BA 479 - Lab 2: DHCP and Domain ControllersPossible Points: 30 – Estimated Time: 55 minutesIntroductionLast week, you assembled a desktop and connected it to a network, and magically received an IP address (from a DHCP server). This week, you will learn how to set up a DHCP server and ensure that it can assign IP addresses to clients on the network. You will also learn to configure a Domain Controller for your local network, add user (group) accounts and computers to a domain. Some comments on VMWare Server: As you complete this lab, you willbe making all of your changes within machines running on VMWare. Therefore, when the lab says, “configure the server”, it means the virtual server. Additionally, VMWare does not catch the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination. Instead of this, when prompted, use Ctrl+Alt+Ins. Procedure1. Preparing your Server (5 min)Before you begin with setup, make sure your virtual server has astatic IP address. Since it will be acting as a DHCP server, it is strongly suggested that it have a static IP. To set a static IP, click on Start, then Control Panel, then Network Connections, and then select Local Area Connection.When the information window for your NIC opens up, click on Properties. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then click on Properties. Select the Use the Following IP Address. Input an appropriate server IP address, and use that same address for the gateway. In the Preferred DNS Server field, put 127.0.0.1. Question (2 pts): To what does the 127.0.0.1 address refer? Why is this used?Once you’ve made these changes, click OK twice. Now you’re ready to set up your server.2. Configuring a DHCP Server (10 min)Question: Why would an IP address be automatically leased (temporarily) to individual computers on the network (as opposed to manually assigning IP addresses permanently to individual computers)? (3 points)To begin setup of DHCP on your server, open up the DHCP management console under “Administrative Tools”. Note: you may need to install DHCP first. In the right hand panel, you should see your server’s name and IP address. Right click on this, and select New Scope. Give your scope a name and click Next. You will define your list of IPaddresses here. In the space below, write down your configuration (3 pts):Start IP Address:End IP Address:Subnet Mask:Question (2 pts): What is the meaning of the “length” value?The Start and End IP addresses define a range of available IPs. Click Next. The next window allows you to add exclusions, meaning IP addresses that you don’t want given out to other machines. If you have workstations or servers with statically assigned IPs in the range you defined earlier, then add them to your exclusion list. Click Next.The third step asks you to set your lease duration. This tells theserver how long it should wait before it tries to assign a particular IP address to a different machine. Each machine still existing on the network will have to renew its lease after this length of time, and any IP addresses that are no longer renewedcan be reassigned when they expire. Change this value to 1 day,and click Next. Make sure that “Yes, I want to configure these options now”is selected, and click Next. Type in the IP address of your server here, and click Add, then Next. For Parent Domain on the Domain Name and DNS Server screen, type ba479.com. For IP address, type 192.168.0.1, click Add, and then click Next. Click Next again; you will not be using a WINS server. Finally, select “Yes, I want to activate this scope now” and click Next.Click Finish, and your new scope is finished. The DHCP management console should show your scope as active. If not, activate it. You may need to restart the DHCP service as well. Question (2 pts): Why would it be a bad idea to restart the server to get the DHCP service to restart?Ensure your clients are connected to the same switch and powered on. Use the ipconfig command to determine whether your clients received valid IP addresses. Write them down below (2 pts):Client A’s IP:Client B’s IP:Now use ping to make sure that they can contact each other. Once all communication is set up, go back to the DHCP management console on your server. Select your scope, and then select Address Leases.Question (3 pts): How many leases are there? Is this how many you expected? Why?Once you’ve checked out your leases, go ahead and move on to the next step.3. Promoting a Domain Controller (15 min)Configuring a Domain Controller takes quite a few steps, so read carefully and double-check each step.1) Click the Start button, click Run, type DCPROMO, and then click OK.2) When the Active Directory Installation Wizard appears, click Next to begin the installation.3) After reviewing the Operating System Compatibility information, click Next.4) Select Domain controller for a new domain (default), and then click Next.5) Select Domain in a new forest (default), and then click Next.6) For Full DNS name, type ba479.com, and then click Next. (This represents a Fully Qualified name.)7) Change the Domain NetBIOS name to BA479. (NetBIOS names provide for down-level compatibility.) Click Next.8) On the Database and Log Folders screen, point the Active Directory Log Folder to L:\Windows\NTDS, and then click Next to continue.9) Leave the default folder location for Shared System Volume, and then click Next.10) On the DNS Registration Diagnostics screen, click Install and configure the DNS server on this computer. Click Next to continue.11) Select Permissions compatible only with Windows 2000or Windows Server 2003 (default), and then click Next.12) Type password for Restore Mode Password and Confirm password, and then click Next to continue.13) Review the summary of the Active Directory installation options. Click Next to start the installation of Active Directory. If prompted, insert the Windows Server 2003 installation CD.14) Click Finish once the Active Directory Installation Wizard is finished.15) Click Restart Now to reboot the virtual server.4. Adding Users to the Domain (10 min)Now that you have a domain controller set up, you need to add users to the domain, so that they can log on. Users can be incorporated into groups, which often have similar permissions and needs on the network. Follow the steps below to add an account class to your domain:1) Click the Start button, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active