DHCP Questions


Chaning subnet scope in DHCP for wireless connections
Hi, How can I make that users on the wireless network gets a different subnet scope 10.0.3.x/24 while people who have wired connections gets 10.0.1.x/24 addresses currently all clients and routers are on the same switch and has same gateway and all of them in the same subnet scope 10.0.1.1-255/24

Answer Question   |  March 6, 2013  4:11 PM
DHCP, Wireless connection
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5 pts.

How to run a Wi-Fi router without NAT and DHCP
I need a Wi-Fi router that acts more like a hub. I have a network setup with DHCP server, gateway, etc. I also have a typical Wi-Fi router. The problem is the Wi-Fi router does NAT. It has its own DHCP server and on my network every Wi-Fi connected device has the IP of the [...]

Answer Question   |  February 7, 2013  6:18 PM
DHCP, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi router
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20 pts.

DHCP Address Conflict Issue
Dear Sir, I am Zahid Bhatti from an IT department, I have 2 DSL modem 1st is connected in wired network switch through my computer(Server)enable simple network card sharing,so they can use internet and printer devices over the network every thing was working fine,after I decided to connect a wireless router with wired network because [...]

Answer Question   |  January 2, 2013  10:35 AM
DHCP, DSL modems
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5 pts.

Networking
Can I start up an internet cafe but try to ignore a router but instead use a modem and a switch. and if it can be possible, what can I use as my DHCP server

Answer Question   |  December 31, 2012  8:22 PM
DHCP, Networking
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20 pts.

Any way to prevent IP conflicts by plugged in devices?
Hi Guys We have a network with around 80devices, all PC’s are on DHCP however we have some people (mainly engineers) who sometimes come in and plug there laptops in however they forget sometimes they are on DHCP. Question was is there any way to prevent this from happening? not sure if there are any [...]

Answer Question   |  March 12, 2012  12:44 PM
DHCP, DHCP server, IP address
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5 pts.

2 Small Business Servers on one network using subnets
I have a client that recently moved into a new office. He wants to setup a small business server.  Unfortunately the small office he rents from has a SBS running on their existing setup.  He’s currently pulling Internet from them and that’s all. He does not have his own ISP.  One option being to get [...]

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2012  9:08 PM
Cable ISP, DHCP, Subnet
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30 pts.

How does DHCP service start?
I have Windows XP with SP3. When I check the service DHCP. It is automatic but stopped. When I start the service. It doesn’t. It shows error. “Could not start the DHCP Client service on Local Computer. Error 1068: The Dependency service or group failed to start.” Please help.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  8:52 PM
DHCP, DHCP Client, Windows XP, Windows XP SP3
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140 pts.

VLAN DHCP problem between Router and Switch
I have a Cisco SA520 Router connected to a Netgear FS726TP Switch. Router has 3 Vlans.  Management VLAN 1 /29  Hosts VLan 5 /27  VoIP Vlan 10 /27  Router Ports 1 and 2 are setup up identically, in Trunk Mode each port and all VLAN’s should be accessible through it.  Port 3 Vlan 5  Port [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  7:16 PM
Cisco Catalyst 520, DHCP, Netgear switches, VLAN, VLAN configuration
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5 pts.

DHCP assigning IP – windows event
Hello, Is there a windows even generated by the DHCP each time an IP is assigned to a machine. I would like to trace which machine used which IP and when. Thanks

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  7:27 AM
Active Directory, DHCP, IP address assignment, Windows Server 2008
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95 pts.

Windows doesn’t obtain IP address automatically via DHCP
I have Windows XP with SP3. It doesn’t obtain IP address automatically via DHCP. I need to configure it manually. Please help.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  5:53 PM
DHCP, IP address, Windows XP, Windows XP SP3
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140 pts.

DHCP vs PPPoE
[!--StartFragment--] I recently replaced my 6-year-old D-Link wireless router with Linksys WRT54GL.  I am wirelessly connected with a Windows desktop, Apple laptop, and Brother laser printer.  While setting up the new Router I had difficulty in setting up as DHCP.  So I selected PPPoE and used address as 10.10.10.1. I also selected WPA2 security algorithm.  [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  10:22 PM
DHCP, DHCP Configuration, Linksys, PPPoE dialer
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2,510 pts.

Smoothwall School Guardian and New VLANs
I was wondering if someone could help me with the specifics of how to set up a VLAN for the network using Schoolguardian. I do not have formal network training and so I feel very inadequate to tackle this project, but it just needs to be done and so any help would be very appreciated…Current [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  12:49 PM
DHCP, DNS configuration, SchoolGuardian, Smoothwall, Static IP address, VLAN
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25 pts.

Encrypting DHCP requests and traffic
Is it possible to encrypt DHCP requests and traffic?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  5:33 PM
DHCP, DHCP security, DHCP server, Encryption
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755 pts.

Detecting rogue DHCP servers
How can we automatically detect rogue DHCP servers like a user bringing in a wireless router from home and connecting it to our network?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:30 PM
DHCP, DHCP server, DHCP Server Configuration, Network security, Wireless routers
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975 pts.

Set up using DHCP scope options
What options can we setup using DHCP scope options? Is there a list somewhere we can see and/or add them?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  6:49 PM
DHCP, DHCP Configuration, DHCP scope, DHCP server
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1,110 pts.

DHCP conflicts after adding a wireless router
We added a wireless router to the corporate network and we are getting loads of DHCP conflicts. Can you help us resolve this without having to do static IP addresses manually.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  6:48 PM
DHCP, DHCP Configuration, Static IP address, Static IP Configuration, Wireless router, Wireless router configuration
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1,110 pts.

Can I use Windows server 2008 as a router?
Can I use a Windows server 2008 as a router and a DHCP relay server? If so how?

Answer Question   |  October 31, 2011  1:54 PM
DHCP, DHCP Relay Agent, DHCP server, Routers, Windows Server 2008
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755 pts.

MMC console on Windows Server 2003
How can we create an MMCconsole on Windows Server 2003 to display Active Directory, DNS and DHCP in the same console window which we can distribute to the it group?

Answer Question   |  June 9, 2011  7:07 PM
Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, MMC, Windows Server 2003
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755 pts.

Consolidating 6 file servers using virtual servers
We have 6 file servers and 1 Active Directory server and 1 DHCP/DNS server on a 2003 active directory network. How can we consolidate these boxes using virtual servers cheaply and easily?

Answer Question   |  June 13, 2011  7:05 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2003, DHCP, DNS server, DNS Server Configuration, Virtual Server, Virtual Servers
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755 pts.

DHCP by Windows Server 2008 between VLANS
Hi, I’d like to know how to configure DHCP info to be passed through multiple VLANS to issue addresses to respective clients in all subnets. Right now I am thinking I need to have all proper scopes defined on the dhcp and i would also put the server (which is the AD) in the management [...]

Answer Question   |  May 24, 2011  3:55 PM
Cisco, Cisco 3750, DHCP, VLAN, VLAN configuration, Windows Server 2008
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5 pts.