UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – VNU-HCM

FACULTY OF COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS

4. Configuring Windows Services

PHỤC VỤ MỤC ĐÍCH GIÁO DỤC

FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY

NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION LABS

(V03.2023)

A. OVERVIEW
1. Learning objective
In this lab, students will practice with common services on Windows Server:

§ Installing and configuring the DNS and DHCP.

§ Deploying the IIS Web Server and FTP Server.

§ Deploying the Mail Services with Mail Exchange and configuring mail
policies.
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2. Practice Environment
Students need to prepare at least the following:
§ Two VMs that installed Windows Server 2019 works as Server.
§ A VM that installed Windows OS (Windows 7, 8, 10, or Server) works as
Client.
It will help if you use VMWare or VirtualBox to have the necessary VMs listed above.
We recommend choosing the newest stable version of the OS to reach more recent
functions and features.
IP Address DNS Operating System

Server 1 192.168.1.5 / 24 192.168.1.5 Windows Server 2019

Server 2 192.168.1.6/24 192.168.1.5 Windows Server 2019

Client DHCP DHCP Windows 7,8,10, or

or newer
192.168.1.20/24
Table 1: The information of VMs

For all VMs required to install the Windows Server version, you should choose the
DataCenter Evaluation (Desktop Experience) option to have a full Windows graphical
environment.

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B. LAB TASKS
1. Kick-off

Why do we need DNS, DHCP, FTP, and Mail service? Is the network system
working correctly without these services?

2. DNS Service
In this task, we need to use two VMs (a Server and a Client). We will install the
Windows Server 2019 (or newer) on the Server and Windows OS (7,8,10, or more
recent) on the Client. You need to refer IP addresses for these VMs in Table 1.

Server 1:
1. Assign the corresponding IP address for the network interface (refer to
Table 1)
2. Change the Primary DNS Suffix to groupX.local (X is your group ID), and
the Computer Name to ser01
3. Install and configure the DNS service. Configure the Primary Zone
groupX.local on the Forward Lookup Zone and Reverse Lookup Zone.
4. Create DNS records on both Forward Lookup Zone and Reverse Lookup
Zone for hosts below:
§ ser01.groupX.local à 192.168.1.5
§ dns.groupX.local à ser01.groupX.local
§ groupX.local à 192.168.1.5
§ mmt.groupX.local à dns.groupX.local

Client:
5. Assign the corresponding IP address for the network interface (refer to
Table 1). Then use the nslookup command to retrieve the DNS information
(you need briefly explain the result in your report)
§ groupX.local
§ mmt.groupX.local
§ 192.168.1.5
§ nc.groupX.local

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3. DHCP Service
Please note that you must disable all DHCP services provided by VMWare,
VirtualBox, or your network before conquering this task!

Figure 1: Disable the DHCP service when using VMWare

Server 1:
1. Add the “DHCP” feature.
2. Create a new "DHCP scope" if it does not exist. Then configure this scope
with the following information:
§ IPs pool: 192.168.1.100 à 192.168.1.200
§ Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
3. Configure the DHCP server so that client will receive the information of
the Default Gateway and DNS server when the client obtains a new IP
address.
4. Exclude the IP between 192.168.1.180 and 192.168.1.190 from being leased.

Client:
5. Configure the Client that automatically obtains a new IP address and
relevant information (such as Default Gateway, DNS server,…) when
joining to the network.

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4. Web Service (IIS) and FTP server
Server 1
1. Create new DNS records for all hostnames below:
§ ser02.groupX.local à 192.168.1.6
§ www.groupX.local à ser02.groupX.local
§ ftp.groupX.local à ser02.groupX.local

Server 2
2. Change the Computer Name to ser02. Assign the corresponding IP address
for the network interface (refer to Table 1).
3. Install the “Internet Information Service – IIS” and "FTP Server" services.
4. From the IIS Manager, create an FTP site and host it on C:\FTP. It will be
binding on port 21.

Client:
5. Open web browser and access the website http://www.groupX.local and
ftp://ftp.groupX.local.
6. Use an FTP Client application (e.g., FileZilla, WinSCP,…) to upload and
manage resources on the FTP server through FTP protocol.

5. Mail Server
The newest stable version of Microsoft Mail Exchange is recommended. You can
choose the older version if your computer does not meet the installation
requirements.

Server 2
1. Install the Microsoft Mail Exchange service. The Domain name for email is
groupX.local (X is the group ID).
2. Create the appropriate DNS records on Server 1 to send and receive
emails; and access the management portal through domain name instead
of IP address.
3. Create new email accounts [email protected], [email protected],
and [email protected] . Try sending a new email from student1 to
student2.

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4. Use a Mail Client (e.g., MS Outlook, Thunderbird) to access and manage
your mailbox, as well as send or receive emails.
5. Design and implement policies on Mail Server to:
§ Limit the size of attachment files to 1MB.
§ Automatically forward email to [email protected] if it contains the
encrypted .ZIP file.
§ Automatically drop emails that contains special keyworks (e.g.,
"username", "password",…).

C. REQUIREMENTS
You are expected to complete all tasks in section B (Lab tasks). Advanced tasks
are optional, and you could get bonus points for completing those tasks. We
prefer you work in a team of four to get the highest efficiency.

Your submission must meet the following requirements:

§ You need to submit a detailed lab report in .docx (Word Document) format,
using the report template provided on the UIT Courses website.

§ Either Vietnamese or English report is accepted, that’s up to you. The

report written in the mixing of multiple languages is not allowed (except
for the untranslatable keywords).

§ When it comes to programming tasks (require you to write an application or

script), please attach all source-code and executable files (if any) in your
submission. Please also list the important code snippets followed by
explanations and screenshots when running your application in your
report. Simply attaching code without any explanation will not receive
points.

§ Submit work you are proud of – don’t be sloppy and lazy!

Your submissions must be your own. You are free to discuss with other
classmates to find the solution. However, copying reports is prohibited,
even if only a part of your report. Both reports of the owner and the copier
will be rejected. Please remember to cite any source of the material
(website, book,…) that influences your solution.

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Notice: Combine your lab report and all related files into a single ZIP file (.zip),
name it as follow:

StudentID1_StudentID2_ReportLabX.zip

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