Configuring a Windows DHCP Client

Setting up support for a Microsoft Windows client is easy ”you simply select the DHCP support option in the TCP/IP section of the Network Control Panel, which can be found in most versions of Windows. A DHCP client for Windows 95 is shown in Figure 38-3. Once DHCP support is enabled, it is no longer necessary to enter any static IP address information.

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Figure 38-3: DHCP client for Microsoft Windows

Exercise 39-1: Configuring and Unconfiguring a DHCP Service     This exercise requires you to configure and unconfigure a DHCP service. For example, to set up a DHCP server for the domain paulwatters.com , with the DNS server 204.56.54.22 and a lease time of 14,400 seconds (4 hours), the following command sequence would be

  1. Identify the IP address of the local DNS server: # grep nameserver /etc/resolv.conf

  2. Identify the local DNS domain: # cat /etc/defaultdomain

  3. Configure the service: # dhcpconfig -D -r SUNWbinfiles -p /var/dhcp -l 14400 \ -d paulwatters.com -a 204.56.54.22 -h dns -y paulwatters.com

  4. Unconfigure the service: # dhcpconfig “U “f “x -h

 
 
   


Sun Certified Solaris 9.0 System and Network Administrator
Sun Certified Solaris(tm) 9 System and Network Administrator All-in-One Exam Guide
ISBN: 0072225300
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 265
Authors: Paul Watters

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