4. Click Properties at the Local Area Connection Status screen.
5. Click Internet Protocol(TCP/IP).
6. Click Properties.
7. Click Use the following IP address.
8. Enter appropriate IP address selected on the planning section listed above. For
example 100.100.100.1.
9. Click the OK button to continue.
10. Open a command prompt window to verify the TCP/IP configuration. Enter the
command:
ipconfig /all
You should get a display showing the configuration information you entered above.
11. Test the link by entering the following at the command prompt:
ping computername
Where computername is the server name. You should get four reply's from
100.100.100.1, if you don't get this result then there is a link problem which must be
fixed before going any further.
12. Test the link by doing a ping to one of the clients attached to the server, for example:
ping 100.100.100.2
You should get four reply's from the client.
Attach Clients to Network
Follow normal procedure to patch the clients to the proper hub with the server.
Domain Controller Setup
The Windows 2000 reference guide calls this process "Promoting the server to a domain
controller".
1. Click Start | Run and enter the command:
dcpromo
2. Click Next at the "Active Directory Installation Wizard".