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Here, we use the user's credentials as FCT\Administrator, click commit, and then we can see

security groups are created successfully and authorizing the DHCP server is successfully done.
After that, close this window.
If we want to exclude any IP address in this range, then we can do it here. Exclude IP
ranges in DHCP are used to reserve specific IP addresses within the address pool to
prevent them from being assigned to devices dynamically, ensuring they remain
available for static assignment or other purposes. We can add a range of IP addresses or
single IP addresses as an excluded address range and then click add. In this
demonstration, I do not use any excluded IP addresses, so I do not make any changes
here.

After that, we can configure the lease duration as 1 day. The lease duration in DHCP
specifies the length of time an IP address is temporarily assigned to a device, after which
it must be renewed or released.
Next, we add our default gateway (router) IP address as 172.16.0.1. Click next.

Then we can see the parent domain is already added as "fct.ac.lk,” and the DNS server IP address
is also added as 172.16.0.5. The reason for this is that we install and configure DHCP server rules
on the domain controller. If you have not provided this information automatically, we can
manually add it by adding the server name as FCT-DC1.fct.ac.lk and clicking resolve. Then we
can see it resolved as IP address 172.16.0.5. Now add it and click next.
If you have any WINS servers, we can add IP information here. In this lab, I do not have
one. So I leave it empty and click next. Then it asks me to activate my scope, so I select
yes and activate my scope, click next, and then finish to finish configurations.
Now we can see that our scope was created successfully. Here, we can see our IP range in the
Address Pool Folder, and we can see router, DNS server, and DNS domain name details in the
Scope Options Folder. Also, we can see the IP addresses that are leased in the Address Leases
folder.

Address Pool
Scope Options

Now we go back to the client PC and try to get the IP address from the DHCP server. Right-click
on the start button and select network connections, then navigate to change adapter options >
Ethernet adapter and go to properties. Then select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and go
properties. Then select obtain an IP address automatically. Now the client PC obtains an IP
address, a default gateway IP address, and a DNS server IP address from the DHCP server.

Then our client PC (FCT-CL1) leases an IP address from the DHCP server. Now we can confirm
that by navigating to Ethernet status by right-clicking on the Ethernet adapter and selecting
status, then checking network connection details. We can see DHCP enabled in here, and DHCP
and DNS server IP addresses and default gateway are also set to 172.16.0.5. There are much
more details regarding DNS and DHCP.

Navigating to the Address Leases folder in the Scope folder on the DHCP server. We can see
172.16.0.20, which is an IP address in between our IP ranges that automatically leases for the
FCT-CL1 client PC. We can see some information regarding this lease, such as the lease
expiration time.
Also, we can use the command prompt on the client PC to check connections and troubleshoot.
Execute a ping command to fct.ac.lk (the domain controller). So, we can see ping is a success
because we successfully configured DNS and DHCP features. If you obtain 100% fails in ping,
mostly you have misconfigured in some way in DNS or DHCP or maybe have any physically
network-related issue.

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