending on which OS the client systems are using. Google: "roaming profiles" and it should point you in the right direction...If one or more of the clients are running Vista, then add that (dirty word) onto the end of the search criteria.

[Nox]

What I need to know is if I log onto a client machine onto the domain as a user and create a document and then log off again?

Where is that file stored?, where are all the users settings and everything stored?

If i set the background wallpaper of a user on 1 client and then go to different client and log on as that user then the background is the original one. So it seems like it is storing it on the client machine. how do I store it on the server so any log on from any client will bring back the users personal files and settings?

righty, for part 1, it depends where you saved the file - if you have set up a home drive and saved it there, it will be on the server if it's set up correctly, log onto a different client and you will see it there, for example you could set everyone's p: drive into the same area/<username>

Re the backgrounds, well, if the original file is somewhere accessable by both, for example p:\background.jpg, then it will follow you around. if it's stored on a clients c:\background.jpg, then only the client with the file existing in that location will have the pic.

I think you're going to be playing around for a bit:) AD is fun!

Nox

[rctneil]

I'm just following this:

http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/02/01/rmng_usr.html

and at this part:

Navigate to the Advanced tab.
In the User Profiles section, click on the Settings button.
The User Profiles screen appears.
Select your temporary user account, and then click on the Copy To button.
The Copy To screen appears, as shown in Figure 2. Enter the path to the network profile folder in the "Copy profile to" box. (Windows will automatically create a folder underneath the Profiles folder with the appropriate username.)

only NEILDOMAIN\Administrator

is available to choose and none of my user accounts.

Any ideas?

[MikeV2]

Just to check where you are - after creating the temporary domain user account in active directory. Did you then log in to the client machine, or the server, as that temporary user? Whichever one it is, you need to log into that same machine to copy the profile.

[rctneil]

I ahve logged on as that temp user onto the client machine and the if i follow those few stepos on the client then the profile name is listed but the copy to button is not displaying, if I do the steps on the server then I can see the copy to button but the temp profile user is not shown

[MikeV2]

OK, nearly there - log onto the client machine as the "NEILDOMAIN\Administrator" account and try it again...
I think it's not letting you copy it because it's the one you're currently in.

[rctneil]

Right, I'll give that a go next time I boot them all up.

I'll make sure to report back so add this topic to your subscribed threads! - :D

[Taxation]

wait, what exactly are you trying to do now on your server/client?
No long explanations, just short bullet points.

[rctneil]

- Set up roaming profiles for users

[Taxation]

try using microsoft ;)

Im going to be doing this in the next week or so at work for one of my users.
He's a right pain in the ****, so we gave him a laptop to tide him over.

This should do it anyway.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316353

[MikeV2]

Still here if you need help though

[Taxation]

i will be following this step by step tomorrow
I'll let you know how it goes