Assigning Static IP to VPN Client in Mixed Mode

I'm setting up a remote site on Windows 2003. I can connect through VPN to
my HQ, but can't assign a static IP. If I use a reservation or include the
static address in the connectoid; "error 735: The requested address was
rejected by the server". I can't assign the IP address in Active Directory,
because the option is greyed out in mixed mode.
Is there another option?
This remote computer is a DC, that will replicate with my HQ. How critical
is it that the VPN interface is static? I expect the remote office to drop
connectivity and reconnect frequently.
Thanks.

What mode is Active Directory running in? From memory, the static IP
option is not allowed in mixed mode, but works in native mode.

This all sounds a bit dicey to me. Have you considered linking the
remote site by a permanent site-to-site link? Having a DC make an occasional
dialup connection sounds risky, to put it mildly.

"Jeffrey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2F2E6026-D71C-4E9B-84AF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm setting up a remote site on Windows 2003. I can connect through VPN
> to
> my HQ, but can't assign a static IP. If I use a reservation or include
> the
> static address in the connectoid; "error 735: The requested address was
> rejected by the server". I can't assign the IP address in Active
> Directory,
> because the option is greyed out in mixed mode.
> Is there another option?
> This remote computer is a DC, that will replicate with my HQ. How
> critical
> is it that the VPN interface is static? I expect the remote office to
> drop
> connectivity and reconnect frequently.
> Thanks.

Active Directory is in mixed mode, and we can't change in the forseeable
future.
The plan is to try to maintain a permanent site-to-site VPN link; however
the remote site has poor power and internet connectivity and will sometimes
go offline.
Thanks.

"Bill Grant" wrote:

> What mode is Active Directory running in? From memory, the static IP
> option is not allowed in mixed mode, but works in native mode.
>
> This all sounds a bit dicey to me. Have you considered linking the
> remote site by a permanent site-to-site link? Having a DC make an occasional
> dialup connection sounds risky, to put it mildly.
>
> "Jeffrey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:2F2E6026-D71C-4E9B-84AF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I'm setting up a remote site on Windows 2003. I can connect through VPN
> > to
> > my HQ, but can't assign a static IP. If I use a reservation or include
> > the
> > static address in the connectoid; "error 735: The requested address was
> > rejected by the server". I can't assign the IP address in Active
> > Directory,
> > because the option is greyed out in mixed mode.
> > Is there another option?
> > This remote computer is a DC, that will replicate with my HQ. How
> > critical
> > is it that the VPN interface is static? I expect the remote office to
> > drop
> > connectivity and reconnect frequently.
> > Thanks.
>
>
>