Looking for a good starting place....

[AutisticWunderr]

On 2K Advanced Server.

I'm a technical person, in fact, im both a hardware and software technician for a warranty service, and I am profecient Win 3.1,95,98,ME,NT,2000 Pro, and XP.

....But I'm new to servers............

I just installed windows 2000 Advanced server, and I'm mostly going to use it as a DCHP server for the PC's in the rest of the house, and to make a Game server for the games I play, (Counterstrike, Unreal 2003, RTCW, MOHAA).

Ihave 2 NIC's in it.... a cable modem on one NIC, and a hub on the other NIC

And a Hardware mode, if your wondering

I'm really green on managing and deployment of a server, but I catch on REALLY fast.

 

[sdibias]

I'm not really sure I understand your question, but try these guides:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/walkthroughs/

http://www.labmice.net/FAQ/win2000faq.htm

http://www.labmice.net/articles/securingwin2000.htm

Personally, I would get a little home Cable/DSL Router (Linksys, Adaptec, D-Link...) but if you want one of your NICs to sit on the internet, that's fine to. You will want to use the built in NAT service found in the RRAS console in the Admin tools. NAT or Network Address Translation is a much better way to go then ICS, ICS is really just a watered down version of NAT. NAT will keep your Internal computers on a non-routable subnet (e.g. 192.168.x.x) and therefore will be much better protected from the outside world. Here is a link to NAT 411:

http://www.win2000mag.net/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=21189

http://miataru.computing.net/howto/advanced/2000nat/NAT.pdf

Here's how to configure NAT:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310357

Have fun!



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