RIS Server with another DHCP Server

[ee99ee]

I am setting up a RIS server. I already have a DHCP server on this
network. Installing a DHCP server on the RIS box will only make
clients have duplicate IPs and break many many things. Is there a way
to use the existing DHCP server to work with the RIS server on another
box?

The RIS server cannot be the network's DHCP server, as it's only going
to be online when it's needed.

-ee99ee

 

[JimG]

On your existing DHCP server, go to the server properties, Advanced tab, and
set Conflict Detection to 1. 0 is the default for some reason. That should
prevent any duplicate addresses regardless of RIS. Is RIS works with that
existing DHCP server, great. If not there are other things that need to be
looked at like whether you added the additional scope options, network
routing (RIS server on same subnet with the DHCP server?), etc. I
eventually found it best to run DHCP and RIS on one of my domain
controllers. There can be some trial and error involved.

 

[ee99ee]

Thanks for getting back to me. I actually kept looking yesterday, and
I found out that I don't have to run a DHCP server on the RIS server
as I first thought. It does, however, have to be authorized in AD as a
DHCP server, even though one may not be running on it.

We'll see how well this works as soon as I get the DHCP relay agent
setup on the router.

Thanks,

Chris Miller