newb: clients are picking up router DHCP, not DC DHCP

I've just added a windows 2003 server and configured as the primary DC. We
have a mixed network with some workstations joining the domain and others
operating in a workgroup.

On one of the domain workstations, I have been trying to get the client to
get it's configuration from the windows 2003 server DHCP instead of the
router DHCP, but I honestly don't know what I need to do to accomplish this.

I'm hoping there is a simple solution. I can't turn DHCP off on the router
as the workgroup or "non domain" clients need to use it.

Thanks for reading,
Steve

You should not have two DHCP in the LAN and workgroup/do-domain computers should be able to pick the IP from DC DHCP.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"sklett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:O%(E-Mail Removed)...
I've just added a windows 2003 server and configured as the primary DC. We
have a mixed network with some workstations joining the domain and others
operating in a workgroup.

On one of the domain workstations, I have been trying to get the client to
get it's configuration from the windows 2003 server DHCP instead of the
router DHCP, but I honestly don't know what I need to do to accomplish this.

I'm hoping there is a simple solution. I can't turn DHCP off on the router
as the workgroup or "non domain" clients need to use it.

Thanks for reading,
Steve

If you are running AD your clients should definitely be using the DHCP
server on the DC, just as they should be using the local DNS server. And as
Bob said, you shouldn't have two DHCP servers running on a network like
this.

Why do you think the workgroup machines can't use the DHCP server on the
DC? DHCP doesn't know or care whether a machine is in a domain or a
workgroup.
All the machines on the LAN should be using the same gateway and DNS address
whether they are in the domain or a workgroup.

Robert L [MS-MVP] wrote:
> You should not have two DHCP in the LAN and workgroup/do-domain
> computers should be able to pick the IP from DC DHCP.
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "sklett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:O%(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've just added a windows 2003 server and configured as the primary
> DC. We
> have a mixed network with some workstations joining the domain and
> others
> operating in a workgroup.
>
> On one of the domain workstations, I have been trying to get the
> client to
> get it's configuration from the windows 2003 server DHCP instead of
> the
> router DHCP, but I honestly don't know what I need to do to
> accomplish this.
>
> I'm hoping there is a simple solution. I can't turn DHCP off on
> the router
> as the workgroup or "non domain" clients need to use it.
>
> Thanks for reading,
> Steve

Great replies, thanks for the help.
I didn't think any machine that wasn't part of the domain could interact
with the server at all. I'm happy to hear you say they can utilize some of
the services. I will work on this tomorrow.

Thanks again for the help!

"Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you are running AD your clients should definitely be using the DHCP
> server on the DC, just as they should be using the local DNS server. And
> as Bob said, you shouldn't have two DHCP servers running on a network like
> this.
>
> Why do you think the workgroup machines can't use the DHCP server on
> the DC? DHCP doesn't know or care whether a machine is in a domain or a
> workgroup.
> All the machines on the LAN should be using the same gateway and DNS
> address whether they are in the domain or a workgroup.
>
> Robert L [MS-MVP] wrote:
>> You should not have two DHCP in the LAN and workgroup/do-domain
>> computers should be able to pick the IP from DC DHCP.
>>
>> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
>> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
>> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>> "sklett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:O%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I've just added a windows 2003 server and configured as the primary
>> DC. We
>> have a mixed network with some workstations joining the domain and
>> others
>> operating in a workgroup.
>>
>> On one of the domain workstations, I have been trying to get the
>> client to
>> get it's configuration from the windows 2003 server DHCP instead of
>> the
>> router DHCP, but I honestly don't know what I need to do to
>> accomplish this.
>>
>> I'm hoping there is a simple solution. I can't turn DHCP off on
>> the router
>> as the workgroup or "non domain" clients need to use it.
>>
>> Thanks for reading,
>> Steve
>
>