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Actually you can make reservations with the Cisco DHCP. It's not pretty and I don't recommend it but it's possible.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/rtrmgmt/ciscoasu/nr/nr3-5/nrug/07scopes.htm#4479" rel="ugc">http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/rtrmgmt/ciscoasu/nr/nr3-5/nrug/07scopes.htm#4479</a>
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Actually you can make reservations with the Cisco DHCP. It's not pretty and I don't recommend it but it's possible.

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/rtrmgmt/ciscoasu/nr/nr3-5/nrug/07scopes.htm#4479 [http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/rtrmgmt/ciscoasu/nr/nr3-5/nrug/07scopes.htm#4479]

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Thanks for the concensus folks!
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wrong doc<br />
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<a href="http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/ip_c/ipcprt1/1cddhcp.htm#wp1001108" rel="ugc">http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/ip_c/ipcprt1/1cddhcp.htm#wp1001108</a>
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wrong doc

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/ip_c/ipcprt1/1cddhcp.htm#wp1001108 [http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/ip_c/ipcprt1/1cddhcp.htm#wp1001108]

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Thanks, Jim! Even old farts like me learn something new every day.<br />

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Thanks, Jim! Even old farts like me learn something new every day.


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I would like to get another opinion as the the pros and cons of using a Cisco 1800 as the workstation DHCP server on a LAN, as opposed to using the Windows 2003 Domain Controller.
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I would like to get another opinion as the the pros and cons of using a Cisco 1800 as the workstation DHCP server on a LAN, as opposed to using the Windows 2003 Domain Controller.

DHCP Server - Pros and Cons of using a Cisco router vs. Windows 2003 Domain Controller

Cisco PIX is a dedicated hardware firewall appliance; the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) is a firewall and anti-malware security appliance that provides unified threat management and protection the PIX does not. Other Cisco devices and systems include routers, switches, storage networking, wireless and the software and hardware for PIX Firewall Manager (PFM), PIX Device Manager (PDM) and Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM).

Cisco

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.