Widnows 2003 Server and RIS

[Mason64]

Am going to set ris up on my 2003 server at home just for college cus am doing a course but i been told that i need to have a DC DNS and DHCP.

i dont use DHCP on my server i use my routers DHCP. is it possible for me to still do it by using the DHCP on my router?

Thanks

 

[mike1210]

yep should be fine, for best practises though, hardwire the server. client machines on DHCP

 

[oddjob62]

Nah i'm almost certain it won't work for RIS.

Part of the RIS setup includes having an activated DHCP server present within AD.

I could be wrong though... never tried it tbh.

 

[mike1210]

it worked on mine at home and I don't have DHCP on the 2k3 machine, only on me router

 

[oddjob62]

Huh... ok cool. Like i said i've never tried it. Can't think of the last time i used a router for DHCP

 

[ruffneck]

bit of a bodge though surely? why don't you just run DHCP on your server

 

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Description of Remote Installation Services
You can use Remote Installation Services (RIS) for Windows 2000 to install a local copy of the operating system to other computers from remote locations. You can start up your computer, contact a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server for an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and then contact a boot server to install the operating system.

RIS requires several other services. These services can be installed on individual servers, or all of these services can be installed on a single server. The type of installation depends upon your network design: • DNS server: RIS relies on DNS for locating the directory service and client computer accounts. You can use any Windows 2000 Active Directory service-compliant DNS server, or you can use the DNS server that is provided with Windows 2000 Server.
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server: RIS requires an active DHCP server on the network. The remote boot-enabled clients receive an IP address from the DHCP server before they contact RIS.
• Active Directory: RIS relies on Windows 2000 Active Directory for locating existing clients as well as existing RIS servers. RIS must be installed on a Windows 2000-based server that has access to Active Directory, for example, a domain controller or a server that is a member of a domain with access to Active Directory.