Windows 2000 DHCP Server Continues to Assign Addresses After Upgrade

ID: Q225148

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

SUMMARY

After you upgrade a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server to Windows 2000, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) continues to assign addresses, even though it is not authorized to do so.

MORE INFORMATION

This is a feature of Windows 2000. To preserve the mission-critical function of handing out IP addresses, upgraded servers are exempt from Rogue Server detection until the first time the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in is opened on that server.

After the snap-in has been opened, the server begins sending DHCPINFORM packets, and disables itself until it is authorized in the Windows 2000 domain.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo