WINS DNS NetBIOS and Internet Names
Ever since the first computer networks were created, users have needed to locate computers and network resources by using names. When the Internet became ubiquitous in the early 1990s, the Internet's technique for name-to-address resolution DNS became popular, and operating system manufacturers like Microsoft started building DNS and other Internet protocols into their products. Before the Internet became common, however, users still needed a way to address computers and resources by name. One...
Making a Domain Controller
After and only after you've decided how many domains you'll have, and what their names will be, should you make your first DC. The first DC on your network is for a root domain, such as World Metro Bank's worldmetrobank.com domain. Subsequent DCs can be added to that domain or can be used to create new child domains, such as east.worldmetrobank.com. To create a domain controller, install Windows Server 2003 on a computer. Then, open the Start menu and select Run. Type dcpromo.exe and click OK....
Quiz Yourself Fre
1. What type of DNS record tells an e-mail server the name and IP address of your e-mail server See DNS records. 2. What tool do you use to administer Windows Server 2003's DNS software See Managing DNS. 3. How can you reduce the amount of manual DNS configuration in your organization See Dynamic DNS. 4. How does your ISP's DNS server resolve DNS queries for Internet addresses See The DNS process.
RRAS as a basic firewall
If you can't use ICF, or if you want to maintain a finer degree of control over your firewall services, you can configure input and output IP filters in RRAS. These filters tell RRAS what traffic to accept and what traffic to ignore. To view or create filters, follow these steps 1. In the RRAS console, open the IP Routing item. 2. Click on the General item to view a list of network interfaces on the server. 3. Right-click the interface that you want to apply filters to, and select Properties...
Managing Terminal Services
How Terminal Services works How to set up Remote Administration mode How to set up Application Server mode How to set up Terminal Services licensing ' indows Server 2003 includes a special feature known as Terminal Services. The feature was originally introduced in Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition and incorporated into the main Server product in Windows 2000. Windows Server 2003 offers a number of improvements in Terminal Services, mak-30 Min. ing it one of the product's most important...