DHCP / Scope / Release / Renew

Install DHCP on your server by adding roles and features and selecting DHCP, you can go through clicking next for now and it will install all we need.

Once installed bring up the DHCP gui.

DHCP gui

Select your server and IPv4, right click and hit New Scope…

newscope

Name the Scope

namethescope

Now we configure the start range and end range for our IP addresses

addinrange

Now we can see the scope on IPv4

nowwecanseethescopeactiveonipv4

Log into the user machine and select auto for the network card properties

logtousermachineselectautofind

Open CMD and type ipconfig /release (removes preexisting ip address information)

ipconfigrelease

Whilst in cmd type ipconfig /renew and it will grab the IP off the current DHCP allocation

ipconfigrenew

Internet should be available and so should your server shares

netnnewtowksharre

Leave a comment