Re: configuring DHCP in SBS 2003

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You should not have both nic cards connected to the same switch. One nic
card should be connected to your Intenret connection, with DHCP disabled on
that NIC.

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"Scott L." <scottl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8E087BC9-E391-482D-8A35-68104C6DEDBB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thank you Chris,
>
> We had to install the DHCP service at the customers site, once
> installed it tried to create a scope of 192.168.1.0 to 192.168.1.254.
> Once
> the scope was created and the server was rebooted, that was the point that
> it
> was hanging. The server will not allow me to hit F8 and bring it up in
> safe
> mode. There are 2 NIC's on the server and both are plugged into a 3COM 16
> port switch. Can you think of anything else that we might be able to try
> before we do the dreaded reinstall.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Scott
>
> "Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
>
>> simple fix to this at your office would be to simply connect it to a four
>> port hub during setup..no reason for it to be connected to your network
>>
>> Did you restart the DHCP Server service on the server??
>> How many nics in play???
>> Bring the server up in safe mode and assign the static IP to the internal
>> nic with the nic connected to the client's network
>>
>> Reboot...any better??
>>
>> --
>> Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]
>> -------------------------------------------------
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>> "Scott L." <scottl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:C8BF00AC-B32B-4594-9D7D-955AFBF8EF82@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> We just installed a server at a customers location. We built the
>> server in
>> our office and it saw our DHCP server so it was not able to properly
>> configure the DHCP server. When I brought the server to the customer
>> site, I
>> tried to create the DHCP scope and the server just stopped responding.
>> None
>> of the workstations were accuiring a IP address. The server reboot and
>> then
>> just hung at the "applying computer settings" page. If I can get the
>> server
>> back up to the desktop should I try and run the CEICW to have it create
>> the
>> DNS and DHCP scopes. We have to be onsite at this customers location
>> tomorrow to fix this. If nothing else I will have to rubuild the
>> server from
>> scratch. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you


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