I need to setup a lab network in our office that are on a different range of IPs. How do I distinguish the computers on the lab network from our corporate network so that the DHCP server knows to give these a different IP?
Our DHCP server is running Windows Server 2008
Best Answer
Assuming you are using different VLANs, you can use
ip helper
in Cisco switch to configure a DHCP relay. Then you can distinguish the relayed clients in the DHCP server (by using GIADDR) and give them different addresses. See: http://routergod.com/trinity/ and http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3750/software/release/12.2_25_sec/configuration/guide/swdhcp82.html#wp1096758 and RFC 3046