Virtual Test Lab Help Needed

I am trying to setup a lab environment to help me with my MCSE training using VirtualPC 2004. I am sure plenty of people use VPC or VMWare for this but I cannot find any articles on how anyone actually got everything to work. What I am looking for is the ability to keep my existing workgroup the same and set up a Virtual domain with internet access using VirtualPC 2004. Here is my current setup

1.) I have a router with a builtin print server attached to a DSL mode
2.) The router provides DHCP for all client
3.) I have 4 clients attached to the router, 2 PCâ??s, 1 Laptop, 1 XBO
4.) All clients are WinXP and Win2K Pro in a workgroup. No server
5.) The WinXP client has VPC 2004 installed

How do I setup my Virtual Win2K domain controller to provide DHCP and DNS to my virtual domain clients when it is up and running while still having internet access
I am not looking for details like "Go to the Control Panel, Click on Network and Dial up connections" I just need to know if anyone has done this with a similar setup and how they did it
I crossposted this message to microsoft.public.virtualpc

krossposta
Sat Apr 03 17:24:13 CST 2004

The NIC on your main PC acts as a conduit to grab DHCP=20
addresses from your DHCP source. You cant have 2 DHCP=20
servers on the same subnet, well you can, but ....


>-----Original Message-----
>I am trying to setup a lab environment to help me with my=20
MCSE training using VirtualPC 2004. I am sure plenty of=20
people use VPC or VMWare for this but I cannot find any=20
articles on how anyone actually got everything to work. =20
What I am looking for is the ability to keep my existing=20
workgroup the same and set up a Virtual domain with=20
internet access using VirtualPC 2004. Here is my current=20
setup:
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>1.) I have a router with a builtin print server=20
attached to a DSL modem
>2.) The router provides DHCP for all clients
>3.) I have 4 clients attached to the router, 2 PC=E2?Ts,=20
1 Laptop, 1 XBOX
>4.) All clients are WinXP and Win2K Pro in a=20
workgroup. No servers
>5.) The WinXP client has VPC 2004 installed.
>
>How do I setup my Virtual Win2K domain controller to=20
provide DHCP and DNS to my virtual domain clients when it=20
is up and running while still having internet access?
>I am not looking for details like "Go to the Control=20
Panel, Click on Network and Dial up connections" I just=20
need to know if anyone has done this with a similar setup=20
and how they did it.
>I crossposted this message to microsoft.public.virtualpc
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