DHCP client disrupts DHCP server

[Steve]

I am running DHCP server on a Win 2000 server, supporting
a switched network of Win 2000 workstations. I recently
added an externally managed router providing a gateway to
a WAN. I have had the router's DHCP server enabled to
provide DNS to my lan. I enabled the DHCP client on my
Win server to obtain its IP address and DNS from the
router. The only IP address authorized in the router's
scope is the one it is providing to my server's MAC
address. However, once the DHCP client is enabled on the
server, it stops renewing DHCP leases for its clients.
What I am trying to accomplish is to provide DNS to all
computers on my lan from the router and thus, the wan, but
retain the ability to manage my local DHCP environment.
Any ideas?

 

[Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]]

Disable DHCP on your router, install DNS-server on your server and put the
ISP-DNS-numbers in the tab Forwarders of your DNS-server. On your
servernic(s) only point to your server-IP for DNS.

 

[Steven Umbach]

You want to have your DHCP server to have a statically assigned IP address.
Disable DHCP on your router and configure your DHCP scope on your W2K server to
have the lan IP address of the router as the default gateway. Also use the dns
on your W2K server to provide dns for your W2K clients. W2K dns can easily
provide internet name resolution either by forwarding to your ISP dns servers
and/or using root hints to do it on it's own. See the KB links below on FAQ for
dns for more details. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291382
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323380