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vDHCP FAQ
Do I have to install vDHCP on a specific computer?
No, you can install vDHCP on any Windows 95, 98 or NT computer on your network.You should have only one computer running vDHCP on each TCP/IP subnet you have (in small networks, you will generally have a single subnet).
vDHCP uses very little processing power, so it will run happily on a computer which is doing other things.
Do I have to set a specific TCP/IP address on the vDHCP computer?
The vDHCP is the only computer on your network where you must explicitly specify an IP address.You don't have to set a specific IP address, but we recommend that you specify an address in one of the accepted ranges for private networks, such as a number in the range 192.168.xxx.yyy (where xxx is 0 to 255 and yyy is 1 to 254), and set the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0
Do I have to tell the client computers how to contact vDHCP?
No, simply tell the client computers that their IP address is 'Server Assigned'.The client computers will use a TCP/IP 'broadcast' to contact vDHCP, so it doesn't need to know where vDHCP is running.
Does vDHCP remember active leases between sessions?
Yes, as long as vDHCP is closed down properly between sessions.Can I run Intranet servers (such as VPOP3 or VSOCKS Light) on a network managed by vDHCP?
Yes. You will need to set a fixed IP address for the Intranet server. See the next section for instructions on how to do that.Can I assign fixed IP addresses to some computers on my network?
Yes. There are two options for this:- Assign the IP addresses as normal within the other computer and set an exclusion in vDHCP so that it doesn't assign that IP address to any other computer.
- Set up a reservation in vDHCP so that it will automatically assign a certain IP address to a specific named computer.