DHCP Problem..

[voJohn]

I have windows server 2008 running dhcp and it's scope is 192.168.10.1- 192.168.10.10, but I try to connect my desktop to the switch and it doesn't get the dhcp scope. It gives me 169.x.x.x and i try to search through google to find out how my workstation get dhcp scope on my server. Please help me because I stuck. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[ICTCity]

Check on your DHCP server if the service is running and if it has any address assigned.

 

[voJohn]

My DHCP is running and i created a scope but when I connect my other workstation to the 2950 switch it doesn't get an IP address of the scope that I have created. What should I do?

 

[ICTCity]

Are you sure that the DHCP server is not behind a router and IS on the same network as the computer? Are you sure that in the scope 192.168.10.1 - 10 there are NO computers, routers, servers, ... which are using these addresses?

 

[raffigrant]

make sure your router isnt running dhcp, then check in your server dhcp leases for conflicting stuff,

169 means temporary ip, it isnt seeing ur dhcp, soooo, try a static address within your set scope.

 

[iphonogasm]

also maybe you need to setup some routers/switches to relay dhcp