Setting up a server for the first time

Schoieuk

Schoieuk

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Hi guys, so i recently got my self a static ip address and a basic server to have a toy with and learn the basic set up installation steps to get a server running.

My plans are to set up a Domain for the home network, run microsoft exchange to receive my email from my website. Host a few game / ventrillo servers etc.

I am totally new to servers and on installing windows server 2008 it was the first time i had ever looked upon a server desktop.

I need help with setting up and assigning my ports.

The router i have is a BT business hub, the newest version if there is one.

My server is freshly installed and i have not made any changes yet.

Any help or advice would be amazing as this is somethign i realy have little knowledge about.

Please check updated post below for my progress :D

Thanks.

Oli.
 
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Im confused. "Set up a static IP"? Your seriously not telling me you've never given your Windows PC a static IP and gone and bought a server to run MS Exchange?

If you have done so before, then set the IP on the server to ... 192.168.0.2 (arbitrary i know), plumb it into the BT Business hub which is... 192.168.0.1 with your static IP (external IP) of 4.2.2.1.

Then all you do is port forward the ports you want from static IP to Server IP using NAT/Port Forwarding on the router. That way requests on 4.2.2.1:80 get routed to 192.168.0.2:80 for example.

If i've said anything incorrect here someone please correct me, been over 3 years since I setup SBS's.
 
Hi Schoieuk,

Fixed external IP addresses, those required to run a mail server are assigned to you by your isp. To get them, log into your control panel or call support... screenshot of my control panel below notice two fixed ip addresses and its description.



As for server 2008, well you picked the right server software and from my experience it tends to make things just that little bit easier than server 2003.

I can't claim that I know anything about the bt business hub so won't be much help on that front, if you have any other specific issues though im sure somebody can help.
 
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Not sure but I think you can't install Exchange on a domain controller..

Google is your best bet for getting answers to your questions though!
 
a lot of people are saying its easy to set up the static ip address... But no one is actually saying how?

It's more the portforwarding i am having an issue with.
 
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You've almost certainly got 1 static IP assigned by your ISP. This is allocated to your router. You can't then use it for your server, so what you have to do is what has been mentioned above and port forward from the router to the PC.

You're likely getting errors because you're using (or try to use) the same IP for both router and server and they're detecting a conflict.

If you don't understand the concept of port forwarding and how network address translation works then you're going to have a lot of reading to do. I'd start with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation :)
 
Thanks for the last comment it actually is making sense :P

1 static ip address - assigned to router and will do that automatically as soon as the isp has assigned it to me. (which is done after i restart the router) whats my ip is showing the ip address that the my isp assigned me.

and i need to port forward the traffic i want to my server?

is that correct?
 
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Talk about throwing yourself in at the deep end!

I think people are quite surprised as you have jumped into something, with very little knowledge, that takes a lot of experience / studying to fully understand.

You will certainly learn a lot doing this but you might want to consider getting some books or watching some CBT nuggets vids or something, static IP is a very tiny part of the whole picture. Asking on here will get you answers but you'll miss out on the theory behind it.
 
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Talk about throwing yourself in at the deep end!

I think people are quite surprised as you have jumped into something, with very little knowledge, that takes a lot of experience / studying to fully understand.

You will certainly learn a lot doing this but you might want to consider getting some books or watching some CBT nuggets vids or something, static IP is a very tiny part of the whole picture. Asking on here will get you answers but you'll miss out on the theory behind it.
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yer i get i have jumped in at the deep end but i have some experienced friends that will help me if i get stuck. however i am doing this partly for training for my apprenticeship placement for a it consultancy business next year. and knowing the ins and outs of basic servers is a requirment so i have a year to get the grips of it.

i have learnt a lot just today (my first day of looking into it)

i have now got ports forwarding to my router and all are fine, i am now in the process of setting up my domain controller however i have come to a problem - when i go to setting up the Active Directory Domain Services i create my new domain forest and the netbios without issues, set my forest function level to 2008. However whn i go to set up the DNS server i get a pop up box saying 'delegation for the DNS server cannot be created because the authritave parent zone cannot be found or does not run windows DNS server. If you are intergrating with an existing DNS infrastructure, you should manually create a delegation to this DNS server in the parent zone to ensure name resolution from outside the domain xxxxx-xxxx.xxx, otherwise, no action is required.

do you want to continue?'

Should i continue or have i missed something here?

little confused about this pop up.

any help is appreciated.
 
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