Home Network Setup Help

Richard Hawsley

Ok here's my current setup.
My PC: P4 1.8GHz Desktop Running WinXP Pro SP2
My Brothers PC: AMD 1GHZ Desktop Running Win 2K SP4 soon to be XP Pro SP2
My Soon to be Server: P2 400MHZ

I have a netgear Wireless Router. My PC is connected via cable and My brothers is wireless. The Server PC is yet to be setup as its in a cupboard but will probably be connected by cable.

My question is when i set this all up should I install Win 2k3 Enterprise onto the server and also should it be a domain or workgroup as im not too sure on this networking mallarky. One thing is i want roaming profiles and currently have no idea how to set them up.

Any help, advice, suggestions and warnings welcome.

Many thanks
Richard

SurfinShell23

I'd recomend 2000 server on an older machine. I have a P2 350 and Win 2000 just gets by.

You'd need a domain for roaming profiles... Q should be able to help with that...

Slash

Win 2003 standard should be alright for that PC.

JackTheStripper

2003 runs very smoothly on low end Pentium II's and K6-II's. Pending that you have enough RAM.

BOD

windows 2003 on my PII was fast so long as you tweak the services and have enough ram (i had 192MB) you should be fine.

for roaming profiles you'll need to install active directory, which will also install DNS and DHCP on your machine so turn these off in the router.

Richard Hawsley

Ah well my P2 has 384MB of ram so should be enough.

Richard

JackTheStripper

Yes, that'll due. That's what I got and mine runs 2003 very well.

TCPMeta

All you need is a wprkgroup. I would use Win2k server unstead of Win2k3. Ofocrse this is me and i don't like to use the latest OS on my systems lol. Anyway, what are you going to use the server for? just a standard network server that does DHCP and what not or are you planing to host a FTP or a HTTPD?

Richard Hawsley

Not sure yet. Just taking advantage of my new router and having my own web server is a future plan.

Richard

Q

I'm not sure workgroups do roaming profiles TCP.

-Q

BOD

they dont.

wingzeroismine

SurfinShell23 wrote:

I'd recomend 2000 server on an older machine. I have a P2 350 and Win 2000 just gets by.

You'd need a domain for roaming profiles... Q should be able to help with that...

I have 2000 on a P1 166.... it works well enough.

Also... shouldn't the router itself do DHCP?

Slash

No, they need special programs, like DHCP server for that...