Re: DHCP reservations and exclusions questions

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Ron,

I was not aware that reservations were given outside of a scope. That sure
makes it easy. Thanks for the tip!

Gregg Hill


"Ron Gabaree" <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8PKdnZ2dnZ1f05jKnZ2dnRnRY9-dnZ2dRVn-0Z2dnZ0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Gregg,
>
> My experience has been that all you would need to do is set up your DHCP
> range for .100 -.199. You can then set up your reservations outside the
> .100-.199 range and they will work fine. No exclusions.
> From a planning stand point you would want to be sure that there are
> enough ip addresses etc. There is always some sort of need for static
> addresses on a network for servers, printers, routers, and certain
> workstations.
>
> This type of layout has worked well for me. I have never been a big fan of
> using exclusions...they can tend to confuse things if you need to
> troubleshoot.
>
> I hope this helps...
>
> Ron
>
>
> "Gregg Hill" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:u7uaCACoFHA.2540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hello!
>>
>> On a Server 2003 DC, I want to have a scope range from 10.0.0.70 to
>> 10.0.0.199, but I want to have reservations in the range of
>> 10.0.0.70-10.0.0.99. Is there a way to set aside a range, from .70 to
>> .99, for current and future DHCP reservations?
>>
>> Basically, I want standard workstations (not needing a reservation) to
>> start pulling from .100 and up to .199. I want reservations for
>> workstations to start at .70 and go to .99, but if I have the scope start
>> at .70, what is to prevent any workstation from grabbing an address from
>> the .70-.99 range? Can I combine reservations and exclusions? In other
>> words, if I exclude .70-.99, stations will obviously begin pulling from
>> .100 and up to .199. But, if I add reservations in the .70-.99 range,
>> would they override the exclusion and still hand out addresses to the
>> clients that have reservations set up?
>>
>> Thank you for your time!
>>
>> Gregg Hill
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>


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