Can we have 2 DHCP Server on the same LAN ?

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Can i have 2 DHCP Server on the same LAN ? If yes How ?

Actually i want few clients machine to get the TCP/IP info
from DHCP Server 1 and the rest from the DHCP Server 2.

Is it possible ? If yes then how ?

Thx in advance.
 
Nirmal Pant said:
Can i have 2 DHCP Server on the same LAN ? If yes How ?
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Yes. Very simple.
Actually i want few clients machine to get the TCP/IP info
from DHCP Server 1 and the rest from the DHCP Server 2.
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Configure both DHCP's exactly identical,... except for their machine name
and IP# obviously. Use the Full IP Range in the Scopes.

Then use Exclusions in the DHCP Scope so that each server only gives out
half the available addresses. One server gives out the first half, the
second server gives out the second half.

You can *not* control which user gets their address from which server. It is
by broadcast and it is "first-come-first-serve",..which ever DHCP answers
the client first is the one that gives out the address information.
 
As Philip has mentioned, you can do SOME of what you want but not all of it.
It might help if you could explain why you need two DHCP servers, as opposed
to one server configured with multiple ranges???
 
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