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DHCP Scope Properties

A DHCP scope defines a range of IP addresses that a DHCP server can assign to clients on a subnet. Scopes must be configured on the server before clients can obtain IP addresses, with properties including the IP range, subnet mask, lease duration, and excluded addresses. Multiple scopes can be used across different subnets or combined into a super scope to service a single subnet with multiple ranges.

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DHCP Scope Properties

A DHCP scope defines a range of IP addresses that a DHCP server can assign to clients on a subnet. Scopes must be configured on the server before clients can obtain IP addresses, with properties including the IP range, subnet mask, lease duration, and excluded addresses. Multiple scopes can be used across different subnets or combined into a super scope to service a single subnet with multiple ranges.

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DHCP Scope

A DHCP scope is a valid range of IP addresses that are available for assignment or
lease to client computers on a particular subnet. In a DHCP server, a scope is
configured to determine the address pool of IPs that the server can provide to
DHCP clients.

Scopes determine which IP addresses are provided to the clients. They should be
defined and activated before DHCP clients use the DHCP server for
its dynamic IP configuration. Users can configure as many scopes on a DHCP server
as required in the network environment.

DHCP Scope Properties

Description

Scope Property

Network ID The network ID for the range of IP addresses

Subnet mask The subnet mask for the network ID

Network IP address range The range of IP addresses that are available to clients

The period of time that the DHCP server holds a


Lease duration leased IP address for a client before removing the
lease.

A DHCP option that allows DHCP clients to


Router
accessremote networks.

An alphanumeric identifier for administrative


Scope name
purposes.

The range of IP addresses in the scope that is


Exclusion range
excluded from being leased.
Each subnet can have a single DHCP scope that has a single continuous range of IP
addresses. Specific addresses or groups of addresses can be excluded from the
range that the DHCP scope specifies. Normally, only one scope can be assigned to a
subnet. If more than one scope is required on a subnet, the scopes must first be
created then combined into a super scope.

For example, if there are two subnets, then users can create two separate scopes
for the separate subnets on one DHCP server. Users create a separate scope
because the subnets have different IP addressing schemes.

Configuring DHCP Scopes in the Microsoft DHCP


Server
1. Open the DHCP console.
2. In the console tree, click applicable DHCP server.
3. On the action menu, click applicable DHCP server.
4. In the new scope wizard, click next.
5. On the scope name page, configure the name and description.
6. On the IP address range page, configure the start IP address, end IP address,
and subnet mask.
7. On add exclusive page, configure the start IP address and end IP address if
applicable. If there is one IP address exclusion, configure only that IP address as
the start IP address.
8. On the lease duration page, configure the days, hours, and minutes.
9. On the configure DHCP option page, select “no, I will configure these options
later.”
10.On the completing new scope wizard page, click finish.

Source: http://www.tech-faq.com/dhcp-scope.html

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