Need help with delegating Win2000 domain

[Kevin Darcy]

Chung-Chen Lin wrote:

> I'm planning to split the current subnet so that Win2000 server will
> have it's own subnet (10.10.0.x/255.255.255.0) and the unix boxes will
> be on the (10.0.0.x/255.255.255.0).  The network outline is planned to
> be:
>
>                    (10.0.0.x/24)
>                  __Unixes (Sparc Solaris, FreeBSD): domain.net
> Linux, Bind 9.2 /
> ext NIC - int NIC
>                 \__PCs (Active Directory/Win2000 Server & Pro):
> sub.domain.net
>                    (10.10.0.x/24)
>
> Physically, ALL of the computers have one NIC except for Linux
> NAT/firewall box.  And they all are connected to one big switch.  The
> goal is:
>
> I would like the PCs still be able to access Unixes box via SSH, use
> it for checking mail via IMAP3, and access files on the SAMBA, and
> query the SQL/Oracle server.
>
> So the question is will this work?  Why/why not?  This is my first
> attempt to split the subnet so I can have Win2K server controlling its
> own active directory integrated domain.  While Linux will run standard
> domain.  The DHCP server will be run on the Linux box as well and
> it'll be the only one on the 10.0.0.x. & 10.10.0.x network.  Any
> advice for this newbie will be appreciated.

This should work. Just make sure to delegate the relevant forward and
reverse subzones to the Win2K box. For redundancy, you might want to
consider having the Linux and Win2K boxes slave each other's zones.


- Kevin