Microsoft Windows Server 2008: A Beginner s Guide in Software

Drawer Code 39 Extended in Software Microsoft Windows Server 2008: A Beginner s Guide

4 In the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box, click Internet Protocol Version 4 and click Properties In the Internet Protocol Version 4 Properties dialog box, click Use The Following IP Address 5 Unless you have a specifically assigned IP address for the server you are working on, enter the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway that you got from Ipconfig Once again enter the IP address of the current server as the Preferred DNS Server, and enter the IP address of a second server if applicable (use Ping to acquire this get the IPv6 address for future use), as shown in Figure 6-6 6 Click OK and Close to close several dialog boxes and windows, restart the server, and reopen the Server Manager 7 In the Roles Summary section, if DHCP and DNS are installed, you ll see their roles listed If you do, you can skip to the next major section Otherwise, if your

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8 Click Add Roles The Add Roles Wizard opens Before You Begin is displayed and suggests you have a strong Administrator password, static IP addresses, and the latest Windows Server 2008 Updates 9 Click Next Select Server Roles displays and you should see DHCP Server on the list, as shown in Figure 6-7

10 If the DHCP Server check box is not checked, click it If you don t have a static IP address entered for the server, you ll be reminded that you need to do that Click Yes to confirm it Go back and do Steps 3 through 6 11 If DNS Server is not checked, click the check box, and then click Next Click Next twice more in response to the DNS and DHCP information screens If you haven t entered a preferred and alternate IP address for DNS, you are requested to do so Click Next when you are ready

Continuing in the Add Roles Wizard, the available static IP addresses are displayed for the use of a DHCP server

1 Click the IP address you want to use and click Next If requested (and if you didn t just do it), enter the preferred and alternate DNS server IP addresses, and click Next The Specify WINS Server Settings dialog box appears 2 If you have Windows computers on your network prior to Windows 2000 (Windows 95/98/Me or NT), then you will need to set up WINS In that case, select WINS Is Required For Applications On This Network, and enter the IP addresses for the preferred and alternate WINS servers Otherwise, leave the default WINS Is Not Required On This Network selected 3 Click Next Add Or Edit DHCP Scopes appears Click Add The Add Scope dialog box appears 4 Enter a name for the scope Enter the starting and ending IP addresses for the range to be included in the scope Enter the subnet mask for the IP addresses range and enter the default gateway, as shown here:

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NOTE A subnet mask divides an IP address into a subnet or network address and a host address When you are working on a local network, only the host portion is needed, so it speeds up the process if only that portion of the address is searched An IP address is 32 bits long, so if you say that half of it (16 bits) is a network address, the local network will only look at the 16-bit host address The 16-bit subnet mask is 25525500 5 Click Activate This Scope and click OK The new scope appears in the list of scopes Click Next You are asked how you want to handle DHCPv6 The simplest approach is to leave the default of configuring the server for stateless operation that requires no further configuration from you 6 Click Next Enter the IPv6 addresses for the preferred and alternate DNS servers you entered earlier for IPv4 and click Next A summary of your settings is shown If they are not correct, click Previous and then Next as needed to correct them 7 When you are ready, click Install You ll see a progress bar showing the installation for the DHCP and DNS servers When it is done, you ll get a message that the installations were successful Click Close In the Server Manager under Roles Summary, you should now see both DHCP Server and DNS Server