Hello smart pepole, I was trying to make myself smart on ICS and RRAS/Network translation servers and had a couple of questions. 1) Why should'nt ICS be used in an existing network with Windows 2000/03 Server domain controllers, DNS servers, gateways, DHCP servers, or systems configured for static IP addresses? 2) Can Win2k pro be configured to act as a network translation server without using a 2000/03 server software? Thanks, Deman

1) I wouldn't use ICS as it's very limited in capability and doesn't work as well, or as fast, as RRAS/NAT. Basically speaking, ICS is RRAS's retarded little brother. However, that doesn't mean you couldn't use it. 2) Yes it can...using ICS.

Sorry, misread your original post: 1) I wouldn't for the above reasons, as well as the following: The larger the environment, the more problems you'll have using ICS. ICS was essentially designed for use in small home 'workgroup' type networks with less than 10 PC's. The bigger the load you put on it, the slower everything is going to run for everyone. Also, with ICS, the machine used as 'host' for the internet is assigned 192.168.0.1 by ICS and this can't be changed if you want it to work. Ergo, the clients all need IP's in the same range. If this isn't the IP scheme you're using on your network, you'ld be forced to change all IP's on every PC. RRAS/NAT was designed for large environments and can handle a larger load than ICS with a lot less problems and slow-down for clients. Also, RRAS/NAT doesn't really care what IP scheme you use...you configure it for the IP addressing setup you have in place.