Let’s see how we can configure DHCP server in a Windows Server Environment. For the demo I will be using Windows 2008 R2 Server.
To start first need to log in to the server with administrator privileges. Then start the “server Manager” by clicking on “Server Manager” icon on task bar. Then go to “Roles”
Then click on “Add Roles” option to…
For any host to perform any communication it must have an IP address. When we take a network to each host need to have an ip address to function in network. When the number of hosts increases assigning IP addresses to them (manually) become issue. Especially when you move in to IPv6 the addresses are more complex as well. There for its better to have mechanism to assign IP addresses automatically…
To start the configuration we need to install Distributed File System (DFS) roles on the servers. There is few reasons why I have choose DFS technology for given scenario.
High Availability – DFS provides the high availability for accessing shared files across the network. In network, the files will be shared across the network from different servers; different sub domains etc. if any of…
What is DFS?
The Distributed File System (DFS) is introduced by Microsoft Corporation with Windows NT operating system. The product is focused for addressing issues faces in File/Data sharing on networks environment.
After Windows NT, with every network operating systems that Microsoft had released were having DFS service by default. This service does not need any additional license apart from…
