How many times have you been approached by the Network Engineering Group with the news that the internal IP scheme needs to be changed or that VLAN’s are going to be implemented on all switching equipment? The first will require some configuration, but the second can mean large amounts of work to create and configure […]

A DHCP Relay Agent should be configured on you RRAS server if you wish for remote access clients to obtain complete IP settings via DHCP. If you choose to have clients obtain settings from DHCP without setting up a Relay Agent, then the client will only obtain an IP address and subnet mask from the […]

Configuring client systems for DHCP is really not much different than what you are used to from Windows NT. In the Network and Dial-up Connections, pick the appropriate network adapter, and access the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) properties.
A nice feature in Windows 2000 is the fact that changing from DHCP to a static address and vice […]

You should have an awareness of how the DHCP database can be backed up on one machine and restored to another in Windows 2000. The DHCP database is stored on the DHCP server in the %systemroot%\system32\dhcp folder. Backing up DHCP involves first stopping the DHCP service, and then copying the DHCP directory to a temporary […]

Windows 2000 DHCP also has the ability to create 2 other types of scopes, one of which you may be familiar with, the other which is probably new to you. Superscopes were first introduced in Windows NT 4 SP2. Essentially, a superscope is used in situations where we run out of IP addresses on a […]

An important part of configuring your DHCP server is configuring the options that will be included along with the IP address and subnet mask when a client makes a request. Although there were many options defined in the original DHCP specification, in reality you’ll only probably use a handful of them. I have covered the […]

Certainly the most common task when configuring a DHCP server is creating and managing scopes. A scope is created for the purpose of allocating IP addresses and a subnet mask at a minimum, but usually gateway, DNS, and WINS server information as well. A given DHCP server will usually be configured with a number of […]

The first thing you’ll need to understand about Windows 2000 DHCP is that if your DHCP server is part of a Windows 2000 domain, the server must be ‘authorized’ in Active Directory. If a DHCP server has not been authorized, it will not hand out IP addresses to clients. The purpose of DHCP server registration […]

At a minimum, you should certainly be familiar with the basic purpose of DHCP – to provide client systems with IP addresses. The main reason for the existence of DHCP as a service is the fact that it greatly simplifies the allocation of IP addresses to clients, a process that when done manually can lead […]

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a core networking service offered in Windows 2000 Server used to dynamically allocate IP addresses and associated information to TCP/IP-based clients. Although the function provided by DHCP is similar to what was provided in NT 4, a number of minor changes have taken place that you should be aware […]