new win2003 ad with funny dhcp

Hi,

I have a fresh Win2003 Server (came with sp1) DC. After running Windows
Updates, I installed DHCP. The client workstations pick up all the DHCP
settings from the server except DNS. It is the darndest thing. If I manually
assign the server as the DNS on the workstations (leaving all else with
DHCP), then I successfully joined the domain and the server is accessible.
If I set the DNS settings to get pulled from DNS, they disappear and the
workstation is left without DNS.

Any ideas on the DHCP not sending the DNS settings?

Seth

> If I manually assign the server as the DNS on the workstations (leaving
> all else with DHCP), then I successfully joined the domain and the server
> is accessible. If I set the DNS settings to get pulled from DNS, they
> disappear and the workstation is left without DNS.
>
> Any ideas on the DHCP not sending the DNS settings?
>

Did you configure the Scope or Server Options correctly on the DHCP server?
Option 006 is what you need to set up.

Oliver

> Seth
>

Yeah, that is handled in the "create a new scope" wizard when you first
install the DHCP Server service.

As I said, the workstations pull all the other DHCP settings down when they
get their address just fine.

Seth


"Oliver O'Boyle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> If I manually assign the server as the DNS on the workstations (leaving
>> all else with DHCP), then I successfully joined the domain and the server
>> is accessible. If I set the DNS settings to get pulled from DNS, they
>> disappear and the workstation is left without DNS.
>>
>> Any ideas on the DHCP not sending the DNS settings?
>>
>
> Did you configure the Scope or Server Options correctly on the DHCP
> server? Option 006 is what you need to set up.
>
> Oliver
>
>> Seth
>>
>
>

> Yeah, that is handled in the "create a new scope" wizard when you first
> install the DHCP Server service.
>
> As I said, the workstations pull all the other DHCP settings down when
> they get their address just fine.

If you go into the properties of the connection --> Networking (tab) -->
properties of TCP/IP --> Advanced (button) --> DNS (tab), are there any DNS
servers listed there?

Also make sure that you have the conenction configured to "Obtain a DNS
server automatically". If you select "Use the following DNS server
addresses" and leave the address field blank, it still will not accept a DNS
option from the DHCP server.

Oliver

>
> Seth
>
>
> "Oliver O'Boyle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> If I manually assign the server as the DNS on the workstations (leaving
>>> all else with DHCP), then I successfully joined the domain and the
>>> server is accessible. If I set the DNS settings to get pulled from DNS,
>>> they disappear and the workstation is left without DNS.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on the DHCP not sending the DNS settings?
>>>
>>
>> Did you configure the Scope or Server Options correctly on the DHCP
>> server? Option 006 is what you need to set up.
>>
>> Oliver
>>
>>> Seth
>>>
>>
>>
>
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