I have been given an office to manage that has 300 users with static IP.
The first this I did was set up a DHCP server however the network is
set up with two totally different IP address. I have one of the segments on
the DHCP server. Now I am looking to get the other one going. My first
thought was to multi home the server and set up two scopes. The other though
was to change the segments to one using the subnet mask.



I am looking for some suggestions. Witch would be the best path? What are
the down falls?

Yes a DHCP server can server two (or more) subnets. Either if they are
directly attached to the DHCP server (multihomed) or if you allow DHCP
forwarding through your router (different vendors call it different things).

"srs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have been given an office to manage that has 300 users with static IP.
> The first this I did was set up a DHCP server however the network is
> set up with two totally different IP address. I have one of the segments
on
> the DHCP server. Now I am looking to get the other one going. My first
> thought was to multi home the server and set up two scopes. The other
though
> was to change the segments to one using the subnet mask.
>
>
>
> I am looking for some suggestions. Witch would be the best path? What are
> the down falls?
>
>

You don't need to multihome the DHCP server. Simply set up another DHCP
scope for the 2nd segment and on your router that connects the segments
enable DHCP relay (some routers call it bootp relay or IP helper).

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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"srs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have been given an office to manage that has 300 users with static IP.
> The first this I did was set up a DHCP server however the network is
> set up with two totally different IP address. I have one of the segments
on
> the DHCP server. Now I am looking to get the other one going. My first
> thought was to multi home the server and set up two scopes. The other
though
> was to change the segments to one using the subnet mask.
>
>
>
> I am looking for some suggestions. Witch would be the best path? What are
> the down falls?
>
>

"srs" wrote:
: I have been given an office to manage that has 300 users with static IP.
: The first this I did was set up a DHCP server however the network is
: set up with two totally different IP address. I have one of the segments
on
: the DHCP server. Now I am looking to get the other one going. My first
: thought was to multi home the server and set up two scopes. The other
though
: was to change the segments to one using the subnet mask.
:
: I am looking for some suggestions. Witch would be the best path? What are
: the down falls?

Have you considered using a Class B or Class A subnet and just using one
scope?

These are the private addesses available by class:

Class A: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
Class B: 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
Class C: 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255

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Thank you. It there a delay of latency issue for the relayed segment



"Brendon Rogers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yes a DHCP server can server two (or more) subnets. Either if they are
> directly attached to the DHCP server (multihomed) or if you allow DHCP
> forwarding through your router (different vendors call it different
things).
>
> "srs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have been given an office to manage that has 300 users with static IP.
> > The first this I did was set up a DHCP server however the network is
> > set up with two totally different IP address. I have one of the segments
> on
> > the DHCP server. Now I am looking to get the other one going. My first
> > thought was to multi home the server and set up two scopes. The other
> though
> > was to change the segments to one using the subnet mask.
> >
> >
> >
> > I am looking for some suggestions. Witch would be the best path? What
are
> > the down falls?
> >
> >
>
>

Yes however the multi scope though was because I was considering VLANS





"Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "srs" wrote:
> : I have been given an office to manage that has 300 users with static IP.
> : The first this I did was set up a DHCP server however the network is
> : set up with two totally different IP address. I have one of the segments
> on
> : the DHCP server. Now I am looking to get the other one going. My first
> : thought was to multi home the server and set up two scopes. The other
> though
> : was to change the segments to one using the subnet mask.
> :
> : I am looking for some suggestions. Witch would be the best path? What
are
> : the down falls?
>
> Have you considered using a Class B or Class A subnet and just using one
> scope?
>
> These are the private addesses available by class:
>
> Class A: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
> Class B: 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
> Class C: 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
>
> --
> Roland Hall
> /* This information is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability
> or fitness for a particular purpose. */
> Online Support for IT Professionals -
> http://support.microsoft.com/service...p?fr=0&sd=tech
>
>

"srs" wrote:
: Yes however the multi scope though was because I was considering VLANS

Do you have switches/routers that support VLAN and is there a need to have a
VLAN? Is the network so busy that it requires segmentation?

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Roland Hall
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