Problems to Put Windows 7 in Windows Server Small Business STD2011 Domain

Hello Cliff

In this network i have one Firewall that makes DHCP.  In SBS 2008/2011 i need to make DHCP in  server?  I cannot contining usuing my firewall to make DHCP?  You can send this SBS documentation to read?

Thanks A lot

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William

The SBS wizards are built around several assumptions, one of which is that SBS handles DHCP. by trying to keep it elsewhere, you are actually increasing complexity.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg637864.aspx

Note bullet point 2. one of the SBS wizards, the connect to Internet wizard, actually expects you to move DHCP. either this wizard was skipped during setup, or an unsupported workaround was used to temporarily bypass the wizard.

-Cliff

While manually setting the dns server will work, this would need to ge done for EVERY PC, even the XP machines. Increasingly services that rely on AD will not work with NetBIOS so applications such as outlook will have issues. And while manually setting DNS sidesteps those issues, it increases management and defeats much of the reason to even use DHCP. after all, if you are setting the dns setting, why jot assign a static IP address as well.

There are many benefits to using SBS as intended. While there are workarounds, unexpected behavior can result and tend to prove more costly down the road. Moving DHCP is trivial and there is usually no compelling reason to keep it on a firewall/router.

-Cliff

Hello Cliff, Harry and Flyfishing

Attached i sent my network diagram. I have 2 internet connections configurated in failover. See what firewall are doing. When i using windows server 2003 everyting are working correctly.

I need to solve this problem. More ideas are welcome  :)

Thanks for all Help

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William  Network-Diagram.pdf

Your network diagram does not change my advice. Windows 2003, like XP, is based on older technologies that are being phased out. Simply moving DHCP to the SBS server as it is designed to be used will resolve your issue and will not conflict with your network topology.

-Cliff

Hello Cliff

I Try to move DHCP to SBS server 2011 and problem/error to put in domain continuing. I have acess to internet, but i can not put in domain.

Do you have other sugestion?

Thanks for all Help :)
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William  

As I have previously posted SBS Should be the ONLY DNS server. The snapshot you posted shows that the gateway is also acting as one, and your gateway cannot resolve AD queries.

Secondly, use the SBS wizard to join to the domain. Don't join manually.

-Cliff

Hello Cliff

Now works, Thanks a lot :)

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William

Thanks