Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server Management Console Issues in Windows 2000 (296630)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
This article was previously published under Q296630

SYMPTOMS

One or more of the following symptoms may occur when you attempt to manage multiple Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers in a Windows 2000 enterprise network:
  • You can define a maximum of approximately 850 DHCP servers in Active Directory. If you try to authorize additional DHCP servers, you receive the following error message:
    Administration limit for this request has exceeded
  • Windows 2000 DHCP servers use large amounts of network bandwidth for authorization traffic, which might cause problems on slow network links. This symptom might occur if there are a large number of DHCP servers in an environment.
  • The DHCP authorization process occurs infrequently or, in some cases, occurs too often, which causes server performance problems.
  • If you use the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to delete or de-authorize a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 2000 as a DHCP server, you may not be able to view all of the DHCP servers in your enterprise network.
  • The Authorized Server Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in does not display more than 1,000 DHCP servers.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/20/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbDHCP kbfix kbnetwork KB296630
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