How many scopes are allowed for dhcp

Hello,

Is there a limitation on amount of scopes for the dhcp server on Windows
2003 server R2?
Right now I have 19 scopes for various vlans. Then I created one more for
another vlan, and the clients are not getting the addresses. I can put a
static on the client and ping the dhcp "through" the vlan. Ran a packet
capture against the client and the server and they both show the requesting
going to the server, but nothing is replied. So I was wondering if I had
maxed out on dhcp scopes. The other 19 are still running properly. Or if
there is some other issue.

Thanks.

Hello ISA,

Theoretical there is no limit for the scopes.

"Because there is no fixed limit to the maximum number of clients a DHCP
server can service or to the number of scopes you can create on a DHCP server......"

From: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc786002.aspx

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> Hello,
>
> Is there a limitation on amount of scopes for the dhcp server on
> Windows
> 2003 server R2?
> Right now I have 19 scopes for various vlans. Then I created one more
> for
> another vlan, and the clients are not getting the addresses. I can put
> a
> static on the client and ping the dhcp "through" the vlan. Ran a
> packet
> capture against the client and the server and they both show the
> requesting
> going to the server, but nothing is replied. So I was wondering if I
> had
> maxed out on dhcp scopes. The other 19 are still running properly. Or
> if
> there is some other issue.
> Thanks.
>

Hi,

As it says in the link below, in Windows 2003 "there is no fixed limit to
the maximum number of clients a DHCP server can service or to the number of
scopes you can create on a DHCP server":
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc786002.aspx
So the problem must be elsewhere. Normally, there should be generated four
DHCP packets: a DHCP Discover packet, a DHCP Offer packet, a DHCP Request
packet, and a DHCP ACK packet. Eventually, put here the screen from the
packet capture.

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"ISA Admin" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Is there a limitation on amount of scopes for the dhcp server on Windows
> 2003 server R2?
> Right now I have 19 scopes for various vlans. Then I created one more for
> another vlan, and the clients are not getting the addresses. I can put a
> static on the client and ping the dhcp "through" the vlan. Ran a packet
> capture against the client and the server and they both show the requesting
> going to the server, but nothing is replied. So I was wondering if I had
> maxed out on dhcp scopes. The other 19 are still running properly. Or if
> there is some other issue.
>
> Thanks.