Need to set up DHCP on domain controller???

From: Chris (ccl1111_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/30/04 

Date: 30 Apr 2004 14:16:17 -0700

Hello all,

Got a question. I have 2 businesses (owned by different members of
the same family) that are working out of the same office space. They
have 2 T1s, 2 routers, 2 switches, etc. I have 1 server connected to
both networks (using separate NICs). The server is W2000 Server & has
AD installed. Right now, we're just using it for file & print
sharing. Both networks are currently set up as workgroups.

Since 1 of the networks has moved to all XP & W2K Pro, I'd like to put
them on a domain. I cannot move both as the other network has a bunch
of XP Home machines.

Right now, both networks are on different subnets & have DHCP running
on their own routers. All workstations are set up to retrieve IP
addresses automatically.

With the current configuration, can I move that one workgroup to a
domain without changing where DHCP is running? I'm not sure if DHCP
MUST be running on the domain controller.

I'm worried that if I disable DHCP on the routers & run it on the
server, we'll run into problems since I want to keep 1 network as a
workgroup & put the other on the domain.

Would appreciate any help.

Thanks!

Chris

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