DHCP Server for XP?

[KerryG]

Has anyone found a good little DHCP server that can run on Windows XP? The few I have found don't support pushing DHCP scope options and that is a requirement for auto-provisioning.

 

[comresource]

TFTP32 Has all of your needs

http://tftpd32.jounin.net/

DHCP and TFTP and supports option 66 for provisioning

 

[KerryG]

TFTP32 only supports 1 DHCP Scope Option and doesn't support reservations. Cisco phones require DHCP Option 156 and 160 and I like having reservations for some systems so TFTP32 is not adequate.

 

[comresource]

TFTP32 only supports 1 DHCP Scope Option and doesn't support reservations. Cisco phones require DHCP Option 156 and 160 and I like having reservations for some systems so TFTP32 is not adequate.

It certainly does support option 66 and static reservations. You have to edit the .ini or registry depending on how you installed it.

 

[StefanW]

http://www.softcab.com/dhcp-server/index.php

does everything in 1 min set up

 

[KerryG]

Again, the issue with TFTP32 is it only allows for ONE DHCP Scope option, that is not sufficient if you are going to have mixed phones that include the Cisco SPA5xx and any other brand.

Nowhere in the softcab site does it mention being able to set DHCP Scope options

 

[comresource]

You can add multiple options via registry or .ini

From the FAQ

Q: Does the DHCP server manages other options ?
A: Yes. You have to edit either the registry or the Ini file and change the AddOptionNumber<N> and AddOptionValue<N>. The values are string values unless they begin whith 0x followed by a hexadecimal value. Note that the special string '$IP$' will be replaced by the assigned IP address.

.ini Example :

AddOptionNumber1=66
AddOptionValue1=192.168.44.2
AddOptionNumber2=67
AddOptionValue2=pxegrub_rtl8139
AddOptionNumber3=150
AddOptionValue3=menu-nb.lst

 

[KerryG]

Thanks Danny,
Considering I am trying to pull out a Linux box as my main DHCP server I guess editing .ini files isn't completely horrible since I had no UI for that dhcp config file there.

 

[comresource]

Again, the issue with TFTP32 is it only allows for ONE DHCP Scope option, that is not sufficient if you are going to have mixed phones that include the Cisco SPA5xx and any other brand.

Nowhere in the softcab site does it mention being able to set DHCP Scope options

Somewhere I thot it said you could setup scope options by doing a registry entry...?
seems like a barbaric UI though...;-)

matt

I wont argue its ugly but it works and the price is right.

 

[discovery1]

I've used a product called DHCP Turbo on XP and it works very well.
I think that you need to pay for it but there is a demo.

 

[demonofsteel]

I use DCHP Turbo trial version (http://corporate.weird-solutions.com/products/dhcp-turbo.html) has every feature of the full version, the only limitation is that it can only accept 5 clients.

In the past, I have also used Tiny DHCP Server (http://www.softcab.com/dhcp-server/index.php). This one will allow you much more clients and should cover all your needs.

 

[KerryG]

Do any of you do auto-provisioning of phones? To do that you need a tftp server that can serve out scope options. the one from softcab can not. The other guys are right, tftpd32 is the best choice so far and you just have to edit the ini file in order to have multiple scope options and reservations. It may not be super easy to use because of that but it is a completely usable solution.