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Windows NT TCP/IP Network Administration
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Windows NT TCP/IP Network Administration

by Craig Hunt, Robert Bruce Thompson
October 1998
Beginner
512 pages
14h 22m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Installing the DHCP Server Service

To install the DHCP Server service, take the following steps:

  1. Right-click the Network Neighborhood icon on your desktop, and then click Properties to display the Network property sheet. Click the Services tab to display the Network Services page, shown in Figure 6-1.

    The Network Services page

    Figure 6-1. The Network Services page

  2. Click Add... to display the Select Network Service dialog. Windows NT builds a list of available network services and displays them in the Network Service pane.

  3. Highlight Microsoft DHCP Server and click on OK. Windows NT displays the Windows NT Setup dialog to prompt you for the location of the distribution files. Accept the default location, or specify a new location, and then click Continue. Windows NT copies the distribution files and then displays an informational message.

    Note

    Any server running the Microsoft DHCP Server service must itself be assigned a static IP address. That is, a DHCP Server cannot obtain its own IP address from another DHCP Server.

  4. Click on OK to close the informational message box and return to the Network property sheet, which now shows Microsoft DHCP Server as an installed service. Click Close to complete the installation. If this server was configured previously to obtain its IP address from a DHCP Server, the TCP/IP property sheet will be displayed, allowing you to enter a static IP address for the new DHCP Server. Windows ...

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