Win 2k3 Server, static IPs and WAPs

[TriedandTested]

Currently setting up a new Win2k3 server using static IP address and that new fangles 'wireless'

Scenario; user has a laptop, has a static IP assigned to the NIC which can be used at any point on site. The laptop also has a wireless card built in which also has the same IP address as the NIC assigned to it.

Is this the correct way of setting up such a laptop on a wirelss connection using static IPs? The alternative is using the WAP as a DHCP but if i'm using static IPs could this not cause conflicts?...or should i set aside a specific IP range for wireless laptops to make use of?

Ta.

 

[Biffa]

Just because the server has a static IP (as it should) doesn't mean you have to have static IP's on the clients.

Its probably not a great idea to have to network interfaces on the one computer with the same IP address, it should warn you not to do that. I can't hurt but wireless cards have a funny habit of connecting even if the wired connection is plugged in. Just give them different addresses.

Whether to have DHCP or not depends on how many computers you have and whether you have a strong reason for not running a dhcp server.

If machines on your network *have* to have a specific IP address every time they are plugged in you can reserve ip addresses for specific machines in the dhcp scope by using the MAC address of the card requesting the IP address.

Otherwise as you said you can "reserve" a specific range of ips for the wireless users for dhcp and leave the other machines with fixed IP addresses. Just make sure you remember not to use any Ip's in that range.

But for me thats too much to worry about, I'd just use the DHCP server to handle the giving out of IP's and if I wanted fixed IP's I'd reserve them on the server.