windows server 2003 gateway and dhcp server on the same computer

can this be done and if so How...I have a computer running windows server
2003 with 2 NIC's and a cable modem connection going to one and hopefully my
network on the other

Yes, it can be done (otherwise SBS wouldn't exist).

The important thing is to get your Internet connection to appear as an
interface in RRAS. If you have a PPPoE connection, use the PPPoE option in
RRAS. If not, set up a demand-dial interface to do the Internet connection.
(You don't have to use the dial on demand option, but you need the
interface).

If you can see the "public" interface in RRAS you can configure it to
run as a NAT router. If you want to run Active Directory you will need to
make changes to DNS. (NAT just proxies DNS calls from the LAN through to the
public connection. AD needs to use a local DNS).

boiseneon wrote:
> can this be done and if so How...I have a computer running windows
> server 2003 with 2 NIC's and a cable modem connection going to one
> and hopefully my network on the other

Ok sorry to do this to you but...I am a newbie and not sure how to do any of
that...is there a how-to somewhere or could you elaborate for me?

"Bill Grant" wrote:

> Yes, it can be done (otherwise SBS wouldn't exist).
>
> The important thing is to get your Internet connection to appear as an
> interface in RRAS. If you have a PPPoE connection, use the PPPoE option in
> RRAS. If not, set up a demand-dial interface to do the Internet connection.
> (You don't have to use the dial on demand option, but you need the
> interface).
>
> If you can see the "public" interface in RRAS you can configure it to
> run as a NAT router. If you want to run Active Directory you will need to
> make changes to DNS. (NAT just proxies DNS calls from the LAN through to the
> public connection. AD needs to use a local DNS).
>
> boiseneon wrote:
> > can this be done and if so How...I have a computer running windows
> > server 2003 with 2 NIC's and a cable modem connection going to one
> > and hopefully my network on the other
>
>
>

Take it one step at a time. Disable the "public" NIC. Forget about
Internet access and set up your server and local LAN with DHCP using private
addresses.

When that works, enable the public NIC and configure the server so that
it can get to the Internet.

Have a look at this tutorial

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/art...AT-router.html

boiseneon wrote:
> Ok sorry to do this to you but...I am a newbie and not sure how to do
> any of that...is there a how-to somewhere or could you elaborate for
> me?
>
> "Bill Grant" wrote:
>
>> Yes, it can be done (otherwise SBS wouldn't exist).
>>
>> The important thing is to get your Internet connection to appear
>> as an interface in RRAS. If you have a PPPoE connection, use the
>> PPPoE option in RRAS. If not, set up a demand-dial interface to do
>> the Internet connection. (You don't have to use the dial on demand
>> option, but you need the interface).
>>
>> If you can see the "public" interface in RRAS you can configure
>> it to run as a NAT router. If you want to run Active Directory you
>> will need to make changes to DNS. (NAT just proxies DNS calls from
>> the LAN through to the public connection. AD needs to use a local
>> DNS).
>>
>> boiseneon wrote:
>>> can this be done and if so How...I have a computer running windows
>>> server 2003 with 2 NIC's and a cable modem connection going to one
>>> and hopefully my network on the other