Dhcp on windows 2003 server

Notice that the range encompasses the IP address of our server, the DNS servers and the default gateway, meaning that the DHCP server could potentially assign a client an IP address that is already in use!

Do not worry -- we will take care of that later. Specify IP addresses to exclude from assignment. For the Start IP address , enter Certain network devices, such as servers, will need statically configured IP addresses. The IP addresses may sometimes be within the range of IP addresses defined for a scope.

We have the opportunity here to define those IP addresses that are to be excluded. We specified IP addresses Specify the lease duration for the scope. Verify that Days is 8 and click Next. The lease duration is how long clients should keep their IP addresses before having to renew them. There are a few considerations at this point.

If a short lease duration is configured, clients will be renewing their IP addresses more frequently. The result will be additional network traffic and additional strain on the DHCP server. On the other hand if a long lease duration is configured, IP addresses previously obtained by decommissioned clients would remain leased and unavailable to future clients until the leases either expire or are manually deleted.

Additionally if network changes occur, such as the implementation of a new DNS server, those clients would not receive those updates until their leases expire or the computers are restarted. In an environment where computers are often moved and replaced, such as a wireless network, you would want to specify a short duration since a new wireless client could roam within range at any time.

These are the other settings that help clients communicate on the network. Specify the router IP address. The first option we can configure is the IP address for the subnet's router for which this scope is providing IP addresses. Keep in mind that this IP address must be in the same network as the IP addresses in the range that we created earlier. Configure domain name and DNS servers. Then enter When finished, click Next.

If you had a DNS infrastructure in place, you could have simply typed in the fully qualified domain name of the DNS server and clicked Resolve. The DNS servers will be used by clients primarily for name resolution, but also for other purposes that are beyond the scope of this article. Configure WINS servers. A brit, born in US. Graduated from Purdue University. Helped half a dozen companies to implement great IT solutions. Now writing part time to help people help themselves.

Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Before you configure the DHCP service, you must install it on the server. You can install DHCP during the initial installation of Windows Server , or after the initial installation is completed. After you have installed the DHCP service and started it, you must create a scope.

Microsoft recommends that, each DHCP server in your environment has at least one scope that does not overlap with any other DHCP server scope in your environment. The following sections explain how to troubleshoot some of the issues that you may experience, when you try to install and configure a Windows Server based DHCP server in a workgroup.

This issue can be caused by a network problem, or because the DHCP server is unavailable.