DHCP4WHS is a DHCP server add-in for the WHS console. A DHCP server in included in Windows Server and also in your router but if you would like more control over the settings then that’s when DHCP4WHS comes to the rescue. Providing a simple front end that enables you to manage existing DHCP leases and create new reservations based on existing leases, computers associated with your Windows Home Server or from scratch.
Brendan Grant has created a great add-in for the more technically inclined and as he says “(It’s) … a heck of a lot easier than reprogramming ones home router or dealing with the Microsoft server.”
More details and a link to the download is available over on Brendan’s blog “I Hate Linux”.
August 16, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Not sure why I#d want my WHS to do this, rather than my Router – it’s not THAT difficult?!
August 16, 2007 at 4:01 pm
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August 18, 2007 at 4:35 am
You raise a good point Dan and I admit… it’s not for everyone, however it is a big thing for those of us who don’t have a router that does reservations.
January 2, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Can’t get DHCP4WHS to work with Brother MFC7820N.
January 3, 2008 at 11:40 am
Hi LorenJS,
Try contacting the developer directly who may be able to help you.
June 27, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Should have included win and dns
November 29, 2008 at 8:50 pm
why no dns aswell? some routers dont do dhcp that well so its worth giving it to whs to do it.