I have created two Virtual machine of windows server 2008 R2 (VM1 & VM2 respectively). I am configuring domain controller on VM1 and VM2 will be my member server.
My Host system is windows 7 and my ISP does NOT provide me with a static IP.
When I configure domain controller on VM1 it asks me to configure static IP address first. I have given 10.0.0.2 as a static IP on VM1 and the default value of subnet mask is populated.
For preferred DNS and Alternate DNS server I have given the same static IP address (i.e 10.0.0.2).
Note - As am planning to use the local computer (i.e VM1) as my preferred DNS and alternate DNS.
Q1) What should I set as the 'default gateway' on VM1 ?
Q2) Once I've set up the domain controller, can I configure DHCP server on VM1 and assign IP to VM2 ?
Q3) VM2 being a (domain)member server, can we assign static IP to it ? If yes What would be the values in gateway, Preferred DNS and Alternate DNS field ?