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How can I install Active Directory using dynamic IP?

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Question added by Yazan Ahmad , programmer , wysada
Date Posted: 2013/06/11
Mohammad Oweis
by Mohammad Oweis , End User Support Country Lead , Lafarge Cement Jordan

You can't use active directory with dynamic IP, it has to be static.
If you want to assign the IP from DHCP and not manually type it, then what you can do, is to set reservation form the DHCP server to the DC server.

Ahmad Abualkishk
by Ahmad Abualkishk , Azure Stack Support Escalation Engineer , Microsof

domain controller must be installed onn a static IP server but we can install it on dynamic IP server by reserving the IP on the DHCP so that it will get the same IP eachtime it asks for new IP, and this will act as static IP address

mohamed elnagdy
by mohamed elnagdy , IT manager , Integrated Oil Industries

Really  question is not logic at all cause when design domain structure or even server design static IP is a must , how ever about type of Active directory whom base on Data base and LDAP type .

 

Any way or let this server be as print server we can make reservation on DHCP server for this server .

Anas Jalal Yahya
by Anas Jalal Yahya , Service Delivery Manager - Project Manager , Diyar Middle East

AD can't be installed on  a server that has dynamic IP, it must have staic IP to be fixed in the network

Syed Asgar Mahmood Zaidi
by Syed Asgar Mahmood Zaidi , Senior System Engineer , Royal Hospital

Remember server always must have Static IP Address not by DHCP , server IP address must never be changed. if you asking just to know how server can get ip address from DHCP that can never be change then that you can do it from DHCP Reservation.

 

 

Khalid Al-Ghamdi
by Khalid Al-Ghamdi , IT Infrastructure- Systems Specialist , MARAFIQ

If you are running in test lab then there is no issue but in the real environment it's not a best practice also it will make many issue for you and for your users

Christos Christou
by Christos Christou , IT Technical\System Administrator , Osel

Active Directory cannot be installed on dynamic ip you need to use a static ip.
You can make your dynamic ip static by installing a rooter and assigning static ip address to the server or computer you are installing Active Directory.
To do that with the rooter you need to asign DHCP on your primary dynamic IP so even if your ISP changes the IP the rooter will not on the server.

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