|
|
|
|
Services Utility: DHCP Server Service | Display Name (?): | DHCP Server | | Short Name (?): | ? | | Executable (?): | ? | | Library (?): | ? | | Depends On (?): | ? | | Supports (?): | None. | | Description (?): | None. | | OS (?): | 2000 Server, Server 2003, Vista Server | | Startup (?): | | Default | Home | Workstation | Server | Minimal | Tweaked | Automatic | | Automatic | Disabled | Disabled | Automatic | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled | |
Explanation (?): |
The DHCP server service can only be found on server versions of Windows. It is used to respond to client DHCP broadcast requests. If enabled this service will respond to all DHCP requests appropriately. By this it means that a client computer that renews its DHCP lease (or begins one) through a broadcast will be answered by the DHCP server service of a properly configured DHCP server. It will then provide network settings including the client's new IP address, subnet mask, DNS servers, WINS servers, etc. if the client is allowed to do so.
It is highly recommended that you only use this service if you understand the implications of running your own DHCP server. This is especially important on networks that already have a properly configured DHCP server as multiple DHCP servers can wreak havoc on a network. If disabled the server will not distribute network settings to computers that request it. However, it is highly recommended to uninstall the DHCP server service rather than just disable it through the Add/Remove components dialog. |
|
|
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both. And be one traveler, long I stood. And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair. And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay. In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." -- Robert Frost: Road Not Taken (1962) |
Link Partners
|