Re: DHCP by Herb
Herb
Wed May 14 10:12:41 PDT 2008
"maverick" <maverick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EB8E349A-C799-4705-A106-06294FD437B6@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Herb..but I wish a more helpful way like DHCP doing a Round robin
> of
> assigning IP addresses with different gateways would have been the best...
DHCP doesn't do "round robin".
You can give out different routers (default gateways) or a different
order, but that is labor intensive.
> "Herb Martin" wrote:
>
>>
>> "maverick" <maverick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D58670A6-81F7-4352-8B5D-E28057059E24@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello techies,
>> >
>> > My DC is the only DHCP in our subnet and we have 2 gateways to connect
>> > to
>> > the data centre.My idea is to utilize both the links(2
>> > gateways)...loadabalance them or rather utilize both the links...
>>
>> Probably better to buy more sophisticated routers but that is probably
>> not ideal for you so here are the methods that do what you ask...
>>
>> > If my DHCP can give half the PC's the gateway as the first and the
>> > other
>> > half pc's the second gateway....It would be great!
>> >
>> > 2 gateways and one subnet...is there a way to do it?Scripting?
>> > Tools?anything??
>> > Is there any way to do that with Windows 2003 DHCP server?
>>
>> Two ways if they are all on the same subnet:
>>
>> 1) DHCP "User Classes" Set these on the DHCP Server and
>> assign the class on half the stations (ipconfig /setclassid)
>> Assign the class(es) different default gateways.
>>
>> 2) Use reservations for half the stations and supply these a
>> different default gateways
>>
>> If you have lot of machines then #2 is not very convenient.
>>
>> #1 might not seem convenient either, but you can use a "startup
>> script" to assign the ipconfig /setclassid and so avoid touching
>> every machine manually. (Differentiate with different sub-OUs,
>> or alphabetically in the script that sets classid, or some such.)
>>
>> > Thanks in advance for any help...
>> > cheers
>>
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