Hi guys,

i have a 3pc and 1 2003 server network in my house...
all im trying to do is this.

take the dhcp off my netgear...
let the windows server handle dhcp with a 10.0.0.x range internally

my questions are this....

A)Do i still get a dhcp address for my netgear,from my motorola (isp modem that came for my broadband)

B)when i put a 10.0.0.1 (the address i want to use for my netgear) it says
illegal address or something.

so how can i have a netgear that connects to a motorola bb modem,and a server
with a static address handing out DHCP addresses and broadband to work on
my clients...

I am busy reading about this stuff...but i find it easier to actually play with it,than
read a bunch of theory...

any guidance appreciated...
jonin

so this is how far i got...

i had the router on a dhcp assigned address from the server 100.100.100.30

the server had a static address of 100.100.100.35
i had dhcp setup on a scope on the server from 100.100.100.30 to 40

my workstation was getting 33...
i could see both the server and the router
but no internet...

how do you tell pc1 or server to look at the router for internet?

i tried entering IP for the netgear in my dhcp and default gateway...
but nothing...im almost there?

please

First off, your router will only push DHCP, it won't pull it from any other server. This means you have to assign your router an internal IP address, and disable it's built-in DHCP server, if you want DHCP to come from your win2k3 server.

As for no internet, do an ipconfig /all on one of your machines. Verify the default gateway address is correct, and that when you punch it in on your web browser, you get your routers logon prompt. It could also be a DNS issue. You can test this by pinging an outside IP address, such as 209.85.171.99 (a google.com IP), or just pasting that IP in your web browser. If you are able to access google, then you know your DNS settings are not set correctly. If this is the case, I'd suggest having your server push the IP's of OpenDNS (http://www.opendns.com/)'s DNS servers.

that worked thanks man!!!