Windows – netsh dhcp binding command not working on Server 2016

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I have kind of a weird issue.

I'm migrating Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016.

We have a DHCP Server role which services two scopes. When setting them up, a line runs:

netsh dhcp server \\computername set bindings "ethernet1" enable

On Server 2016, I get:

DHCP Server Set Bindings failed. Parameter(s) passed are either
incomplete or invalid

On Server 2008 R2, the same command runs successfully.

I don't think my DHCP Server is setup improperly, because if I go into a cmd prompt, type netsh dhcp server, which puts me in netsh, then type set bindings "ethernet1" enable, it works. So it makes me think it's the server name that it does not like, but netsh dhcp show server shows:

2 servers found in the directory service:

  Server [computername.domain.com] Address [xxxxxxxxxxxx]
  Server [computername.domain.com] Address [yyyyyyyyyyyy]

Any idea what I'm getting wrong? I can't find any way to get some more useful information from netsh.

Best Answer

Microsoft has been deprecating the NETSH cmd for years. I'm a little surprised to see that it is still present in Server 2016. Have you tried using the Powershell cmdLets?

Set-DhcpServerv4Binding -BindingState $True -InterfaceAlias "Wired Ethernet Connection"
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