Lab 7 – Configuring a DHCP Server

In this lab you will be setting up the server-side of DHCP and creating reservations for your servers.

This lab will take approximately 60 minutes to complete.

You will complete this lab on the installation of server on Server1 and on the AdminClient and Client1.

*Depending on the amount of RAM in your computer, you may not be able to run all VMs at the same time. If you have 8GB of RAM you might be able to adjust the memory in each of the Servers to 2GB and the Clients to 1GB. The performance of the VMs will suffer and you will need to be patient, but you can complete the entire labs that way. Only run the VMs that are necessary to perform the tasks needed. 

1.0 Install the DHCP Server Role on Server1

  1. Using the Server Manager, install the DHCP role on Server1. Add all of the necessary features for the role.
  2. After the installation is complete, you will need to Complete the DHCP Configuration. Click on the yellow triangle at the top of the Server Manager window and then click Complete DHCP Configuration.
  3. The DHCP Post-Installation Configuration Wizard will start and guide you through the configuration. Take all of the default settings to complete the configuration.

2.0 Configuring the DHCP Scope

  1. Open the DHCP Manager from the Tools menu.
  2. Click on the arrow next to the server name in the left pane to expand it.
  3. Right-click on IPv4 and select New Scope from the menu.
  4. The New Scope Wizard will start. Click Next.
  5. Give the scope a name SenecaID_Scope. Click Next.
  6. Enter the start and end IP addresses for the scope. Use 10.0.xxx.110 to 10.0.xxx.210. Make the subnet mask 255.255.255.0 (Length=24). Click Next.
  7. Do not make any exclusions. Click Next.
  8. Make the lease period 1 hour.  Click Next.
  9. Select that you want to Configure the DHCP options now. Click Next.
  10. Enter 10.0.xxx.1 for the router address. Click Add. Click Next.
  11. The Domain Name and DNS Servers fields should be automatically filled in from the server’s settings. Click Next.
  12. We do not need to configure WINS Server settings. Click Next.
  13. Select to Active the Scope. Click Next.
  14. Click Finish.
  15. Take a screenshot of the DHCP manager showing the new scope.

3.0 Configuring DHCP Client

  1. Boot Client1 and login as the Local administrator account. This is not the Domain Administrator account, but the account that you created when you installed Windows 10 on this VM.
  2. Open the TCP/IP IPv4 Properties and change the settings from manual to Obtain an IP address automatically and to Obtain DNS server address automatically. Click OK.
  3. Use ipconfig /all to view the configuration and confirm that this computer is getting an IP address from the DHCP server. If you are getting an address from the Seneca DHCP server instead of your server, unplug the network cable on the PC.
  4. Take a screenshot of the output of the ipconfig /all command.
  5. If you unplugged the network cable, plug it back in once this section is complete.

4.0 Configure DHCP Reservation

  1. Boot the AdminClient and login as the domain administrator.
  2. Open a command prompt and type ipconfig /all.  Look through the output and find and write down the Physical Address. It will be 6 pairs of characters, separated by dashes. This is the MAC address of your VM’s network card.
  3. Open the DHCP Manager tool on Server 1 if it is not already open.
  4. Expand the Scope. Right-click on Reservations and click New Reservation.
  5. Make the Reservation Name AdminClient. Use 10.0.xxx.111 for the IP address. Enter the MAC address from #2 into the MAC address field. Click Add. Click Close.
  6. Take a screenshot of the new reservation in the DHCP Manager.
  7. Login to the AdminClient as the Local administrator, not the domain administrator.
  8. Change the TCP/IP IPv4 Properties on the AdminClient to Obtain an IPaddress automatically and also Obtain DNS server automatically. Click OK.
  9. Open a command prompt window and type ipconfig /all. Observe the output of the command and notice the IP address. It should be the same as the reservation you made on your server.
  10. Take a screenshot of the output of ipconfig /all.

5.0 Dynamic DNS Settings

  1. On Server1, in the DHCP Manager, right-click on the Scope and select Properties.
  2. Review the General tab. You should recognize the settings.
  3. Click the DNS tab and review the Dynamic DNS settings. Select Always dynamically update records. Click OK.

6.0 Observe Dynamic DNS

  1. Open the DNS Manager on Server 1.
  2. Expand the Forward Lookup Zone and  then SenecaID.com zone and view the resource records.

    Do you see the records for the 2 clients?
     .

  3. Take a screenshot of the resource records.
  • Create a Microsoft Word document (or use Google docs), with a name of YourSenecaID-Lab7.docx.
  • Paste each of the above screenshots into the document, and label them clearly. You should have 5 images. 
  • Save the document as a PDF file using the same name as the document file, and upload it to MySeneca, under Course Documents>Labs>Lab7 before the due date.
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