From: MikeyT007 on
You could always use the IP address of 127.0.0.1 for the IP in the question.
That's the internal loop-back.

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"maryb94583" wrote:

> Can someone please direct me to a forum that can help me get the Windows
> Server 2003 installed following Chapter-1's instructions in the Windows
> Server 2003 Environment Training Kit book?
>
> I'm stuck with two problems:
> 1. After installing I cannot get the network card to connect to the
> network. It sees the network (my router), asks for the pin, but after
> supplying the pin it simply will not connect. It just gives up.
> 2. Pg 1-22, Chapter 1, Exercise 3, point 7: We make it all the way through
> the Adding a Role, selecting Active Directory, specifying a new forest,
> specifying the "fully qualified domain name" as contoso.com, and verifying
> the NetBIOS Domain Name reads CONTOSO ... but this is where it goes south.
> It starts asking questions about static IP addresses, installing your own DNS
> server as it cannot find the msft.com nameserver ...
>
> It's been 4 full days of uninstalling, reinstalling from scratch, trying
> like crazy to find some help ... I'd really, really like to get through
> chapter 1!
>
> Thanks for any pointers you can give me.
>
> --Mary