Changing member server name

All,
I have a member server running Windows 2000 with all the latest sp's that
is responsible for WINS and DHCP. I need to change the name of the server. Is
there anything I need to do in order for WINS and DHCP to continue working
correctly?

Thanks!

Not really. u can always recreate those services, will only take a few
minutes given that you have another box running those services also.

On Nov 1, 8:38 am, Candie <Can...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> All,
> I have a member server running Windows 2000 with all the latest sp's that
> is responsible for WINS and DHCP. I need to change the name of the server. Is
> there anything I need to do in order for WINS and DHCP to continue working
> correctly?
>
> Thanks!

Clients don't need to know the names or IPs of DHCP servers - they make first
contact by broadcast.

If your DHCP server is assigning WINS server addresses to its' clients,
these are in the form of an IP address, hence name of WINS server immaterial.

So it is a fair guess that you can rename the server without the clients
being the wiser.
Of course new-fangled DNS servers and AD servers may miss the old name, but
that's progress.
--
Regards,
Newell White


"Candie" wrote:

> All,
> I have a member server running Windows 2000 with all the latest sp's that
> is responsible for WINS and DHCP. I need to change the name of the server. Is
> there anything I need to do in order for WINS and DHCP to continue working
> correctly?
>
> Thanks!