Windows 2000 Install DHCP Server

Windows 2000 uses/installs as default TCP/IP protocol. While in a small home network it is easy to assign manually the IP-addresses (or use the Windows98/ME Auto-IP-configuration and / or the Windows2000 Auto-IP-configuration), you will on an office network like to use the "comfort" of using a DHCP-server to control and manage the distribution of IP-addresses.

Like on Windows NT4, where the DHCP-server is only available on NT4-Server and not with Windows NT4-workstation, the DHCP server is not included in Windows2000 Professional, but only on the Windows 2000 Server versions.

Note: on the system, where the DHCP-server is getting installed, you MUST use a static
(= manually assigned) IP-address :




On the left side, expand on "Networking" , select "DHCP" and then
start the "Windows Component Wizard" :

To start the "Windows Component Wizard", you could also have used in the Control-Panel the
applet for "Add / Remove Programs" and selected to "Add / Remove Windows Components" :


To start the "Windows Component Wizard", you could also have used in the Control-Panel the applet for "Add / Remove Programs" and selected to "Add / Remove Windows Components" :






You will need to configure the DHCP-server before it can be used.

Source: windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/w2kdhcpi.html