I've got this closet. And it's filled with computers. I keep trying new shit and invariably stuff breaks; like right now.

I just setup a Windows Server 2003 machine and ran the Routing and Remote Access wizard which seemed simple enough but no - for some reason my DHCP server is now no longer handing out IP addresses.

So instead of sitting at the dining table chatting with Shelley and using a laptop on our wireless network I'm cloistered upstairs trying to figure this out. Poop.

Addendum:

Routing and Remote Access only breaks DHCP if you are a moron. Before I had the chance to configure my new server with a static IP address I updated it, patched it, etc. which required lots of reboots.

Turns out I only had 10 IP addresses in my DHCP scope and the duration of each lease was eight hours. So... that meant that my server hogged them all and there were no addresses left for the laptops.

After deleting all the old leases from the DHCP server the laptops we able to get on the network pronto.