Server 2003 DHCP

I have DHCP installed and setup correctly on my server. No problems reported,
the event viewer shows all is well. The problem is that no clients are
getting ip addresses and the server don't seem to to leasing them. I have
fought with this all day. Any suggestions. DHCP is authorized, my scope is
setup.

rainman
Tue Jun 14 22:48:14 CDT 2005

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Ernest wrote:
> I have DHCP installed and setup correctly on my server. No problems reported,
> the event viewer shows all is well. The problem is that no clients are
> getting ip addresses and the server don't seem to to leasing them. I have
> fought with this all day. Any suggestions. DHCP is authorized, my scope is
> setup.

Every time Server 2003 restarts, you have to explicitly start the DHCP
service, including after you set it up the first time. It is turned off
on reboot by default.

Rainman

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The
Wed Jun 15 00:01:54 CDT 2005

rainman sleeps with little boys. (not that there's anything wrong with
that).

"rainman" <news.76939@buckeye-express.com> wrote in message
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> Ernest wrote:
>> I have DHCP installed and setup correctly on my server. No problems
>> reported,
>> the event viewer shows all is well. The problem is that no clients are
>> getting ip addresses and the server don't seem to to leasing them. I have
>> fought with this all day. Any suggestions. DHCP is authorized, my scope
>> is
>> setup.
>
> Every time Server 2003 restarts, you have to explicitly start the DHCP
> service, including after you set it up the first time. It is turned off
> on reboot by default.
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> Rainman
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doctordns
Wed Jun 15 10:05:34 CDT 2005

Without knowing more about your network, and dhcp setup, it's hard to
tell. Authorision, or non-authorisatin, is usually the reason. Check
that the DHCP service is running (using service manager). Looking at
the event log for DHCP errors will aslo give you a clue!.

If all this still fails, then the only other tip is to do a network
monitor capture - capture the traffic then look at it. Feel free to
email it to me and I'll happily take a look to see if there's anything
obvious.

FWIW: Rainman's comment on the DHCPservice needing to be manually
started is not correct. DHCP should start on reboot (although You can
of course, configure this to NOT happen.)

doctordns
Wed Jun 15 10:14:44 CDT 2005

Rainman writes "<em>Every time Server 2003 restarts, you have to
explicitly start the DHCP service, including after you set it up the
first time. It is turned off on reboot by default. </em>

This is not correct, at least by default. DHCP is setup to
automatically start and should be started by the service controller as
part of the reboot.

Checking on my DHCP servers, the config info is at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dhcp

On my system, the DependonService value is set to just tcpip and afd,
and start value is set at 2. This system restarts fine.

JaR
Wed Jun 15 10:28:44 CDT 2005

In microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, <!-- The F-Word --> <? echo "General
Microcephalic S. Bob"; ?> <!-- Antisocial Interfaces --> // 270-290-291-
293-294-298-299 spewed across the ether:

> rainman sleeps with little boys. (not that there's anything wrong with
> that).

True. See State of Califirnia v. M. Jackson

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Jtyc
Wed Jun 15 10:40:29 CDT 2005

> True. See State of Califirnia v. M. Jackson

What's more loving than sharing your bed with a little boy?






creeped me out just typing that...

JaR
Wed Jun 15 11:24:53 CDT 2005

In microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, Jtyc spewed across the ether:

>
>
>
> creeped me out just typing that...
>

Go wash your fingers with Lysol.

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