Backup Domain Controller and DHCP Server

[Vic88]

I have a network with one PDC and one BDC. Wins DNS and DHCP servers are installed on the On the PDC and BDC. Recently I added another BDC to facilitate some remote users who had lost connection to the network. How can I configure the network to ensure that the DHCP server on the second BDC issues IP Address only when the first and second DHCP servers are unavailable

 

[dennisbbb]

If you have multiple dhcp servers, segment the ips for the servers.

For example:

server1: ip range 10.1.1.50 to 10.1.1.100
server2: ip range 10.1.1.101 to 10.1.1.200
server3: ip range 10.1.1.201 to 10.1.1.254

This way, whichever server runs out of ip, or down, the next server will continue issuing ip.

 

[Vic88]

They are configured just like that.

I think the last server is configured as the Primary DHCP Server. When I execute the ipconfig /all command. It appear in the list as the DHCP server. How can I change this to the server1, IP Address 10.7.0.1