How to set DHCP Options on Windows Server DHCP Scopes

[@GloriaNyarko-l4u]

Hi Danny, I would appreciate it if you could do a video on Active Directory and Azure AD sync. On how to properly set up and configure the Entra ID connect.

[@danny_moran]

This is something on my list, however, I haven't gotten around to it just yet. Thanks for watching!

[@GPSingh-tn3zo]

Man you are a Legend 🫡

[@danny_moran]

Thanks for watching!

[@selimm1353]

I've always wondered Danny. Lets say that you've created 3 different scopes/subnets (10xxx, 10.100.xx, 192xxx), how does server know which computer belongs to what subnet? So in your case, I see that you have 2 dif scopes but how will server distribute the IPs?

[@danny_moran]

When a DHCP server receives a request, it knows where the request came from. There are two main ways a DHCP server receives a request: either a broadcast request or a request from a DHCP relay. If it receives a broadcast request, then it provides an IP address from the scope that matches the same IP range that the DHCP server network card has. If it receives a request from a DHCP relay server, then it will provide an IP address from the same IP range that the DHCP relay server has. I hope that makes sense. Thanks for watching!

[@selimm1353]

@@danny_moran oh gotcha, i see now. Thanks

[@dimitristsoutsouras2712]

whoaaaa ... what happened here? Is it so easy to configure an ntp server (of course in the field no option for name only ip address) and I was strangling with GPO and WMI filters where everything messes up because there are 2 DCs in the domain. Why none of the guides (on net) mentioned this and Im finding out just now? On the other hand, you typed the current server as an NTP, so you had to install / enable that role or feature and configure it adfterwards. A video or reply like this is mandatory for me and would help tons!!

[@danny_moran]

I've never actually tried to use the NTP or Time Server DHCP options in a production environment. I have always used group policy to tell the clients where to get their time from. I don't have a guide on this topic at the moment. The DHCP options used in this video were just a couple of random ones I picked to explain how to add DHCP options. Thanks for watching!

[@dimitristsoutsouras2712]

@@danny_moran There s two ideas. You could make a video for each configuration (DHCP and GPO) since people tent to forget the severity of correct time sync between clients and server.