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Configuration Tasks Window or From Server Manager À Roles À Add Roles

- DHCP is a core network service that automatically assigns IP addresses and DNS server information to devices on a network. - Installing the DHCP server role in Windows Server 2008 involves selecting the role during installation, configuring the server's IP settings and address pools, and testing the DHCP assignments on a client device. - The DHCP server can then be managed through the Server Manager and DHCP MMC to monitor clients, scopes, and other settings. Testing confirmed a client successfully obtained an IP address from the new DHCP server.

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Configuration Tasks Window or From Server Manager À Roles À Add Roles

- DHCP is a core network service that automatically assigns IP addresses and DNS server information to devices on a network. - Installing the DHCP server role in Windows Server 2008 involves selecting the role during installation, configuring the server's IP settings and address pools, and testing the DHCP assignments on a client device. - The DHCP server can then be managed through the Server Manager and DHCP MMC to monitor clients, scopes, and other settings. Testing confirmed a client successfully obtained an IP address from the new DHCP server.

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Introduction

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a core infrastructure service on any


network that provides IP addressing and DNS server information to PC clients and any
other device. DHCP is used so that you do not have to statically assign IP addresses to
every device on your network and manage the issues that static IP addressing can create.
More and more, DHCP is being expanded to fit into new network services like the
Windows Health Service and Network Access Protection (NAP). However, before you can
use it for more advanced services, you need to first install it and configure the basics. Let’s
learn how to do that.

Installing Windows Server 2008 DHCP Server


Installing Windows Server 2008 DCHP Server is easy. DHCP Server is now a “role” of
Windows Server 2008 – not a windows component as it was in the past.

To do this, you will need a Windows Server 2008 system already installed and configured
with a static IP address. You will need to know your network’s IP address range, the range
of IP addresses you will want to hand out to your PC clients, your DNS server IP addresses,
and your default gateway. Additionally, you will want to have a plan for all subnets
involved, what scopes you will want to define, and what exclusions you will want to create.

To start the DHCP installation process, you can click Add Roles from the Initial
Configuration Tasks window or from Server Manager à Roles à Add Roles.

Figure 1: Adding a new Role in Windows Server 2008


When the Add Roles Wizard comes up, you can click Next on that screen.

Next, select that you want to add the DHCP Server Role, and click Next.

Figure 2: Selecting the DHCP Server Role

If you do not have a static IP address assigned on your server, you will get a warning that
you should not install DHCP with a dynamic IP address.

At this point, you will begin being prompted for IP network information, scope
information, and DNS information. If you only want to install DHCP server with no
configured scopes or settings, you can just click Next through these questions and proceed
with the installation.

On the other hand, you can optionally configure your DHCP Server during this part of the
installation.

In my case, I chose to take this opportunity to configure some basic IP settings and
configure my first DHCP Scope.

I was shown my network connection binding and asked to verify it, like this:
Figure 3: Network connection binding

What the wizard is asking is, “what interface do you want to provide DHCP services on?” I
took the default and clicked Next.

Next, I entered my Parent Domain, Primary DNS Server, and Alternate DNS Server
(as you see below) and clicked Next.
Figure 4: Entering domain and DNS information

I opted NOT to use WINS on my network and I clicked Next.

Then, I was promoted to configure a DHCP scope for the new DHCP Server. I have opted
to configure an IP address range of 192.168.1.50-100 to cover the 25+ PC Clients on my
local network. To do this, I clicked Add to add a new scope. As you see below, I named the
Scope WBC-Local, configured the starting and ending IP addresses of 192.168.1.50-
192.168.1.100, subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, default gateway of 192.168.1.1, type of
subnet (wired), and activated the scope.
Figure 5: Adding a new DHCP Scope

Back in the Add Scope screen, I clicked Next to add the new scope (once the DHCP Server
is installed).

I chose to Disable DHCPv6 stateless mode for this server and clicked Next.

Then, I confirmed my DHCP Installation Selections (on the screen below) and clicked
Install.
Figure 6: Confirm Installation Selections

After only a few seconds, the DHCP Server was installed and I saw the window, below:
Figure 7: Windows Server 2008 DHCP Server Installation succeeded

I clicked Close to close the installer window, then moved on to how to manage my new
DHCP Server.

How to Manage your new Windows Server 2008 DHCP


Server
Like the installation, managing Windows Server 2008 DHCP Server is also easy. Back in
my Windows Server 2008 Server Manager, under Roles, I clicked on the new DHCP
Server entry.
Figure 8: DHCP Server management in Server Manager

While I cannot manage the DHCP Server scopes and clients from here, what I can do is to
manage what events, services, and resources are related to the DHCP Server installation.
Thus, this is a good place to go to check the status of the DHCP Server and what events
have happened around it.

However, to really configure the DHCP Server and see what clients have obtained IP
addresses, I need to go to the DHCP Server MMC. To do this, I went to Start à
Administrative Tools à DHCP Server, like this:
Figure 9: Starting the DHCP Server MMC

When expanded out, the MMC offers a lot of features. Here is what it looks like:
Figure 10: The Windows Server 2008 DHCP Server MMC

The DHCP Server MMC offers IPv4 & IPv6 DHCP Server info including all scopes, pools,
leases, reservations, scope options, and server options.

If I go into the address pool and the scope options, I can see that the configuration we made
when we installed the DHCP Server did, indeed, work. The scope IP address range is there,
and so are the DNS Server & default gateway.
Figure 11: DHCP Server Address Pool

Figure 12: DHCP Server Scope Options

So how do we know that this really works if we do not test it? The answer is that we do not.
Now, let’s test to make sure it works.

How do we test our Windows Server 2008 DHCP Server?


To test this, I have a Windows Vista PC Client on the same network segment as the
Windows Server 2008 DHCP server. To be safe, I have no other devices on this network
segment.

I did an IPCONFIG /RELEASE then an IPCONFIG /RENEW and verified that I


received an IP address from the new DHCP server, as you can see below:

Figure 13: Vista client received IP address from new DHCP Server

Also, I went to my Windows 2008 Server and verified that the new Vista client was listed
as a client on the DHCP server. This did indeed check out, as you can see below:
Figure 14: Win 2008 DHCP Server has the Vista client listed under Address Leases

With that, I knew that I had a working configuration and we are done!

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