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Maybe you like me, are one of those who use WAPD for auto configuration, i use it for auto configure the ISA Firewall Client so the computer knows what’s the ISA ip address, this work very nice and is working this way since two year here where i work, and we choose to install two new domain controllers with Win2k8 and change the DNS Servers in the DHCP configuration so the DNS for all our machines are now the two new Win2k8 and there the problem started, some users reported that the ISA firewall Client is showing a red sign…. bad.. the first thing that i do was check our ISA Server and fine that is working without any problem and after 5 minutes I found that WPAD wasn’t resolving to the isa server.

A quick Google search, found this [ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc441517(TechNet.10).aspx ] and everything is back to normal…… time to read more about new things on windows Server 2008.

The topic of this post is very similar to http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-bind9-set-vanity-dns-nameserver/, and if you think that, is true… because i read that article this morning a start thinking ” that could be done using Windows DNS Service.... ” and this is how a did it.

First create a test zone using DNS Console on Windows 2003 Server.
( Since this zone is not going to be integrate into Active Directory, click Next 3 times. ).
(leer mas! …)

if you see
this a few days back, i`m sure you gonna like to read about the Stage 3 and 4 of this beautiful WHS Server, i wish my WHS get to that point of storage!!!

Stage 3
Stage 4

The guy behind Home Server Hacks put together a nice guide on how to build a Green WHS at low cost..

Build a Green $400 Windows Home Server - Part 1: Getting started

Reading at Windows Home Server Team Blog i saw a post about a guy who is building his WHS and is planing to put 11 HDD on it.

http://www.zdistrict.com/2008/04/08/windows-home-server-stage-1/

*UPDATE*

There is a Stage 2 of this project!!
http://www.zdistrict.com/2008/04/15/windows-home-server-stage-2/

Since i`m building my WHS, i hope to get a few HDD on it, not 11… too much disk to buy and will have to replace the case as well…
More to come about my WHS Project soon.