How out of range are you talking? This limit came in around 2003, IIRC, and the way to get around it is to increase the scope (or set it to the full netblock that you're concerned about) and then set exceptions to keep the operative range in the right area.
Now, you can use reservations outside the dynamic area. ------Original Message------ From: Brougham Baker To: NT Issues ReplyTo: NT Issues Subject: Server 2008 R2 changes Sent: Feb 15, 2010 9:53 PM Trying not to rant but seeing the absolutely useless message "The specified DHCP client is not a reserved host." doesn't help. Anyone know of a way (reg key) that will let you create reservations outside of the scope? Anyone know why this retrograde limit has been imposed? I like DHCP reservations- they are self documenting and handle DNS registration properly. I also like to be able to assign addresses out of the scope as it lets you where things are going at a glance- having standards makes this easy. All this backwards step does is make me want to use static addresses again.. I thought I'd be able to cheat and just import the DB with out-of-range addresses in it but no such luck. Not so chuffed, Brougham ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -ASB: http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Verizon Smartphone ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
