I have a broadband internet connection coming into the house connected to a modem, the modem is then connected to a router. I have a Win2000Svr and 2 clients, but the router is handing out the ip addresses to the clients when i want my Win2000Svr to do it!! I understand that the router is dhcp enabled. I have another router not in use, is there a way i can use this router in this home network and have my Win2000Svr hand out ip addresses to the clients instead of the 1st router??

ex: connect the Win2000Svr and 2 clients to the 2nd router (turn dhcp off on 2nd router).

1st router ip is 192.168.1.1, subnet mask 255.255.255.0
what would the 2nd routers ip address and subnet mask have to be?? and also the ip address/subnet mask of the Win2000Svr/2 clients? Server/client i assume would be connected to the 2nd router.

the 2nd router has a WAN and Uplink port, which one do i use to connect the 2nd router to the 1st router?

It is easier to connect the Server direct to the Internet, the Server has two NIC cards and uses a switch to connect the 2 clients:

Internet
W2K Svr NIC1

W2K DHCP Svr NIC2
Switch
Client PCs

This is easy

Enable dhcp on the server with a ip scope in the same range of the router but excluding your server and gateway addresses.

Disable dhcp on the present router

For example lets say your router is giving out ip in the range of 192.168.0.x. .1 is the router. You would put your server static at .2 DHCP scope would be from .3 up

You would configure dhcp to give out your server as the dns address and the routers lan ip as the gateway [.1]

You would configure your dns server in the forwarders tab you would put your ISP's dns address.

This way the wkst requests name resolution from your server. If your server can't resolve it the request is passed to the isps dns servers until resolved.

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plainandsimple;
SO just add a 2nd nic to the server,have that 2nd nic plugged into a switch and the clients also plugged into the switch? My server will still be plugged into the router, right? will this have my server hand out ip addresses to the clients? while the router gives an ip to ONLY the server?

wanderer:

i want the router #1 to stay dhcp on! because there is a couple other computers connected to it not part of this network i am trying to build, i don't want any problems with those computers if i turn router #1 dhcp off?

so will your instructions still work if i leave dhcp on on router #1? will i need to use router #2?

this server will be a DNS server, a Domain Controller!

plainandsimple:

so use a switch??