DHCP between netwriks

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Robl

Hi all,

I have a Windows 2000 network running DHCP and DNS. This
all works fine!!

I now need to connect our network to another network and
we have had the cabling put in for this.

They run windows NT servers and DHCP and DNS.

We did a test connection between the two networks and the
cables are fine so now we need to move forward.

Do we need to setup a router between these networks to
allow comunication between them? During our test we
rebooted the PC on the 'other' network and it aquired an
IP address from 'my' network!! Obvioulsy this is NOT a
good thing.

Any help much appreciated.

Robl
 
How are they connected now? You should use a router to segment the two
networks. The router will prevent DHCP issues like the one you saw.

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At the moment they are not connected.

We pulled the plug when we saw the problems with DHCP.

They are both on different subnets and IP addressing
schemes.

As you say a router is obviously needed.

Many thanks for your help.

Robl
 
The PC is origionally on 255.255.255.248

When rebooted it picks up an IP address from 255.255.0.0

I should point out here that the one network is running
Win 2000 whereas the other one is running Win NT. This
is probably why the client gets its IP from the 'other'
network as Win 2000 will win in an election war over NT.

Robl
 
Robl said:
The PC is origionally on 255.255.255.248

When rebooted it picks up an IP address from 255.255.0.0

I should point out here that the one network is running
Win 2000 whereas the other one is running Win NT. This
is probably why the client gets its IP from the 'other'
network as Win 2000 will win in an election war over NT.
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Nope - any DHCP-configured client will get a DHCP address from whichever
server answers first. As mentioned previously, you need a router to separate
the two networks.
 
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