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    This document provides step-by-step instructions for configuring a DHCP server in Windows 2000. It details defining IP address ranges, lease times, and configuring additional TCP/IP options like default gateways and DNS servers.

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    Windows 2000 Configure DHCP Server

    After installing the DHCP-server, you will need to configure it before you can use it:

    Select "DHCP" , which is part of the


    Windows menu "Administrative Tools".

    In the left plane, you will see the name


    and IP-address of the DHCP-server.

    After installation, a DHCP


    server is not authorized.
    Do not forget this later !
    ( see below )

    You need to define the range of IP-addresses to be assigned (=distributed) by the DHCP-server.
    A definition of a range of IP-addresses (with or without additional options) is called a "Scope":
    select your DHCP-server and then either with a right-click or from the menu "Actions" select to
    define a "New Scope":
    Up comes the Wizard

    select "Next"

    Define a name for your


    scope

    continue with "Next"


    Define the range of IP-address
    and the subnet-mask.

    Select a range, which does


    not include the IP-address of
    the server itself or any other
    device with a manually
    assigned IP-address (like:
    network printers).

    Although you could exclude


    them in the next step, usually
    a range is reserved for such
    manually assigned addresses
    and then the rest (in this case:
    100 - 199 ) is given to the
    DHCP-server for automatic
    distribution.

    If you could not define separate


    ranges for manually assigned
    and DHCP-assigned
    IP-addresses, then you could
    here define IP-addresses or
    ranges of IP-addresses to be
    excluded: not to be used by
    the DHCP-server.
    Typically, an IP-address is
    assigned (= "leased" ) for a
    limited time.
    This avoid running out of
    addresses, when visitors to you
    office connect to the network
    and get an IP-address assigned.
    Without a time-limit, such an
    IP-address could not be reused.

    usually, 8 days is a good choice and will


    ensure that people every day in the
    office will continue to use the same
    IP-address once assigned to them,
    since their systems will in time extend
    the "lease". And if they come back from
    a 2 week vacation and the "lease" has
    expired, then the DHCP-server will
    assign a new IP-address to them.

    In addition to the IP-address


    and Sub-Netmask, a DHCP-
    server can also be use to
    define other TCP/IP configuration
    items on the Client systems.
    Is your office network part of
    a larger company Wide-Area
    network (WAN ) ?
    Then you need to configure
    the client computers with the
    IP-address of the Gateway
    (or Router) to be able to
    communicate with systems
    on the WAN.

    Enter the IP-address and then


    click on "Add" to enter the
    address to the list of Gateways.

    Are you using a WAN and need


    to help your clients to locate the
    IP-addresses of servers
    (like WebServers) on the WAN ?
    Or do you intend to have clients
    connected to the Windows2000
    server via the new
    :"Active Directory" method ?

    Then you must configure the


    clients for use of a DNS-server.

    Enter the name of your server


    and the IP-address and click on
    "Add" to enter the value on the
    list.
    You can also configure
    the WINS server address

    You need to activate the scope,


    ( which you can do later with a
    right-click on the scope and selecting :
    "Activate"/"Deactivate" :)
    Finished.

    You still have to "Authorize" the DHCP-server:


    select the server and either right-click or from the menu "Action" select "Authorize" :

    Note: on my system, I had to close now the DHCP-windows and open it up again to see,
    that the DHCP-server is now "Running" :
    a quick check on the "Scope Options", which we have configured already:
    If required, you can change or add
    the options of the scope.

    You can configure in the "Properties" of the scope, tab : DNS, that once the DHCP-server
    has assigned an IP-address the address will be updated in the DNS-server, allowing now
    other systems on the network to locate your system :
    Once the DHCP-server is configured and authorized and the scope is activated, IP-addresses
    will be distributed . You can then view the list of assigned IP-addresses.

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