setting up a virtual network

Hi,

I have invested in study materials for Server2003 and i thought it would be a good idea to setup a network, so i could learn by doing.

Is this possible?

What is the best virtual host software, vmware, hyper-v?

 

Well i installed vmware and installed MS Server 2003 on a virtual machine.

I'm wondering now whether you can create virtual clients, and seperate machines for dns, dhcp for the 2003 sever within vmware.

 

A nice way to test this is to get vmWare ESX. If memory serves, it was free for a time, might be still.

This method allows you to host more than one virtual machine on a computer. You manage the vm's from a console. Using this method, you can host say 3 machines, play with it more indepth than putting an OS on a box then putting vmWare on it. This is the avenue I would look at if I were you.

You might be able to find a trial version of GSX as well. Been a few years since I messed with this stuff, so the versions might be much different now, but the premise likely remains the same.

Sul.

 

Thanks Sully. I'll have a look at the esx version.