All clients and servers need an IP address on a TCP/IP network. How will you configure those dotty dot numbers on your TCP/IP property tabs? Manually, or automatically via DHCP? Let us investigate what advantages an automatic DHCP service has over the manual alternative.

DHCP needs much less effort - manual configuration is [...]

One of the best aspects of Microsoft in general is how they seamlessly link their services. A classic case in point is the way Microsoft integrate DHCP and DNS. In fact, the ability of DHCP to update DNS records is what transforms static NT 4.0 DNS, into dynamic 2003 DNS. This link [...]

DHCP has its own database. Stored in this DHCP.mdb are the addresses, scopes and leases of the clients. Understanding this database will help you backing up and restore a DHCP server.

Check out this folder: %systemroot%\system32\dhcp\dhcp.mdb
As time goes by the database will grow, and best practice dictates that you should consolidate the database by [...]

I find ‘Display Statistics’ the most difficult tab to find on the DHCP server. This is because it’s the first item on the menu, and is often masked by the very highlight that should attract me. I just hope that you are not afflicted by this blind spot. In any event, Display Statistics [...]

Instead of deploying a DHCP server on every subnet, discover how to install and configure a DHCP relay agent. By far the hardest part of mastering the DHCP relay agent is installing it. Once you have found the relay agent, configuring it to listen for DHCPDiscover packets, is the proverbial piece of cake.
DHCP [...]