Happened to set up a Server 2008 R2 Core machine today, so here\u2019s a quick overview of the steps I followed.<\/p>\n
If you need to install any drivers, browse to the folder containing the View the network interfaces and IP addresses:<\/p>\n Rename the interfaces:<\/p>\n An alternate way of viewing IP addresses and interfaces, using the View & set the DNS servers:<\/p>\n Disable an interface:<\/p>\n Disable IPv6 (thanks to<\/a>):<\/p>\n Find the computer name (using either of these methods):<\/p>\n Rename (and reboot):<\/p>\n Enter license key:<\/p>\n Activate:<\/p>\n I will talk about adding features later. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Happened to set up a Server 2008 R2 Core machine today, so here\u2019s a quick overview of the steps I followed. Install drivers If you need to install any drivers, browse to the folder containing the inf file and do pnputil \u2013i -a pathtoinffile. Configure the network View the network interfaces and IP addresses: C:\\Users\\Administrator> … Continue reading Windows Server 2008 R2 Core initial setup (part 1)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[85],"tags":[52,51],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}inf<\/code> file and do pnputil \u2013i -a pathtoinffile<\/code>.<\/p>\nConfigure the network<\/h1>\n
\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> ipconfig\r\n\r\nWindows IP Configuration\r\nEthernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:\r\n\r\nConnection-specific DNS Suffix . :\r\nLink-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7899:eba3:3a3b:d76c%29\r\nAutoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.215.108\r\nSubnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0\r\nDefault Gateway . . . . . . . . . :\r\n\r\nEthernet adapter Local Area Connection:\r\n\r\nConnection-specific DNS Suffix . :\r\nLink-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::708d:a236:8ee3:ad47%3\r\nIPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.2.15\r\nSubnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0\r\nDefault Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.2.2\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> netsh interface set interface name=\"Local Area Connection\" newname=EXT-LAN\r\n\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> netsh interface set interface name=\"Local Area Connection 2\" newname=INT-LAN\r\n<\/pre>\n
netsh<\/code> command as above:<\/p>\n\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> netsh interface ipv4 show addresses\r\n\r\nConfiguration for interface \"INT-LAN\"\r\nDHCP enabled: Yes\r\nIP Address: 169.254.215.108\r\nSubnet Prefix: 169.254.0.0\/16 (mask 255.255.0.0)\r\nInterfaceMetric: 5\r\n\r\nConfiguration for interface \"EXT-LAN\"\r\nDHCP enabled: Yes\r\nIP Address: 10.0.2.15\r\nSubnet Prefix: 10.0.2.0\/24 (mask 255.255.255.0)\r\nDefault Gateway: 10.0.2.2\r\nGateway Metric: 0\r\nInterfaceMetric: 10\r\n\r\nConfiguration for interface \"Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1\"\r\nDHCP enabled: No\r\nIP Address: 127.0.0.1\r\nSubnet Prefix: 127.0.0.0\/8 (mask 255.0.0.0)\r\nInterfaceMetric: 50\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> netsh interface ipv4 show dnsservers\r\n\r\nConfiguration for interface \"INT-LAN\"\r\nStatically Configured DNS Servers: None\r\nRegister with which suffix: Primary only\r\n\r\nConfiguration for interface \"EXT-LAN\"\r\nDNS servers configured through DHCP: 8.8.8.8\r\n8.8.4.4\r\nRegister with which suffix: Primary only\r\n\r\nConfiguration for interface \"Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1\"\r\nStatically Configured DNS Servers: None\r\nRegister with which suffix: Primary only\r\n\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> netsh interface ipv4 set dnsservers name=\"INT-LAN\" static 10.0.0.1 primary\r\n\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> netsh interface ipv4 add dnsservers name=\"INT-LAN\" 10.0.0.2 index=2\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> netsh interface set interface name=\"EXT-LAN\" admin=DISABLED\r\n\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> netsh interface show interface\r\n\r\nAdmin State State Type Interface Name\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nEnabled Connected Dedicated INT-LAN\r\nDisabled Disconnected Dedicated EXT-LAN\r\n\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> netsh interface ipv4 show addresses\r\n\r\nConfiguration for interface \"INT-LAN\"\r\n DHCP enabled: No\r\n IP Address: 10.0.0.2\r\n Subnet Prefix: 10.0.0.0\/24 (mask 255.255.255.0)\r\n Default Gateway: 10.0.0.254\r\n Gateway Metric: 1\r\n InterfaceMetric: 5\r\n\r\nConfiguration for interface \"Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1\"\r\n DHCP enabled: No\r\n IP Address: 127.0.0.1\r\n Subnet Prefix: 127.0.0.0\/8 (mask 255.0.0.0)\r\n InterfaceMetric: 50\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpip6Parameters \/v DisabledComponents \/t REG_DWORD \/d 0xffffffff<\/pre>\n
Set computer name<\/h1>\n
\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> echo %COMPUTERNAME%\r\nWIN-SI8S2885F22\r\n\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> ipconfig \/all\r\n\r\nWindows IP Configuration\r\n\r\n Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : WIN-SI8S2885F22\r\n Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :\r\n Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid\r\n IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No\r\n WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> netdom renamecomputer WIN-SI8S2885F22 \/newname DC2-2008\r\n\r\nThis operation will rename the computer WIN-SI8S2885F22\r\nto DC2-2008.\r\n\r\nCertain services, such as the Certificate Authority, rely on a fixed machine\r\nname. If any services of this type are running on WIN-SI8S2885F22,\r\nthen a computer name change would have an adverse impact.\r\n\r\nDo you want to proceed (Y or N)?\r\ny\r\nThe computer needs to be restarted in order to complete the operation.\r\n\r\nThe command completed successfully.\r\n<\/pre>\n
Activate Windows<\/h1>\n
\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> slmgr.vbs \/ipk\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\nC:\\Users\\Administrator> slmgr.vbs \/ato\r\n<\/pre>\n