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Hi ICTCity! Thank you so much for your advice and help! I will definitely follow your advice. No worries, I haven't taken any of your advice the wrong way. Actually, I find you to be very helpful! I see where you are coming from. I will try to do a little more research to understand the why's first. Then, once I understand why I need to do things, I will try to figure out how to do the tasks. Once I am ready for that part, I would like to come to you again and see if I may have done something wrong, or if there may be a shortcut of some sort that you may have. ICTCity, thank you again for all of your advice. Please don't feel that you are discouraging me. You actually have kept my hopes up that I can learn this stuff because you are taking the time to atleast respond. Thanks again and hopefully, I can learn some of this stuff.

Hi ICTCity, Thank you again for your advice. I am thinking about possibly trying that Comptia A+ Certification or Network+. I know it takes a while to study for these exams, but I am more than willing because it looks alot cheaper than going to school. The only problem would be finding the right book to study with. I chose those roles because I was hoping to accomplish the following: On server A, I wanted to have WSUS so that I can see if the Updates work for all Operating systems across the board, or if it would just update my Server 2008. (I have Server 2008, XP and Win7) I wanted to install IIS because I wanted to set up an intranet site and I wanted my client computers to use that site as their home page. I just recently learned basic HTML. On Server B, I wanted to install Hyper-V because from what I have read so far, this network clouding thing is what most companies use now. I wanted to use WDS so that I could learn how to use a server as my source to install Operating systems on new client/workstations that I might create. RRAS - To be honest with you.....I just wanted to throw another thing on there so I just chose anything. I originally wanted to set up email for my clients, but I don't have Exchange and it is too expensive. I don't think it is feasible, especially since I am just using one computer and I would only have one real email account that I might possibley use. So far, the big obstacles for me have been attaching the Client to the Domain. I have only one server right now. I don't know how to install the other server. I am wondering if i make it part of the first server's domain. I aplogize if I may seem a little too eager and if it looks like I am jumping in without a life vest, but I was thinking that if I was able to set up a network with someone's help, that I may learn more quickly. The books that I have, while good in theory, have little to offer in regards to examples, or a step by step process in how to set up a network from beginning to end. They focus more on the Operating system and it's features. Thank you again ICTCity, if you are still willing, it would be greatly appreciated. I see your point though, it will be kind of hard for you to help me if I don't understand half the things you are doing, but if you have the time, I would still like to give it a try.....

Hi All! I am trying to learn how to effectively use Server 2008 and I am not going to school (too poor) nor do I work in the industry. I just want to learn a little bit about network administration and have chosen Server 2008 as my study tool. All I have are two "beginners" books, which are actually catered more for the intermediate user. Just in case anybody is reading and is looking to mentor me......here is a tidbit of info: I currently have installed 1. Virtualbox 2. Server 2008 twice (I want to see if I can set up two servers) 3. Windows 7 4. Windows XP My computer is running 4GB of Ram while the processing speed is at about 3Ghz. From what I understand so far.....In virtualbox, I can run server 2008 (twice) and either XP or 7 at the same time for a total of 3 virtual machines. I can do this so far with no real problems. I want to make one virtual server (server A)with the following: DNS, Active Directory, DHCP, IIS and WSUS The other server (server B) I want with the following: Hyper-V, RRAS, IIS, DNS and WDS I want to share files from Server B. My dilemma is the following: I am so new to the computing world that I don't even know where to start! After 3 weeks of reading and researching I have been able to setup one server and connect a client to it, however, I used Dynamic IP addressing and I was told that it was not a good idea. I now know why, but I don't know how to setup a server statically. If anybody out there has anytime and is willing to serve as a mentor to me.....it would be greatly appreciated! I think I found something that I really want to do. I know that it is hard breaking into the industry, but I am a real hard worker and the IT guy from my job told me that I am picking up really quick for someone who doesn't know much about computers or networking. Would someone be willing to take on this little project with me?

That was a PERFECT explanation ICTCity! Thank you so very much!!!!! I am going to try something today. I hope it will work. If it doesn't, would it be okay with you if I sought your advice?

Wow! You guys were quick! THank you so much for your advice on this matter. ICTCity, thank you so much for your heads up on needing Microsoft Exchange! I don't have that and I think that is too expensive, so I will go and make the other Server a Web Server, and I will probably connect a printer to see if I can make it a Print Server too. Or is that dumb? Thank you by the way for your explanation on the Dynamic vs. Static. I still don't quite get how it works, but your explanation atleast has given me a little more understanding. If I am understanding this correctly......., If I assign Dynamic, My Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol role will assign a new IP address to the Server.......and if that happens, the Domain Naming System will have to be updated.....because if it isn't, the Name will have a different IP address from what the Client computers know. If this happens, then there may be a name and IP conflict and I will get some type of error message. Is this correct? Sorry, I am extremely new to this, so I am breaking this down and I am also doing this corny thing where I try to break down the acronyms like DHCP=Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol so that I kind of look like I know what I am talking about. Hehehe. Thank you guys again! BTW, BScharz, thank you for welcoming me and letting me feel comfortable with the myriad of question that I will be asking. If I were to come up with things that I want to try, is this the forum that I should go to? Or should it be Features Help and Discussions?

Hi All! I hope I am posting in the right section. Please accept my apologies if this is not the right section. I am kind of new to this, but I am intrigued by what the IT guys at my work do. I am looking to do a career switch. I have recently purchased 2 "beginners" books, but after installation......I am a bit lost. Hoping someone can help me with some of my technical questions. I will try to give a quick synopsis of what I have tried so far...... I have copies of WinXP, Server 2008 and Win7. I decided to put 2 copies of Server 2008 in Virtualbox in hopes of making one an email and intranet server.....and the other serving as a file server (shares files?). I also installed Windows 7 and Windows XP into my virtualbox. I am running Vista as my "Real" Operating system. I have checked the hardware requirements, and as long as I don't have more than 3 virtual machines running at once....I should be fine. (I was thinking of both servers and either/or Winxp/7.) I just want to see if I can set up a small server/client network. After Installation......I tried following one of my books, but I decided to use dynamic ip addressing. I was told this was not a wise idea.....I wasn't able to get an explanation that I could understand on why it is not a good idea. I guess for this initial post, I am hoping that someone can advise me on whether it is a wise idea that I am trying this stuff in virtualbox. I know almost nothing about computers, but I just feel this itch to learn now. Someone told me that it would be safer to try it on a virtualbox. It took me forever to figure it out, but I got that part down now. Sorry if my post is all over the wall, but it would be greatly appreciated if somebody could take me under their wing and help me learn this stuff. I will try to learn from the books that I have purchased, but sometimes knowing that there is someone out there that I can ask might be better. I am too poor to try the whole schooling thing. Out here in the States, life is hard enough without having any school debt. Thank you in advance to anyone willing to help.

Hi! My name is kind of confused. I am new to all of this stuff. I am hoping for all of your patience and understanding regarding some questions I may have that may seem stupid or trivial. I am just a little bit confused about the simplest of things such as connecting my client to my server, or having multiple servers. I have purchased a couple books that say they are for beginners, however, it seems like the books assume that one already knows how to connect client to server. Anyway, I hope to learn a lot from you guys. Thank you! :)