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Step 9:
Next, you will see a screen that looks like Figure 1-7. We want to configure the network settings here, so choose the Custom Settings radio button and click "Next."
Figure 1-7
Step 10:
When you see the screen in Figure 1-8, click on the line for "Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) to highlight it, and click the "Properties" button.
Figure 1-8
A window like Figure 1-9 should pop up after you click "Properties." A full treatise of the TCP/IP protocol suite is beyond the scope of this document, but I will hit the highlights here. A basic "IP Address" consists of 4 numbers, each no more than 254, separated by periods. 192.168.1.200 for example. What you really need to know about IP addresses here is this: There are "public" IP addresses and "private" IP addresses. "Public" IP's are used on the Internet, and "private" IP's are used in private networks. It is the job of a firewall to translate your private addresses into public addresses for communication on the Internet. You want to use a "private" IP address range now to avoid headaches later. The private ranges that you should use in your own network are: 10.X.X.X, 172.16-31.X.X, and 192.168.X.X (the X's here mean you can use 1-254). In this example, I have used 172.31.0.5 with a mask of 255.255.255.0 and a gateway of 172.31.0.1. Use settings that are specific to your existing network if you already have one. If you have no preexisting network, these settings will be fine. If you have an Internet connection, you can put in the DNS addresses that your Internet Service Provider gave you or put in 127.0.0.1. 127.0.0.1 is a special address that refers to the local computer. So with this setting, the server will ask itself for DNS information. We will be setting up a DNS server on this server for use with Active Directory. Click "Ok" when you are finished putting in the TCP/IP settings. Then click "Next" to continue.
Figure 1-9
Step 11:
The next screen you should see is shown here in Figure 1-10. You can just leave this at the default workgroup of "Workgroup." After clicking "Next" the installation will continue on its own and reboot. Bringing you to Figure 1-11.
Figure 1-10
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