Server 2003 Standard

finsfree

finsfree

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I am trying to get a server up and running for a small business. This server will be my Domain Controller,DNS and DHCP.

How can I test DNS and DHCP on the server before I disable these settings on the router? Because currently the little Comcast router that is there on site is running DNS and DHCP. Before I make the switch I want to test the settings on the server first.
 
The easiest way would be to isolate the server if possible and see if you can get a DHCP lease from it. From that point you can see if you have your pool created correctly (should have DNS pointing to the server IP address and what not). What you can do to test dns is use NSLookup from command line and point that to the server and ask it a few questions about hosts on your local network that it has records for.

http://www.computerhope.com/nslookup.htm

the above link is a list of some of the commands you can use with nslookup to do various things.
 
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