DC and DHCP client

Hi,

I have a member server of my domain that goes on the road with some of our
staff who also take thier desktop computers with them. I was thinking to easy
the burden of login and other things to change the member server to a DC so
when they all go on the road, they login exactly like they would in the
office.

My question is: When they go on the road DHCP is always a concearn as it
differs from building to building, site to site that they go to. So the
server that they take has a dynamic IP address. Can I upgrade this member
server to a DC and still have it get it's IP address from another DHCP server
or does it have to have a static IP Address?


chigrboy

Hi,

Yes -- DC can be a DHCP client, but they will have a long logon times (few
minutes).

Personally I would be very concerned about carrying domain controller
around. It has all the passwords of all the users stored on it and access to
all resources in domain. If someone compromises that server while on the
road he/she will "own" the domain. The only way to get out of that is to
rebuild your domain from scratch (create all users, add all computers to
domain, set all permissions on all the servers, ...)...

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security

"chigrboy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have a member server of my domain that goes on the road with some of our
> staff who also take thier desktop computers with them. I was thinking to
> easy
> the burden of login and other things to change the member server to a DC
> so
> when they all go on the road, they login exactly like they would in the
> office.
>
> My question is: When they go on the road DHCP is always a concearn as it
> differs from building to building, site to site that they go to. So the
> server that they take has a dynamic IP address. Can I upgrade this member
> server to a DC and still have it get it's IP address from another DHCP
> server
> or does it have to have a static IP Address?