remove lease duration period throughout network

[abc559966]

I need to change the IP addressing range in DHCP and would like to know if there is an easy way to release all old ip assigned addresses in one easy step. I can go around every client and release the current IP address so that when I change the DHCP IP range, the client will pick up a new address instead of retaining the old address, however, this is very time consuming as there are over 200 pc's to change. Also, if I set a wins server in DHCP manager, will this overwrite the manual settings in the tcp/ip properties of each client.

Any assistance would be most appreciated.

k.

 

[GlenJohnson]

Try a good old fashioned batch file. Go to a text editor, type ipconfig /release, then name the file something like release.bat. Send this to your users via e-mail, tell them to save it to the desktop, then have them run it. I did this when I needed to have people pick up new ip's, so I did a release/renew batch file. Worked great. Good luck.

Glen A. Johnson
Johnson Computer Consulting
MCP W2K
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[abc559966]

Thanks for that. I was hoping to get out of using a batch file as the IP address change is to happen over a weekend. I'll just add an ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew statement to each users login script until I'm happy that every user has logged in. Its a shame Microsoft don't develope a utility for releasing bulk ip addresses for use with DHCP.

K.

 

[GlenJohnson]

Good thought. Good luck.

Glen A. Johnson
Johnson Computer Consulting
MCP W2K



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