Years ago, I used to be a network administrator for an organization that had some rather odd security policies in place. One of the existing policies when I got there was that all computers had to be ...

I'm rebuilding my small server farm (all Win 2003). Given:<BR><BR>1 x new server for a DC<BR>1 x new server for File Server<BR>(to come) 1 x new Hyper-V server (and thus a few available VM ...

Hello Guys,I have to setup two redundant DHCP servers, one is physical and second is virtual.I have to setup in such a way that if one server fail , other server will manage all the leases. My ...

A topic that seems to cause users a great deal of anguish is the configuration of Network Address Translation (NAT) for the purpose of providing shared Internet access on private network. This guide ...

A few tips on how to make sure the DHCP infrastructure issuing IP addresses isn’t a single point of failure. Redundancy is essential for dealing with both planned and unplanned outages, and that ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...

'Scopes' and 'classes' of IP addresses can help to logically organize address ranges by users and devices within Windows DHCP Server. Whether in an existing network or a new one, there is an aspect of ...