Hello everyone,
I want to build small ActiveDirectory environment - one WindowsServer2008 guest who will be related to provide connection to internet and ethernet from my real network and share this connection to 3 WindowsXP, Windows 7 guests.
I don't know how to set up network environment in VirtualBox to simulate situation which I described? How to set up server guest and workstation guests?
Small network envirment - set up?
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BillG
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Re: Small network envirment - set up?
It is not a good idea to use your only server as a router in AD unless you are running SBS. Running your DC as a router can cause problems with the computer browser service and name resolution. A DC should have only one network interface and one IP address. It would probably be OK for a test rig like this, but you may need to do a bit of fiddling. See Microsoft KB 292822.
The routing setup is pretty simple. You give the router vm one NIC in the internal network and one bridged to the physical network. You then configure RRAS as a NAT router. It is AD which adds conplications. All AD clients should use the local DNS server only. The local DNS has to be configured to forward to a public DNS service. (This is not a virtual machine problem. The same applies to AD on physical machines).
The routing setup is pretty simple. You give the router vm one NIC in the internal network and one bridged to the physical network. You then configure RRAS as a NAT router. It is AD which adds conplications. All AD clients should use the local DNS server only. The local DNS has to be configured to forward to a public DNS service. (This is not a virtual machine problem. The same applies to AD on physical machines).
Bill