Now that you’ve learned to back up your DHCP server, you need to learn to restore it as well. Of course, what’s the point of having a backup if you don’t know how to restore it? In this article, we’re going to demonstrate the steps to Restore DHCP Server in Windows Server 2012 R2. It’s […]
After you successfully configure your Windows DHCP server, the next thing you would probably want is to make a backup for it. Windows DHCP server has a native function to back up all DHCP server settings like scopes, reservations, filters, etc. It’s always a good idea to back up your Windows DHCP server. You can […]
After configuring DHCP scope, the next tasks that you probably need to do is setting up DHCP reservation. DHCP reservation ensures that a specific DHCP client to always get the same IP address. It’s very useful for some clients that needs fixed IP address without static IP configuration. In this post, we’re going to learn […]
After finishing DHCP server installation, the next thing to do is creating a new DHCP Scope. You need to create a DHCP scope for each subnet that you want to distribute in the network. In each scope you will define the IP address, netmask, gateway, and several other DHCP options. Administrator can choose to Configure […]
Did you know that Windows DHCP server can update records dynamically for its clients on DNS server? Having DHCP server updating DNS records for client machines is very useful if you have a network application that relies so much on the name resolution for its communication. However, the default configuration of Windows DHCP server is […]
Dynamic Host Control Protocol or DHCP is a method of distributing IP address for hosts in the network. A host in the network will act as the DHCP server and will assign IP address for other hosts in the network who requests for IP address a.k.a the DHCP clients. Windows Server 2012 R2 can be […]
Some organization may want to prohibit its member to download file from the internet but still allowing regular internet access. It could be for efficiency reason. By restricting file download, the organization can keep its shared bandwidth usage at minimum. It could be for the security reason as well. By doing so, it will minimize […]