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Experiment 6 - Configuring DHCP and DNS: Objective

This document provides instructions for an experiment to configure DHCP and DNS servers on Windows 2003. It describes setting up a computer as a DHCP server to assign IP addresses to other DHCP client computers on the network. It also explains how to configure Windows 2003 as a DNS client and set the preferred and alternate DNS servers. The objective is to learn how DHCP works to automatically assign IP addresses and configure TCP/IP settings, and understand the role of DNS name servers in resolving hostnames to IP addresses.

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Experiment 6 - Configuring DHCP and DNS: Objective

This document provides instructions for an experiment to configure DHCP and DNS servers on Windows 2003. It describes setting up a computer as a DHCP server to assign IP addresses to other DHCP client computers on the network. It also explains how to configure Windows 2003 as a DNS client and set the preferred and alternate DNS servers. The objective is to learn how DHCP works to automatically assign IP addresses and configure TCP/IP settings, and understand the role of DNS name servers in resolving hostnames to IP addresses.

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EXPERIMENT 6 - CONFIGURING DHCP AND DNS

Objective
• Configure Windows 2003 as a DHCP Server
• Capture and analyse DHCP traffic generated
• Learn the structure of the Domain Name System and the role played by Name Servers.
• Configure Windows 2003 to use DNS server with various options.
Time Required : 3 hrs
Programming Language : NIL
Software Required : NIL
Hardware Required :
• Ethereal software
• WinPCap software

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)


DHCP is a client/server protocol that automatically provides an IP host with its IP address and other related
configuration information such as the subnet mask and default gateway. DHCP allows hosts to obtain all
necessary TCP/IP configuration information from a DHCP server.

Configure your computer


For this lab we will make all the lab computers as hosts on their respective network. Thus at every computer
modify the network configurations as follows:
Setup the first computer in every network as a DHCP server and have the other computers in the group point
to it as DHCP clients. Thus computer 192.168.1.1 –which will be configured as DHCP server has static IP
but all the clients get IP address from the server.

Configure Windows 2003 as a DHCP Client


Right-click on “My Network Places” on desktop and select properties. Select
any one of the local area connections and click. Click Properties. Local Area
connection properties window appears. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and
click Properties. Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window appears. Select
the radio button ‘obtain an IP address automatically’.

Configure Windows 2003 as a DHCP Server


Open Administrative Tools from start menu and select DHCP. DHCP Manager
appears. Click on the computer and right-click and select New Scope. New
Scope Wizard appears. Enter the name of the scope and its description. Enter the
starting and ending IP address of the scope as instructed by the instructor.

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Click Next. If needed, add exclusion range and click Add. Click Next. On the lease duration, click Next
unless specified by the instructor.

Select Yes for DHCP configure options and Click Next. If needed specify the router [default gateway]
address and click Add. Click Next.

Click Next [for DNS server]. Click Next [for WINS server]. Select Yes for activating the scope. Click Next.
Completing the new scope wizard appears. Click Finish. DHCP window appears.

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DNS (DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM)
In the context of DNS, A Name Server is the application that is acting as
the server for the DNS protocol. A Name Server performs two primary
tasks
• Maintains among other things the host-name to IP address mappings
for the hosts in its zone.
• Responds to DNS queries. Recall that a query is basically a partial
resource record. The name server job is to return the corresponding
matching resource records.

Configure Windows 2003 to use DNS


Open the network connection properties and Click Local Area
Connection Properties. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click
Properties. TCP/IP Window appears and set preferred DNS Server to
172.23.16.1 and Alternate DNS Server is 172.23.5.12.

Exercise 6.1: [2]


Why is that the Source IP address of the DHCP Discover all 0s?

Exercise 6.2: [2]


Why is that the Destination IP address of the DHCP Discover all 1s?

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Exercise 6.3: [2]
What is the use of physical address in DHCP?

Exercise 6.4: [2]


Why is the Destination IP address of DHCP Offer all 1s?

Exercise 6.5: [2]


What is the IP address of DNS server in the Lab?

Web Resources
http://www.ucs.cam.ac.uk/support/windows-support/winsuptech/activedir/dnsconfig
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323416

Videos Resources
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwdr761s5U8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwnKoQqI2Cs

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