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In most networks, IP addresses are leased to client devices by a DCHP server. When a computer
or other device connects to the network and is set up to use DCHP, it broadcasts a packet to
search for a DHCP server. The server responds with the IP address and other configuration
information. In this lab, you will set up a DHCP server. In Windows 7, you will change the
configuration of the network adapter from a static IP address to one using DHCP.
Action
In Server Manager right-click Roles, click Add Roles, and click Next to get past the Before You
Begin window.
Select DHCP Server. Notice that the left panel files with the steps you have to go through to set
up DHCP. Click Next.
You will see an overview. Click Next to display the Specify OPv4 DNS Server Settings window.
It displays the IP address on the network that we want to use for DHCP. Click Next.
It fills in the fact that it is associated with an Active Directory domain and it has a DNS server at
this address. Click Next.
WINS is a protocol from the 1990s, when some computer programs only referenced computer
names instead of IP addresses. We definitely don't need it. Click Next.
Now you are at the Add or Edit DHCP Scopes window. Click Add and fill in the boxes as follows.
Scope name: LAN
Starting IP address: 192.168.1.101
Ending IP address: 192.168.1.200
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: (leave blank)
Subnet type: Wired
Basically, it tells the server to assign addresses in the range of 192.168.1.101 to 192.168.1.200.
(For this exercise you really don't need 10 addresses, but it is more realistic.)
The scope name could be anything.
Click OK, then Next.