Managing a DHCP server

You can bring up the DHCP management console by choosing Start → Administrative Tools → DHCP or by clicking Manage This DHCP Server from the Manage Your Server application. Either way, the DHCP management console appears.

From the DHCP console, you have complete control over the DHCP server's configuration and operation. The following list summarizes some of the things that you can do from the DHCP console:

• You can authorize the DHCP server, which allows it to begin assigning client IP addresses. To authorize a server, select the server, choose Action → Manage Authorized Servers, and click Authorize.
• To add another scope, right-click the server in the tree and choose the New Scope command from the menu that appears. This brings up the New Scope Wizard. You can follow Steps 5 through 20 in the previous section to complete the wizard.
• To activate or deactivate a scope, right-click the scope in the tree and choose the Activate or Deactivate command.
• To change scope settings, right-click the scope and choose the Properties command. This brings up the Scope Properties dialog box. From this dialog box, you can change the scope's start and end IP addresses, subnet mask, and DNS configuration.
• To change the scope exclusions, click Address Pool under the scope in the tree. This will list each range of addresses that's included in the scope. You can add or delete a range by right-clicking the range and choosing the Delete command from the menu that appears. You can also add a new exclusion range by right-clicking Address Pool in the tree and choosing Add New Exclusion from the pop-up menu.
• To view or change reservations, click Reservations in the tree.
• To view a list of the addresses that are currently assigned, click Address Leases in the tree.