Summary


Active Directory relies on a stable and effective network infrastructure. Within the network infrastructure, you should make sure you have considered how the users will connect to the resources that they need. Every organization needs to have users that connect within the internal network, and most have some type of external user who needs to gain access to internal resources. Configuring the network to allow access and still maintain a high level of security can be a challenge.

After determining what kind of users you need to support, you need to design the network infrastructure to support the internal and remote access. Your infrastructure may use RRAS as routers, RAS, RADIUS clients , and RADIUS servers. It depends upon how you wish to implement each of the services to support your user needs.

IP address allocation is another item that you need to design so that you have the appropriate address structure to support all of your users within each location. Once you have determined the IP address ranges you will use, you need to determine how you will configure clients, either with a static address or using DHCP.

In the next chapter, we look at the part of the network infrastructure that drives most administrators insane ”name resolution. In Chapter 10, we discuss DNS and WINS and make design decisions based upon the name resolution methods used within the network as well as the Active Directory requirements.




MCSE
MCSE: Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure Design Study Guide (70-297)
ISBN: 0782143210
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 159
Authors: Brad Price, Sybex

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