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Install & Configure DHCP Role

Install DHCP Role

  1. Open Server Manager and when the Dashboard panel is selected, click Add roles and features
  2. The Add Roles and Features Wizard will open - click Next >
  3. For the Insallation Type select Role-based or feature based installation
  4. For the Server Selection choose Select a server from the server pool and choose our server - Test.Tek and click Next >
  5. For the Server Roles select the role DHCP Server from the list
    (a popup will open - click Add Features)
    then click Next >
  6. For the Features click Next >
  7. For the DHCP Server click Next >
  8. For the Confirmation click Install
    once it is finished, click Close
  9. In the Server Manager app, notice the flag with the warning in the top right corner - click Complete DHCP configuration as something is still requred for the DHCP server
  10. This will open the DHCP Post-Install configuration wizard window - click Next >
  11. Select which users credentials to use for authorization (the Administrator is fine) and click Commit
  12. Notice that authorization failed

Create a Scope

  1. Open the DHCP app as Administrator
  2. Navigate to the panel on the left side and expand the server and right-click IPv4 and choose New Scope... from the context list
  3. This opens the New Scope wizard - enter a Name (in our case Test) and click Next >
  4. Enter the Start IP address as 192.168.1.1
  5. Enter the End IP address as 192.168.1.254 and click Next >
  6. Enter any exclusions you want (IPs you don't want made available to the DHCP server)
    In our case enter the
    Start IP address as 192.168.1.1 and the
    End IP address as 192.168.1.10 and click Add to not serve the first 10 IP addresses to client computers
    Click Next >
  7. Set the Lease Duration to 1 day and click Next >
  8. Select Yes, I want to configure these options now and click Next >
  9. Enter the IP address of the router - 192.168.1.2 and click Add then click Next >
  10. Enter the Server name as DC1 or whichever the server computer is named, and click Resolve to see that the IP address it pulls is the address of the server and click Add to add it to the list of DNS servers
    Click Next >
  11. Don't change anything for the WINS configuration and click Next >
  12. Select Yes, I want to activate this scope now and click Next >
  13. Click Finish

Confirm the Scope

  1. Open the DHCP app and navigate to the new scope
  2. Select Scope Options and confirm that all the values are correct

Confirm the client

  1. On the client computer, open a command prompt and type ipconfig to display the IP address of the client
  2. Type ipconfig /release to release the old lease
  3. Type ipconfig /renew to drop the IP, renew it, and display the new value. It should now have an IP in the range defined by the scope