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i cleaner way would be to create one scope with all 600 addresses. &nbsp;Unless you have a specific reason for needing three scopes (such as they will use a different gateway or dns server) i would just use one large scope,,,, it will make it easier to manage.<br />

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i cleaner way would be to create one scope with all 600 addresses.  Unless you have a specific reason for needing three scopes (such as they will use a different gateway or dns server) i would just use one large scope,,,, it will make it easier to manage.


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I dont want all the computers to rely on 1 server, that's why i've got 3 scopes. 
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I dont want all the computers to rely on 1 server, that's why i've got 3 scopes.

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Browolf,,, do you have 3 DHCP scopes or 3 DHCP servers??? &nbsp;you only mentioned 3 DHCP scopes in your post which indicates 3 scopes on one server, which gives you no DHCP redundancy.
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Browolf,,, do you have 3 DHCP scopes or 3 DHCP servers???  you only mentioned 3 DHCP scopes in your post which indicates 3 scopes on one server, which gives you no DHCP redundancy.

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i did say &quot;one on each domain controller&quot; ie 3 dhcp servers with a scope each
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i did say "one on each domain controller" ie 3 dhcp servers with a scope each

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good point. &nbsp;thanks. you've answered my questions
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good point.  thanks. you've answered my questions

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am trying to use dhcp for the first time on our 2k server network. &nbsp;i need about 600 addresses. at the moment i've created 3 scopes each containing 200 addresses. one on each domain controller.<br />
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is this the best way of doing it? <br />
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when the first dhcp server has allocated all its addresses, will new requests automatically be passed to the next dhcp server?<br />
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am trying to use dhcp for the first time on our 2k server network.  i need about 600 addresses. at the moment i've created 3 scopes each containing 200 addresses. one on each domain controller.

is this the best way of doing it? 

when the first dhcp server has allocated all its addresses, will new requests automatically be passed to the next dhcp server?



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