Creating A Network

[Itnewbie]

So I have my modem/wireless router connected to my server and want to put out wireless and wired network connectivity. I have server 2008 set up and I want to use the server for all like websites and all. Is this possible? My problem is I do not know about assigning IP. Were can I get some good direction on setting this up? I have MSHOME net now and I want to ping all off the server. I have taken my 2008 class but that taught me more about install and maintain. Can anyone throw some good links at me. I have some good idea were to start I just need to know about static IP and how to make my other pcs see this server?

[mmthomas]

Here is a link to get you started with IP addressing and configuring.

[Itnewbie]

Ok now I have this plugged in to the network, is it best to have it find the Ip or assign?

[mmthomas]

For most servers, it is best to assign a static IP address. This is because you may have applications, firewalls or port forwarding configured to use the server's IP address for access. If you use DHCP, a power or network outage may cause your server to pick up a new IP address and suddenly your server is unavailable. Then you may have to traipse over to the server to logon at the console to find out what the IP address is.

[Itnewbie]

Ok were is the best to do this? TCP/4 properties. Also were would tha Ip come from to make it static so that I can still get out.

[mmthomas]

Yes, TCP/IP v4 properties is where you will change the IP address. You will want to pick an IP address that is in your network subnet, but not in the range of addresses being assigned through DHCP. In your case, it sounds like your router is probably doing DHCP. So, your network is probably something like 192.168.1.0 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0 and a default gateway of 192.168.1.1 (the router's ip address). Your router is probably configured to give out DHCP addresses in the range of something like 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.200. So you would want to assign your server an address between .1 and .100 exclusive. So if you gave it an address of 192.168.1.2 and netmask 255.255.255.0 and a gateway of 192.168.1.1 you should have internet access. (assuming you do have a 192.168.1.0 network).