Dhcp clients not obtaining ip addresses

I just set windows server 2003 dhcp and have configured and everything but the client can't seem to connect to the server.Please help.

Have you ensured you have configured the clients to use a dynamically assigned IP address.

Have you checked that your routers are acting as DHCP-relay-agents?

Worst case scenario.. sniff


There is no connection in DHCP, it works over UDP

hey chandak , it would be helpful if you describe your network setup , basically the connectivity between your server and the client which is not receivinf the address...There could be lots of reasons.

1) Is there connectivity between the 2 machines ?? check it out..

2) Is the client correctly configured to receiver addresses ??

3) Is the server configured to assign addresses ??

4) is there a router present between the 2 ??

Hi,It seems the clients is not communicating with the server,when i try tp ping the server ip i get the destination unreachable.What im tyring to do is to share the internet on a couple of computers.The clients seem to obtain ip addresses that are npt part of the scope.I setup dhcp using these instructions www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutor...indows_2003.html.But still can not the clients to see the server.Is thgere anything thats missing on these instructions?Have set the clients to obtain an ip address automatically.

does the IP address it got assigned start with 169

Yes thje ip address starts with a 169