DHCP and yellow exclamation mark

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Paul Johnson

Good Day,

I am experiencing a bit of a problem with my SBS2000 DHCP server. For some
reason it is displaying yellow exclamation icons next to the server and
scope tree items. When this happens, no new machines can connect to the
network and automatically receive an IP address. My only way around this is
to enter a static IP on the new machine, that does not appear in the DHCP
servers Address Leases list.

This seems rather strange as I can see gaps in the leased IP range but these
are not being assigned automatically and the laptop does not complain when I
enter it manually so it is not in use.

Can anyone offer some advice or attempt to point me in the right direction.

Kind Regards,
Paul.
 
Paul said:
Good Day,

I am experiencing a bit of a problem with my SBS2000 DHCP server. For some
reason it is displaying yellow exclamation icons next to the server and
scope tree items. When this happens, no new machines can connect to the
network and automatically receive an IP address. My only way around this is
to enter a static IP on the new machine, that does not appear in the DHCP
servers Address Leases list.

This seems rather strange as I can see gaps in the leased IP range but these
are not being assigned automatically and the laptop does not complain when I
enter it manually so it is not in use.

Can anyone offer some advice or attempt to point me in the right direction.

Kind Regards,
Paul.
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going from memory:

You must assign a scope and THEN activate it. A scope that's defined,
but not activated, won't run. Right click on the yellow marks and look
for a "activate" or similar option.
 
Good Day,

Thank you very much for your reply. I have checked the state of the scope
and it is has been activated. I only have the option to deactivate the
scope. I believe it successfully renews expired leases for the PC's so I am
not sure why a new PC requesting an IP is unsuccessful.

Regards,
Paul.
 
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