Installing the DHCP

Service
1. Select Start _ Control Panel _ Add or Remove Programs.
2. Click the Add/Remove Windows Components icon. The Windows
Components Wizard opens and lists all of the available components.
3. Select the Networking Services item from the component list and
click the Details button.
4. When the Subcomponents Of Network Services list appears, make
sure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is selected and click
the OK button.
5. Click the Next button to continue the Windows Components Wizard.
6. If prompted, enter the path to the Windows Server 2003 distribution
files.
7. Click Finish to close the Windows Components Wizard.

When you install the DHCP server, the DHCP snap-in is installed, too.
You can open it
by using the Start _ Administrative Tools _ DHCP command.
Authorizing a DHCP Server
1. Select Start _ Administrative Tools _ DHCP to open the DHCP snap-
in.
2. Right-click the server you want to authorize and choose the
Authorize command.
3. Wait a short time (30–45 seconds) to allow the authorization to take
place.
4. Right-click the server again. Verify that the Unauthorize command
appears in the pop-up menu; this indicates that the server is now
authorized.

Creating a New Scope

1. Open the DHCP snap-in by selecting Start _ Administrative Tools _
DHCP.
2. Right-click the server on which you want to create the new scope
and choose New Scope.
The New Scope Wizard appears.
3. Click the Next button on the Welcome page.
4. Enter a name and a description for your new scope and click the
Next button.
5. In the IP Address Range page, enter first IP as the start IP address
for the scope and last IP as the end IP address. Leave the subnet
mask controls alone (though when creating a scope on a production
network you might need to change them). Click the Next button.
6. In the Add Exclusions page, click Next without adding any excluded
addresses.
7. In the Lease Duration page, leave the duration as default and click
the Next button.
8. In the Configure DHCP Options page, click the Next button to
indicate that you want to configure default options for this scope.
9. Enter a router IP address (in this case, your default gateway) in
the IP Address field and then click the Add button. Once the address is
added, click the Next button.
10. In the Domain Name And DNS Servers page, enter the IP address
of a DNS server on your network in the IP address field, such as
192.168.0.251, and click the Add button. Click the Next button.
11. On the WINS Servers page, click the Next button to leave the WINS
options unset and display the Activate Scope page.
12. If you want to activate the scope, leave the option yes, I want to
activate the scope now radio button. Click the Next button. When the
Wizard Summary page appears, click the Finish button to create the
scope.

Adding and Removing Exclusions

When you want to exclude an entire range of IP addresses, you need to
add that range as exclusion. Normally, you’ll want to do this before you
enable a scope because that prevents you from accidentally issuing
any of the excluded IP addresses. In fact, you can’t create exclusion
that includes a leased address—you have to get rid of the lease first.
Here’s how to add an exclusion range:
1. Open the DHCP snap-in and find the scope to which you want to add
an exclusion.
2. Expand the scope so you can see its Address Pool item.
3. Right-click Address Pool and then use the New Exclusion Range
command. (You can select Actions _ New Exclusion Range as well.)
4. When the Add Exclusion dialog box appears enter the IP addresses
you want to exclude. To exclude a single address, type it into the Start
IP Address field. To exclude
a range, put the ending address of the range into the End IP Address
field.

5. Click the Add button to add the exclusion.

When you add exclusions, they appear in the Address Pool node under
the scope where
you add them. To remove exclusion, just right-click it and use the
Delete command. After confirming your command, the snap-in
removes the excluded range and it becomes immediately available for
issuance

Adding and Removing Reservations

Adding reservations is simple as long as you have the MAC address of
the device for which you want to create a reservation. Because
reservations belong to a single scope, you create and remove them
within the Reservations node beneath each scope. You add
reservations by right clicking the scope and selecting New Reservation.
This displays the New Reservation dialog box.
At a minimum, when you create a new reservation you must enter the
IP address and MAC address for the reservation.