Is this the only DHCP server providing addresses from this range? Some bright spark cloned one of our DHCP servers a few years back for a test recovery, and then left it running....
On 25 May 2011 14:41, Bob Fronk <[email protected]> wrote: > Windows 2008 DHCP server. > > > > Scope 192.168.2.0/24 > > Excluding 192.168.2.1-192.168.2.129 > > > > Yesterday we ran out of IP addresses and some clients could not connect. > Using an IP scanning tool, we know that some of the IP addresses are > available (unused), however, the DHCP server will not assign them. > > > > I have reconciled and restarted the DHCP server service, but statistics > show all the IPs in use, however, in the address leases section, you can see > that there are gaps where an IP address is available. > > > > I dropped the lease time to 2 hours since we have a lot of “in and out” > users. However, none of this seems to release the addresses we know are not > in use. > > > > So far I have not found any relevant information in my Google searches. > While I continue to look for an answer online, I thought someone here might > have an idea. > > > > BF > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." *IMPORTANT: The information in this email is CONFIDENTIAL. If its contents are disclosed in any way my lawyers will swoop down from black helicopters like Seal Team Six and drag you away with a black bag over your head. They will then take you to a secret prison and make you fight to the death with other people who dared to share this email. You will be given a large bowie knife and a supply of methamphetamines while I watch the said deathmatch and wager vast sums of money on who will be the winner. If the fight becomes boring or there is a stalemate, I will release rabid dogs and my two-stone cat into the arena to liven things up a bit. If these animals become in any way docile, I will squirt them with water pistols until they become a bit more temperamental.* ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
