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dhcp distributes wrong subnet mask

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by sapinto

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i'm administaering a network running winnt as pdc and bdc. there are other servers running win2k. the pdc also acts as the dhcp server. the problem is that the dhcp server issues the wrong subnet mask. instead of issuing class c subnet masks, it issues class a. how can i correct this?

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by jose_12650

Check if your W2K DHCP has been authorized and activated to lease the DHCP scope. It is possible that a rogue DHCP, or your WINNT PDC is causing the lease of erroneous subnet. If you have downlevel clients, you must have a WINS server to servicethis downlevel clients. I am lost though as you have a W2K PDC, I do not see why you still maintain a WINNT BDC?. IN W2K domain, all controllers should be primary.

by sapinto

just to clarify. both the pdc and bdc are running on nt machines. it seems that the dhcp server is only issuing the wrong subnet mask to xp machines.

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