Windows XP Mode in 7 and DHCP
On my Windows 7 Professional computer -- and all of the other computers in the same segment -- receive DHCP responses from our primary DHCP server. We also have a DHCP server on our firewall that serves VPN clients (more reliably) with a different range.
The problem is that my Virtual Windows XP session on my Windows 7 computer receives DHCP requests from the firewall's DHCP server and not our primary DHCP server.
1. Why would it receive requests from a different server than it's host?
2. Is there a way to force it to query a specific DHCP server?
I could set a Static IP if necessary, but I'd prefer not to. Thanks in advance!
The problem is that my Virtual Windows XP session on my Windows 7 computer receives DHCP requests from the firewall's DHCP server and not our primary DHCP server.
1. Why would it receive requests from a different server than it's host?
2. Is there a way to force it to query a specific DHCP server?
I could set a Static IP if necessary, but I'd prefer not to. Thanks in advance!
ASKER
We only have 1 network segment (192.168.0.x) and no VLANs. Our primary (Windows 2003) DHCP server has a range of .100-.199 and the firewall DHCP service has a range of .200-229 for VPN clients.
I'm sure having a second DHCP server is not the best way to go, but the DHCP passthru didn't work 100% on the firewall for VPN clients and I didn't want it to be our primary DHCP server.
I'm sure having a second DHCP server is not the best way to go, but the DHCP passthru didn't work 100% on the firewall for VPN clients and I didn't want it to be our primary DHCP server.
Ok, so do you have 2 DHCP servers that can service the same segment, as if you do that is definately not good...
Depending on your lease time on the DHCP server, you might just be lucky that so far the current machines have been OK as they will get the same address that they were given, but if your XP mode came online later that is maybe getting its address from the other DHCP server.
As I said, you NEVER wanty to have 2 DHCP servers on the same segment unless using VLANs etc.
Wayne
Depending on your lease time on the DHCP server, you might just be lucky that so far the current machines have been OK as they will get the same address that they were given, but if your XP mode came online later that is maybe getting its address from the other DHCP server.
As I said, you NEVER wanty to have 2 DHCP servers on the same segment unless using VLANs etc.
Wayne
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Sound smore like luck to me then!!!
Can you not bind the firewall DHCP server to only give out addresses to WAN connections and not bind to the local lan?
Wayne
Can you not bind the firewall DHCP server to only give out addresses to WAN connections and not bind to the local lan?
Wayne
ASKER
Strangely, no. It's a SonicWALL TZ 170 and the DHCP server settings only allow LAN and OPT interface to be selected, not WAN. Instead, there is a DHCP Relay setting under VPN where you can tell it to use it's internal DHCP server but not exclude LAN-side requests. We're about to replace the firewall soon anyways so this temporary workaround will do for now.
Yes does sound strange, as you really don't want 2 DHCP servers to be responding on the same segment, so I guess the quicker youc an change it the better!
Cheers
Wayne
Cheers
Wayne
Yea, you are just suffering the adverse effects of a quirky setup. It happens, good luck with the router swap.
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If not then I would guess that it is a VLAN issue, in that you need to configure the XP Mode machine intio the correct VLAN or something like that.
Wayne