Dear All,
I am fairly a newbie to this list, this is my first message too,
Just have a question which is unanswered from so long,
We have Cisco easyacs NT, running on our Cisco Router 3640. The 3640 is pointing to the Easyacs server for user names, passwords and other settings, the router is configured to take ip addresses from the DHCP server (NT) for all the remote clients calling in. The DHCP is configured with proper scopes for those clients. The router, the Easyacs server and the DHCP server all belong to the same subnet.
The issue,
Whenever a client connects to the RAS router and if he has the automatic dhcp settings enabled he is able to get a proper ip address from the DHCP server he functions normally on the network, whereas any client who configures his workstation with static ip address does not get a ip address from the dHCP, the disadvantage caused using static ip's is that if the client configures his address to the address of one of our servers there is a tcp/ip address conflict detected on the server machine. the static dial-in client gets connected and can use normal services even though there is a address conflict.
In one of the tests conducted by myself I gave the static ip to the dial-in computer same as my pc on the lan, on which our Easyacs is connected, to my amazement I was able to connect and ping both the workstations the one on the lan and my dialing in client (computer names) from the Dialing in machine.
I know that there is a feature in Windows NT RAS where, even if the client is using static ip, the dhcp server is forcing him an ip address from the range allocated. I am not sure and dont know about any option in CISCO providing this option.
Please suggest any ideas or recommendations to recover this problem.
Thanks and Regards,
Shaikh Raees,
MCSE, CCNA SE.
