Need help setting up Lion Server
Here's my story... I got a 2006 Xserve for free. It has 2 dual core 2.66 Xeons, 4 GB of RAM, and 2 300 GB SAS drives that I have turned into a RAID 1 array. I've installed OS X Lion Server on it and all is running okay. My OS X Server knowledge is slim to none. I do a little work with it at my job, but our main servers are Windows. I'd like to set it up as a DHCP and Open Directory server at home, just for fun. My home network consists of this Xserve, my 27" iMac, a MacBook Pro, an Xbox, a Samsung TV, a couple of iPads and our iPhones.
I go from my Charter modem, to my AirPort Extreme, and then broadcast wirelessly to my other devices, and have my Xserve plugged into port 1.
To get DHCP working, do I need to go from my modem to my Xserve, and then from my Xserve to the WAN port on my AirPort Extreme? Or do I just need to configure something?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!
If you have just Lion Server installed, go here for the rest of the tools:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1528
This will include Server Admin. It will allow you to define DHCP, DNS, and other services not available in Lion's Server.app.
You networking knowledge will apply here. It sounds like you want to use the Xserve as the NAT gateway. This is possible, but you will need Server Admin to make it easier.
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