Re: Missing DHCP addresses

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 10/28/04


Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:06:26 -0400

Nelson wrote:
> they are assigned to computers that I guess used to have those
> addresses, but the computers now have picked up differnet addreses
> that now show up in "leases". Also, some of the computer names I've
> never seen before

Do you have any dialin/RAS/VPN users? Laptop users come in sometimes?

> Is there a way to clean DHCP of those addresses? I tried to restart
> but that didn't work

You can manually remove them.
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> Nelson wrote:
>>> yes i am running dns and some (3 of them) of those "missing
>>> addresses" are in my reverse lookup zone
>>
>> What are they assigned to?
>>>
>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nelson wrote:
>>>>> Does anyone have an answer for this?
>>>>
>>>> Are you using AD? Do you see these IP addresses in DNS?
>>>>>
>>>>> "Nelson" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> scope is 24 addresses
>>>>>> should have at least 10 available since I use static for everyone
>>>>>> except traveling laptop users.
>>>>>> leases are set for one day
>>>>>> no other dhcp servers on network.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> what I mean by missing ip's is, statistics show all ip addresses
>>>>>> taken up, but in the leases window not all addresses are there?
>>>>>> the other addresses are unpingable(not a real word, i know)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nelson wrote:
>>>>>>>> I currently have a range of addresses setup in DHCP, but I keep
>>>>>>>> running out of them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How big is your scope of DHCP addresses (not including
>>>>>>> exclusions)? How many computers? How long are your leases set
>>>>>>> for?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If I look at the leases, not all the addresses
>>>>>>>> are showing up
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is everyone using DHCP, or are some using statics?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> and also if I try to ping the missing addreses that
>>>>>>>> are in the range but don't show up in leases they can't be
>>>>>>>> pinged???
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not sure what you mean by missing addresses.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> where are my addresses going?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You don't have any other DHCP servers on your network, do you?



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