dns,dhcp,iis,ad all on one server...but wait theres more!

hey gang,

so basically im a cheap *** and cant afford to have seperate machines to run dns, dhcp, iis and ad on seperate servers

first of my current setup:

1 x server machine(amd cause of the cheapness stated above ), currently with dns and iis installed but not working (im still waiting on the name servers to propegate =\ more on that later). with two network cards, one is connected to the network switch (10/100 ethernet) and one is connected to the modem(also 10/100 but i remeber reading that the modem only supports 10mbps even though it says 10/100 on the box). This is running Win2K Advanced Server

1 x modem (d-link 300) serving 512/128 adsl. i've only just reliased that this runs a dhcp service of sorts. i cant find a way to turn if off though. this is connected to my server via ethernet

1 x 10/100 switch

1 x XP Pro Client

Ok, so now a multitude of questions follows:

First off, IP stuff. If i go to URL it gives me the address of my isp's cache server. is this normal? and will this have any effects on dns? specifically because the nameservers records on my godaddy.com domain account point straight to my ip address?

Secondly, dhcp shenanigans. as previously stated my adsl modem is acting as dhcp server, i go into the dhcp tool and i can see it there. On top off everything else running on the server i want it to be a dhcp server as well. Is there going to be any problems with doing this? remembering that the modem is attached to the server directly and not the switch.

Thirdly, iis. im just going to ignore this for the moment until the main part of the server is running, other then that it is installed and running. i still have to read over the iis forums as well.

Ahh fourthly, Active Directory. I havent played with this much, but if im installing dhcp i might as well use this to manage the user accounts. should i be disconnecting the server from the net before doing this? and can you guys point me in the right direction in terms off help sites specifically for ad. ive been to a few but most of them require some sort of previous knowledge of it.

lastly dns. i registered with godaddy.com with the domain "networkevolutions.com", but i used there private service where my name/phone number etc arent listed. for some reason it automatically pointed the nameserver entries to their nameservers: "PARK11.SECURESERVER.NET" and "PARK12.SECURESERVER.NET" even though i set my own!

I changed this to my nameserver:"ns1.networkevolutions.com" and "ns2.networkevolutions.com" the appropriate extra host for ns2 was added into my dns. what i want to know is, will this change to my nameservers or not? ie: is there something i didnt read in the contract somewhere thats going to stuff up my plans for world domination...i mean dns. and if it does allow me to change, how long does it normally take?

speaking of that, silentrage: i read over you examination of the wikidpc domain in this thread: (URL) and i must thankyou for clearing up a few things for me. you the man! much e-love your way

well that ends a very large post, i hope you guys can help a brother out

thanks in advance,

SHAFT!

No problem, no worries. Let's take a looksy at your domain here for a second. *20 seconds later* mmmm this is very interesting. Take a look at this:

whois networkevolutions.com
whois ns1.networkevolutions.com
whois ns2.networkevolutions.com

It looks like your name servers are successfully registered, but they're still not being used as the hosts for your domain. Click on the link that says "whois.godaddy.com". Even the godaddy whois server says the name servers has not been changed. Are you SURE you changed the name servers? If you are, then I guess we'll just have to wait out the rest of the 48 hours since you set them. The internic whois database updates every day at ~7:00 AM and ~7:00 PM. So if you're really impatient, check the whois status on your domain every 12 hours to see if it's updated yet.

Well anyway, now I have an IP address to work with even though you didn't tell us in your post! So let's check out that DNS shall we? I've already determined that both UDP and TCP queries work for your IP.

networkevolutions.com Zone Transfer

I can tell you read that other post. To the most part you followed my instructions, but I see a couple additional problems here. This record:

www.networkevolutions.com. CNAME ns1.networkevolutions.com.

Has got to go. CNAME is a pretty evil thing. It may cause older servers to crash when resolving your domain, and it may cause additional DNS queries to resolve the CNAME target. So keep things simple and just assign it an IP address like so:

www.networkevolutions.com. A 202.72.179.53

And finally, the NS records must always match the registered host name servers. So finish what you started and add this record:

networkevolutions.com. NS ns2.networkevolutions.com.

Everything else looks just peachy.

/me bows down the dns king

thanks dude!

couple of things:

1. in the godaddy domain hosts i have both ns1.networkevolutions.com and ns2.networkevolutions.com entered in there.

2. in the namerservers box i also have ns1.networkevolutions.com and ns2.networkevolutions.com

i cant believe of all the information i gave i forget the ip address

oh well, i guess its time to the waiting game then. thanks for you help grandmaster silentrage

edit: all working now YAY \0/