> I want to experiment with setting up a Server 2008 PDC and then connecting
> an additional server and XP client to it. But I also need them to have
> internet access without impacting my exisiting domain and network.
>
> Is this possible to do, and if so how do I go about setting up the network
> component?
>
> Vista x64 Host running VPC SP1,
> Server 2008 Ent x32 Guest (x2)
> XP Pro SP3 (x1)
>
> Regards, Andrew.

>
>
> "Andrew Staley" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> I want to experiment with setting up a Server 2008 PDC and then
>> connecting an additional server and XP client to it. But I also need
>> them to have internet access without impacting my exisiting domain and
>> network.
>>
>> Is this possible to do, and if so how do I go about setting up the
>> network component?
>>
>> Vista x64 Host running VPC SP1,
>> Server 2008 Ent x32 Guest (x2)
>> XP Pro SP3 (x1)
>>
>> Regards, Andrew.
>
> The best solution is to run the domain on a private virtual network
> (Local Only in VPC), and connect this to the physical network through a
> NAT router. Since you are running on a client OS as host, you need to run
> the router in a vm (as ICS is not really compatible with a domain setup).
>
> What were you planning to run on the second server? Is it compatible
> with also running RRAS as a NAT router? If not, do you have enough memory
> to run an additional vm as a router? W2k server will run in 128M and you
> could do it with 64M in Linux if you are familiar with that.
>
>

>
>
> "Andrew Staley" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> I was thinking of running Server 2008 again to try Exchange 2007/2010 and
>> DFS.
>>
>> Thinking it through all I really need the internet for is to download the
>> latest updates. Nothing to stop me setting up the VM with access to the
>> host, and then putting it back to Local Only once I'm done.
>>
>> If I decide to go the route of setting up a small VM as a NAT what do I
>> do. Put Server2008/XP on as Local Only and then give the VM(NAT) access
>> to the host? If I do this how do the two on local only connect to the
>> VM(NAT)?
>>
>> Andrew.
>>
>> "Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Andrew Staley" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>>> I want to experiment with setting up a Server 2008 PDC and then
>>>> connecting an additional server and XP client to it. But I also need
>>>> them to have internet access without impacting my exisiting domain and
>>>> network.
>>>>
>>>> Is this possible to do, and if so how do I go about setting up the
>>>> network component?
>>>>
>>>> Vista x64 Host running VPC SP1,
>>>> Server 2008 Ent x32 Guest (x2)
>>>> XP Pro SP3 (x1)
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Andrew.
>>>
>>> The best solution is to run the domain on a private virtual network
>>> (Local Only in VPC), and connect this to the physical network through a
>>> NAT router. Since you are running on a client OS as host, you need to
>>> run the router in a vm (as ICS is not really compatible with a domain
>>> setup).
>>>
>>> What were you planning to run on the second server? Is it compatible
>>> with also running RRAS as a NAT router? If not, do you have enough
>>> memory to run an additional vm as a router? W2k server will run in 128M
>>> and you could do it with 64M in Linux if you are familiar with that.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> You give the router two NICs, one in Local Only and one connected to the
> physical NIC of the host.
>
> If you are running a domain you need to make changes to DNS, but that
> has nothing to do with virtual machines. It is just the same with physical
> networks.
>
> I would not run either a DC or Exchange server as a router.
>
>

> I was thinking of running Server 2008 again to try Exchange 2007/2010 and
> DFS.
>
> Thinking it through all I really need the internet for is to download the
> latest updates. Nothing to stop me setting up the VM with access to the
> host, and then putting it back to Local Only once I'm done.
>
> If I decide to go the route of setting up a small VM as a NAT what do I
> do. Put Server2008/XP on as Local Only and then give the VM(NAT) access to
> the host? If I do this how do the two on local only connect to the
> VM(NAT)?
>
> Andrew.
>
> "Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>
>>
>> "Andrew Staley" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>> I want to experiment with setting up a Server 2008 PDC and then
>>> connecting an additional server and XP client to it. But I also need
>>> them to have internet access without impacting my exisiting domain and
>>> network.
>>>
>>> Is this possible to do, and if so how do I go about setting up the
>>> network component?
>>>
>>> Vista x64 Host running VPC SP1,
>>> Server 2008 Ent x32 Guest (x2)
>>> XP Pro SP3 (x1)
>>>
>>> Regards, Andrew.
>>
>> The best solution is to run the domain on a private virtual network
>> (Local Only in VPC), and connect this to the physical network through a
>> NAT router. Since you are running on a client OS as host, you need to run
>> the router in a vm (as ICS is not really compatible with a domain setup).
>>
>> What were you planning to run on the second server? Is it compatible
>> with also running RRAS as a NAT router? If not, do you have enough memory
>> to run an additional vm as a router? W2k server will run in 128M and you
>> could do it with 64M in Linux if you are familiar with that.
>>
>>
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