DHCP Issue

Yes, your DNS problem could be related.  Let me get this straight - you plug in your Linksys and the OUTSIDE interface is the one with a duplicate IP address!?!

Try turning everything off.  Turn the cable modem on first, wait 2 minutes.  Then turn the Linksys on and wait 2 minutes.  Then plug in ONE PC into the Linksys and test.  See if that works.

The 2K box isn't doing DHCP Server as well is it?

plus. as psuedocyber spotted ( and I didn`t) if it is the outside IP that is the problem, unless you have been allocated a fixed IP by your provider (usually costs extra), you will have to use an automatically provided one from the cable modem.

Sorry people I should have been more specific. Yes your right wyliecoyoteuk the router WAN DHCP has notin to do with the 2k server DHCP. The issue is that even when i disable the Router DHCP facing the LAN and enable the 2k server DHCP i keep getting teh error "specified ranges either overlap or are invalid" not to mention DNS operation refused

"""""Router WAN address from provider`s DHCP. internal address: 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 running DHCP, range 192.168.1.100 upwards. (use the unallocated range up to 100 for fixed devices like servers or printers.)
The clients will get addresses in the 192.168.1.xxx range, netmask 255.255.255.0 Gateway 192.168.1.1, DNS servers 192.168.1.99(Internal DNS server), 192.168.1.1"""""

I have the following:: ROUTER

Router WAN address : DHCP
Internal Address: 192.168.1.1
Netmask:255.255.255.0
Range: 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.175

CLIENTS (Server)

Clients address: 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.175
Server address: 192.168.1.98
netmask: 255.255.255.0
default gateway:192.168.1.1
Server has a DNS install on it address: 192.168.1.98
                          alternate address:192.168.1.1


 

All looks ok, but sounds like your DHCP scopes or DNS zones are set up incorrectly.
It is possible that you have a mix of ip addresses issued by both the router and the 2k dhcp server, thus when the 2k server tries to issue an address, there is a conflict with an address already on the network.
How many clients do you have? could you try setting the 2k range to 192.168.1.176 -250? (you could always move it back after all the clients have moved over, how long this takes would depend on your lease settings)

Try this first.

Turn off your Win2K machine.
Then do a hard reset of your router to factory specifications.
Make sure your desktop is set up for DHCP
Make sure your desktop does not point to your 2000 server for DNS
Then plug in your router and restart your computer and see if that works.

Once you have that working you can change the settings on your windows 2000 server. I reccomend using the 10.0.0.1 IP range for your server and leaving the 192.168.0.1 range for your DHCP.

Hope this helps

I know you've disabled DHCP services on the router, but just for grins, why not change the scope to something silly, like say .5-.10.?  Then you would know the scopes don't overlap - even though one of them is supposedly inactive.

Any chance you have a protocol analyzer (like ethereal) and could look at the DHCP traffic?  Just to see who is requesting and who is replying?

pseudocyber:

yes, ethereal is excellent for this sort of thing :)

download it free from
http://www.ethereal.com

Simple, change your internal addressing to 192.168.0.1 and up.  You need to differentiate your subnets.

Usually routers dont like to have both networks, inside and out, as the same subnets.  Try it and let us know.

blackss do u mean the internal address from the router or the address form the dhcp service/server ?

Wilkersons, I think Blackss was thinking your WAN network and your internal LAN network were the same - but I didn't get that from your posts.

Were you able to try changing the DHCP scope on your router as I had suggested?

Is this still an issue for you?

Guys I will work on ur suggestions and ping u the results

Sounds good. :)

How'd it work out Wilkersons?