WINDOWS SBS SERVER 2003

[hotdigity]

I currently have Windows SBS 4.5 and am putting a new server with Windows SBS server 2003. I would like to keep both servers but am having difficulty seeing them both. Someone suggested having a sub-domain but not knowing too much about IP addresses and subnet masks, I am stuck a little, need help

 

[PlatinumGold]

you can keep both servers, but only one can function as the domain controller. SBS 2003 won't set up trusts with another server os.

you can, however, continue to share the resources using WINS.

 

[hotdigity]

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Therefore do I have to demote one to a secondary server or put the new one on a sub domain. If I put it on a sub domain I get stuck on the subnet mask to use as it won't let me use the default of 255.255.255.0, but will let me use 255.255.0.0

 

[PlatinumGold]

what would you use the 2nd server for? AFAIK SBS2003 doesn't work with the old "BDC" concept. SBS2003 will only work as a sole domain controller.

a subnet does not equal a domain. a domain is a security boundary. a subnet is a series of ip addresses. you communicate cross domain if you log into that resource (each resource has a list of users it will accept).

so, for eg.

i can have a windows nt 4.0 server at ip address 192.168.1.41 and a SBS2003 server at ip address 192.168.1.100

if you set up a share on the sbs2003 server in domain "sbs2003" then you go to the windows 4.0 server, go to network neighborhood and search entire network, then go to workgroup "sbs2003" then click on the share you just created. you will then see a dialogue box that will allow you to log in to the shared resource.