Win2003 Server Workgroup - Setup

I'm setting up a small network for my business to run a new management application to automated our operations. Here's my setup;

3 XP Pro Workstations (static or DHCP)
1 Win2003 Application Server (Static)/New Dell Power Edge Server
Linksys Router w/ 4 port switch -Wired (ISP provided Static IP)
Workgroup Enviornment (all machines in same workgroup)

**Can't get the server to get get past or even ping the router**
Workstations are fine

I have experience on a large gov WAN network environment, at the domain level doing pretty much everything. Now I'm trying to set up a small office network from scratch and I'm having issues recalling the basics from my MCSE days- never worked it from this level.

The first thing required by our software vendor is to get it connected to the network and be able to do is telnet into it from the XP Pro machines, this initiates a session for our application.

Can someone give me some of the basic connectivity steps/tests I can run through to get this baby running?

Thanks.

 

You said you setup the server with a static IP.
What is it along with the mask and gateway as well as DNS.

You said you had a Linksys

so it should look something like this

IP Address: 192.168.1.5 (anything under 100 to stay out of the DHCP scope)
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1

DNS from ISP.

 

Hey thanks. I beleive that the static IP address I assigned is within the DHCP scope- makes sense now. Everything else is just as you had it. I'll make the change and see what happens.