The server is taking over our other two computers instead of letting them stand on their own. We are using sbs 2003 R2. We are using a netgear router. What can we do so that all three computers run on their own?

Disable the sbs 2003 DHCP, enable it on the netgear and put atleast a static IP on your sbs2003.MCP | MCTS 70-236: Exchange Server 2007, Configuring Twitter - @yagmoth555 () Blog: http://www.jabea.net | http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/

What do you mean exactly by letting the computers running on their own? If you mean you experience DHCP issues then either you can disable the DHCP service on the SBS server as suggested by Yagmoth or split your scope between the router and the DHCP server (You can use 50 / 50 rule). Like this you will be able to manage easily your DHCP clients. Attention! You need to make sure that DHCP options are well configured so that clients will get the correct settings.This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

Disable the sbs 2003 DHCP, enable it on the netgear and put atleast a static IP on your sbs2003.MCP | MCTS 70-236: Exchange Server 2007, Configuring Twitter - @yagmoth555 () Blog: http://www.jabea.net | http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/

What do you mean exactly by letting the computers running on their own? If you mean you experience DHCP issues then either you can disable the DHCP service on the SBS server as suggested by Yagmoth or split your scope between the router and the DHCP server (You can use 50 / 50 rule). Like this you will be able to manage easily your DHCP clients. Attention! You need to make sure that DHCP options are well configured so that clients will get the correct settings.This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

Do you mean you want the three machines runnings as virtual machines on one physical machine? Then you can look into VMware Esxi, Microsoft Hyper-V, etc. But you might have license issue's when you try to do this. If the license is OEM, you are not allowed to run Windows on different hardware then de hardware purchased with the license.

Do you mean you want the three machines runnings as virtual machines on one physical machine? Then you can look into VMware Esxi, Microsoft Hyper-V, etc. But you might have license issue's when you try to do this. If the license is OEM, you are not allowed to run Windows on different hardware then de hardware purchased with the license.