Adding a DHCP Server Role

In this section, you install and add a DCHP server role on Computer1. During this process, you configure and activate a new scope. Following this, you authorize the new DHCP server.

Before you begin this section, on Computer1, insert the Windows Server 2003 installation CD-ROM.

1. From Computer1, log on to Domain1 as Administrator.
2. At a command prompt, type the following command:
   netsh interface ip set address local static 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0.
   This command ensures that the address shown is assigned statically to the Local Area Connection. Even if you originally assigned a static address to Computer1, ICS overrides this setting and replaces it by assigning the address 192.168.0.1 dynamically-not statically-to the local computer. DHCP servers and other essential network servers, however, normally require static addresses.
3. After the command has completed, close the command prompt.
4. From the Start menu, select Manage Your Server.
   The Manage Your Server window opens.
5. Click the Add Or Remove A Role option. The Preliminary Steps page of the Configure Your Server Wizard appears.
6. On the Preliminary Steps page, click Next.
   The Server Role page appears.
7. From the Server Role list, select DHCP Server and then click Next.
   The Summary Of Selections page appears.
8. Click Next.
   The Configuring Components page appears while the DHCP server is installing. After installation of the DHCP server is complete, the Welcome page of the New Scope Wizard appears.
9. On the Welcome page, click Next.
   The Scope Name page appears.
10. In the Name text box, type Test Scope.
11. Leave the Description text box empty, and click Next.
    The IP Address Range page appears.
12. In the Start IP Address text box, type 192.168.0.11.
13. In the End IP Address text box, type 192.168.0.254.
14. Verify that the subnet mask value reads 255.255.255.0, and click Next.
    The Add Exclusions page appears.
15. In the Start IP Address text box, type 192.168.0.100, and then click Add.
    The address moves into the Excluded Address Range window.
16. In the Start IP Address text box, type 192.168.0.200.
17. In the End IP Address text box, type 192.168.0.205.
18. Click Add.
    The new IP address range is added to the Excluded Address Range window.
19. Click Next.
    The Lease Duration page appears.
20. Read all of the text on this page.
21. Click Next to accept the default setting of 8 days.
    The Configure DHCP Options page appears.
22. Click Next to accept the default selection of Yes.
    The Router (Default Gateway) page appears.
23. In the IP Address text box type 192.168.0.1, and then click Add.
    The address moves into the lower window.
24. Click Next.
    The Domain Name And DNS Servers page appears.
25. In the Parent Domain text box, type domain1.local.
26. In the IP Address text box type 192.168.0.1, and then click Add.
27. Click Next.
    The WINS Servers page appears.
28. Click Next.
    The Activate Scope page appears.
29. Click Next to accept the default selection to activate the scope.
    The Completing The New Scope Wizard page appears.
30. Click Finish.
    The Configure Your Server Wizard indicates that the server is now a DHCP server.
31. In the Configure Your Server Wizard, click Finish.
32. Open the DHCP console by clicking Start, selecting Administrative Tools, and then clicking DHCP.
    The DHCP console opens.
33. In the DHCP console tree, expand the Computer1.domain1.local node.
    The Scope folder and Server Options folder appear under the server node. Next to the server node, a red arrow points downward, indicating that the DHCP server has not yet been authorized.
34. Right-click the server icon and select Authorize.
35. Press F5 to refresh the console.
    The red arrow pointing downward becomes a green arrow pointing upward, indicating that the server is now authorized. (If necessary, repeat step 35 until the green arrow appears.)
36. Close the DHCP console.