Archive for the ‘DHCP’ Category

Configuration succed on RIS server 2003

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
Configuration succed on RIS server 2003

Today, I try configuration RIS server on windows 2003 – Enterprise  SP2, Using WMware to test, Its working well, so many trouble shooting need to fix. See more detail:

Solve: ProxyDHCP service did not reply to request on port 4011

Saturday, March 21st, 2009
Solve: ProxyDHCP service did not reply to request on port 4011

I have built a Windows (Windows server 2003) PXE server on my network, but have a seperate windows DHCP server that I can change but not replace. The PXE server has two NIC cards: eth0 is on the same subnet as the DHCP addresss pool, and eth1 has a static IP for administrative purposes. I [...]

Benefits of DHCP

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

All clients and servers need an IP address on a TCP/IP network. How will you configure those dotty dot numbers on your TCP/IP property tabs? Manually, or automatically via DHCP? Let us investigate what advantages an automatic DHCP service has over the manual alternative. DHCP needs much less effort – manual configuration is boring and [...]

How to integrate DHCP and DNS

Saturday, March 21st, 2009
How to integrate DHCP and DNS

One of the best aspects of Microsoft in general is how they seamlessly link their services. A classic case in point is the way Microsoft integrate DHCP and DNS. In fact, the ability of DHCP to update DNS records is what transforms static NT 4.0 DNS, into dynamic 2003 DNS. This link provides huge administrative [...]

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a very simple file transfer protocol, with the functionality of a very basic form of FTP; it was first defined in 1980 Since it is so simple, it is easy to implement in a very small amount of memory, an important consideration at that time. TFTP was therefore useful [...]

How to backup, restore DHCP Database

Saturday, March 21st, 2009
How to backup, restore DHCP Database

DHCP has its own database. Stored in this DHCP.mdb are the addresses, scopes and leases of the clients. Understanding this database will help you backing up and restore a DHCP server. Check out this folder: %systemroot%\system32\dhcp\dhcp.mdb As time goes by the database will grow, and best practice dictates that you should consolidate the database by [...]

DHCP – Display Statistics

Saturday, March 21st, 2009
DHCP – Display Statistics

I find ‘Display Statistics’ the most difficult tab to find on the DHCP server. This is because it’s the first item on the menu, and is often masked by the very highlight that should attract me. I just hope that you are not afflicted by this blind spot. In any event, Display Statistics is one [...]