Right now I have 5 pcs and a laptop running Xp and one laptop running Win 98. Currently they all connect to a Newtgear MR314 wireless router as peers. I want to set one of the boxes as a DC and create a client server network. Problem is, the last time I tried using Win2k server - I couldn't get past the domain name portion of the setup.

Any ideas?

Your domain name can be anything you want. What's the holdup?

It wouldn't let me create a name

When you create a domain namespace with a root with only a one-character suffix, the Dcpromo.exe tool does not allow you to proceed. For example, the following sample domain namespaces have a one-character suffix:
company.i
sales.z

This is a restriction that is imposed by the Active Directory namespace design. By default, two-character (or more) suffixes are assumed to be a 3166 two-letter country code, or an exact match on a friendly country or organization (such as US or UK).

When you run Dcpromo.exe on a server, you may receive the option of installing a DNS server or using an existing DNS server. This problem does not occur if you manually install the DNS service. If the Windows 2000-based server does not have a static IP address, Dcpromo.exe does not warn you that using a static IP address is recommended. However, if you choose to install the DNS server from Control Panel, you are warned that the DNS server should be configured with a static IP address.

Depending on your DHCP server's settings for controlling the assignment of IP addresses, using a static IP address for a DNS and WINS server is recommended but is not required in Windows 2000. If the IP address of the DNS server changes, this can cause connectivity problems for all clients that depend on the server and may increase network traffic.

Aha!

As soon as the coffee hits I'll be able to read that bit. Hm, what're you doing Friday?