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by jtanner

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We are trying to impliment DHCP for some termanals on our network. However when it is active it causes problems with print servers. Is there a way we can disable DHCP from issuing addresses to print servers by a range of MAC addresses.

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by ian mclaws

First of all, print servers should not be DHCP enabled, they should have static addresses. If properly configured with static addresses, activation of a DHCP server will not affect them in any way.
Secondly, to answer your question specifically, no, DHCP does not allow you to program refusals, only reservations.

by tmaclennan

All my print servers are DHCP-enabled. I just reserve their addresses. This can be a pain when you have a lot of reservations to make, but there is a command in the NT Resource kit called dhcpcmd which allows you to build a batch file to do your reservations. A few minutes cutting and pasting if you have the info in a spreadsheet is all it takes to build the file and run it.

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