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I have been playing around Windows 2008. Specifically with the Core version of the product, in regards to designing a solution to fully support Entourage clients in a Hosted Exchange enviroment.
There were a few hurdles to first overcome however..
First is assigning a static IP to your Core installation.
I first had to run the following command to list the network adapters (NICs) installed on the server:
netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOEMMZxuU8ro2bPzMYZTPQIvV0Ie3zciNc-rjjXfSXuPmwcotuRIDAyZ1GHVosTXuj_8ZufogTNb4ZZG3vsiCbE50ogFDSYBqy91_rXiuJq4ix8RqwOa4WCCIgE3tsWADBLq7MsJWAhiE/s320/1.jpg)
I then had to specify which adapter I wanted to change the IP for, using the Idx variable.
The command to change the IP to static was:
netsh interface ipv4 set address name="2" source=static address=192.168.20.107 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.20.1
(obviously disregard my network settings)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslTq62sL_LoiDWKNroeB6r7UkUqv4q1XQEL9QafiIKQx8rFKnebypfwweczRd2l1c-XjnnfTwwiIU9R6ayhimKrwcYB5wYAMP9ZMqztJjGT__KZUOQ37PjMy2CjRD4-7enfzFfvNwRzE/s320/2.jpg)
Once this was done and I logged back onto the server (although I noted my server wasn't pinging - icmp responses - more on that later) and a simply ipconfig showed the changes had been made:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21KxShmGvSHvKW0Cq5C3YLzdBXKjCqSOLYVk3USXAGmiW31eYdXBrKlhdfxWnBBTjnVzw__hXSsDIFayAc32s8-L0ejFQz7oCjxTP2sNlAClU_yukuswJVQBcQhQeiRxD3s8w5I4u5UI/s320/3.jpg)
I then had to manually assign DNS servers, the command for this was:
netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name="2" address=192.168.20.100 index=1
for primary and then:
netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name="2" address=192.168.20.101 index=2
For secondary .
Note: specifying the Idx '2' again and the index=1 or 2 or more, specifying it's another DNS server.
I was then in a position to rename the machine, you are assigned a random computer name during the installation.
This was performed using:
netdom renamecomputer W47C1k34FRG1 /NewName:W2K8DC03
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgg3gBCJw5X4SAb8mGxIzuH4Wr1XKYUv5rxwHm5qzKA6AJXp4pN2A10IiMrD8l3QVk67NvdOhuL1RrxDmFdpU0EzHycsN_87DPgKVjFSIyPPUrfn56XXdq2UM00yjI9SRjysf2HAyurI/s320/4.jpg)
Once the machine had rebooted (shutdown /r) using the command hostname showed the name had changed succesfully.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_j_9mwltC0i-I-GtYvRu-W6BC-7VieEKZfgStm_X-xjQoolUsN-S3WNpfGKpgaFW_i7ZTQ9WZJTLS4WW_w23g1KN7EgyakeYACg2rKh_rGT6H0GRwWA8ibyUr9qaMD4jG94P7ZMdNa5Q/s320/5.jpg)
More to come later on joining the machine to the domain and making it a Domain Controller, as well as my ICMP issue.
Oliver Moazzezi
MVP - Exchange Server
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There were a few hurdles to first overcome however..
First is assigning a static IP to your Core installation.
I first had to run the following command to list the network adapters (NICs) installed on the server:
netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOEMMZxuU8ro2bPzMYZTPQIvV0Ie3zciNc-rjjXfSXuPmwcotuRIDAyZ1GHVosTXuj_8ZufogTNb4ZZG3vsiCbE50ogFDSYBqy91_rXiuJq4ix8RqwOa4WCCIgE3tsWADBLq7MsJWAhiE/s320/1.jpg)
I then had to specify which adapter I wanted to change the IP for, using the Idx variable.
The command to change the IP to static was:
netsh interface ipv4 set address name="2" source=static address=192.168.20.107 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.20.1
(obviously disregard my network settings)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslTq62sL_LoiDWKNroeB6r7UkUqv4q1XQEL9QafiIKQx8rFKnebypfwweczRd2l1c-XjnnfTwwiIU9R6ayhimKrwcYB5wYAMP9ZMqztJjGT__KZUOQ37PjMy2CjRD4-7enfzFfvNwRzE/s320/2.jpg)
Once this was done and I logged back onto the server (although I noted my server wasn't pinging - icmp responses - more on that later) and a simply ipconfig showed the changes had been made:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21KxShmGvSHvKW0Cq5C3YLzdBXKjCqSOLYVk3USXAGmiW31eYdXBrKlhdfxWnBBTjnVzw__hXSsDIFayAc32s8-L0ejFQz7oCjxTP2sNlAClU_yukuswJVQBcQhQeiRxD3s8w5I4u5UI/s320/3.jpg)
I then had to manually assign DNS servers, the command for this was:
netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name="2" address=192.168.20.100 index=1
for primary and then:
netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name="2" address=192.168.20.101 index=2
For secondary .
Note: specifying the Idx '2' again and the index=1 or 2 or more, specifying it's another DNS server.
I was then in a position to rename the machine, you are assigned a random computer name during the installation.
This was performed using:
netdom renamecomputer W47C1k34FRG1 /NewName:W2K8DC03
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgg3gBCJw5X4SAb8mGxIzuH4Wr1XKYUv5rxwHm5qzKA6AJXp4pN2A10IiMrD8l3QVk67NvdOhuL1RrxDmFdpU0EzHycsN_87DPgKVjFSIyPPUrfn56XXdq2UM00yjI9SRjysf2HAyurI/s320/4.jpg)
Once the machine had rebooted (shutdown /r) using the command hostname showed the name had changed succesfully.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_j_9mwltC0i-I-GtYvRu-W6BC-7VieEKZfgStm_X-xjQoolUsN-S3WNpfGKpgaFW_i7ZTQ9WZJTLS4WW_w23g1KN7EgyakeYACg2rKh_rGT6H0GRwWA8ibyUr9qaMD4jG94P7ZMdNa5Q/s320/5.jpg)
More to come later on joining the machine to the domain and making it a Domain Controller, as well as my ICMP issue.
Oliver Moazzezi
MVP - Exchange Server
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