Internet connection sharing

[easg]

I have a Windows 2000 server domain controler with the static ip address 192.168.0.1, this is a DHCP server also, and the DHCP scoope is 192.168.0.10 to 192.168.0.254 in this network there are 15 pcs with different OS (Win95, 98se, 2000pro and XP Pro), I have an internet connection that is connected to the pc via LAN card with RJ-45 cable and comes from an outdoor antena, in this scenario, how can I share the internet connection from the server?

[Markoman01027]

Get yourself the router(wireless router in your case), and then plug in the information in Router configuration.

[glc]

I believe he is asking how to use his server as a router.

You need 2 nics, one for the Internet and one for the lan. If 2k Server works at all like 2k Pro, all you need to do is open the local area connection properties for the Internet connection and use the Sharing tab, share the connection to the other nic.

However, this may not work with your existing DHCP setup, this is why I'm not sure Server works the same way. On Pro this will set the LAN-side card to 192.168.0.1 and make it its own DHCP server.

[easg]

That is right, I guess that the shared connection must be the first IP number in the LAN network (192.168.0.1 according to the standard), and the internet side must be set up to DHCP, If that is correct, the internet sharing will not affect my ip configuration in the server. I will only configure 2 or 3 pc to get the internet service from the server, 1 with XP pro and 2 with Win 2000 Pro, how do I do to configure this clients to get the internet service, but with the actual DHCP configuration?

[onyx]

Basically you have two options in Win2K Server for sharing an internet connection: ICS (as glc has pointed out) or Network Address Translation (NAT).

ICS is the easier of the two options to configure, but it is also less flexible. For example, you cannot configure the address pool that ICS uses to assign DHCP addresses to clients. With NAT you can. If you have a domain controller and a DHCP server already, and you need the increased flexibility, then NAT would probably work better for your situation. It is installed using the Routing and Remote Access snap-in.