Router/DHCP Handing out Gateway Address?

[super20g]

I have a s2k server, and I just hooked up a cable modem and router. It's all up and active, but i need to hand out the router address to the clients. DHCP is running in the s2k server, what do i need to do to accomplish this? I added a "router" and pointed it to the ip of the router, but think there was a couple more steps i am forgetting. Thanks.

[twwabw]

That should do it, if you're running DHCP service- just add the scope option. Are you running your own DNS w/forwarders? If not, you'll need to add the DNS addy's too.

[YeOldeStonecat]

Lets assume your server is 192.168.1.11
Lets assume your router is 192.168.1.1

Disable DHCP service on the router, because two DHCP services will not want to co-existing on the same network.

Have DHCP hand out addresses such as 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.200

Have it hand out the router as the gateway, 192.168.1.1

And...assuming you setup DNS properly on the server, with it forwarding to your ISP's two DNS servers, have DHCP hand out the server, 192.168.1.11, as the DNS server.

[super20g]

I have disabled DHCP. I guess since these Linksys's are marketed toward home users, they enable DHCP as default?

In the DHCP management console, I went into scope options I believe, and added "Router" and put the routers IP in that entry.

I do not think they have DNS installed on the server.

Should I just install it, find in it somewhere to forward the ISP's DNS IP's, and find in the DHCP management console somewhere to hand out the server's IP as the LAN's DNS server?

That doesn't sound too bad. I set up a s2k3 server and router not all that long ago, guess I ran though that then, just set it and forgot it I guess.

[twwabw]

Is the server a Domain Controller? Do your users log onto a domain, or is it just a peer to peer Lan? If it's a Domain, then you are running DNS.

If not a Domain network, it's not necessary to run DNS on the server. You can enter your ISP's DNS server IP's into the scope options of the DHCP server.

[super20g]

I don't think the server is a DC, they may be authenticating logons from another DC somewhere else, I have just spent maby 10 minutes at this LAN. And I did try to go into DNS on the server wizard but it just wanted me to install it, so I don't think it is installed.

I will snoop around in DHCP and see what I can do. This lan is not mine, I just need to get them up and running on the broadband connection, and I have one client pc that is going to share their cable modem for a VPN to another lan.