Networks

Ask something
Discussion Locked

DHCP and Netware

0 helpful
5 replies

by dharrison

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.
On a network running Novel 5.1 - they were obtaining IP addresses from the server. We needed to install a Firewall - due to a direct cable internet connection. The firewall was setup to enable DHCP - after awhile the workstations were pulling the IP addresses from the server and not the firewall. It was necessary to configure each machine for addresses. How can I get the server to stop trying to assign IP info. to allow the firewall to do that???

5 replies

by cg it

Questions first: 1). What firewall software are you using [or is it a router with a built in firewall and a DHCP service between the cable modem and the LAN]? 2). how is the Server setup [gateway,PDC,???]. 3). are workstations using the server as a proxy server/gateway to the internet?

Firewalls are just that, firewalls, not DHCP services, therefore having LAN workstations obtaining their IP assignments from a firewall just doesn't make sense. If you want workstations to stop trying to obtain an IP address from the server, disable "obtain IP addresses Automatically" [same with DNS]. Then setup a static route.

by budthegrey

In order to provide IP info via DHCP, the server has to run DHCPSRVR.NLM.

At the NW server console command prompt, type UNLOAD DHCPSRVR. The NetWare server will no longer answer DHCP requests.

If you edit the AUTOEXEC.NCF file you'll probablyfind the line that loads DHCPSRVR; comment that out so that the DHCP server doesn't load the next time the server is restarted.

This discussion is closed to new replies.