Hi, I am trying to get different Ip-address for my Client PC. So, i have run the following command ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew. I always get the same ip address which i had the first time, when dhcp had assigned me the ip address for the first time. Is there any way or workaround to get different ip address via DHCP, for my Client PC. I don't have access to DHCP, can i do it from the client Side? Thanks & Regards, Param www.paramgupta.blogspot.com

Hello, no this belongs to the DHCP server lease time configuration. If this is 8 days, default with Microsoft, you will get at least during this time frame the same ip address. If required configure fixed ip addresses.Best regards Meinolf Weber MVP, MCP, MCTS Microsoft MVP - Directory Services My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/ Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.

Hi Mr Meinolf, Thank you so much for your reply. Is there anyway to release the ip address and renew the ip address with different ip address.? Thanks & Regards, Param www.paramgupta.blogspot.com

Hello, none them i am aware of without touching the server. What is the reason for this change? Best regards Meinolf Weber MVP, MCP, MCTS Microsoft MVP - Directory Services My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/ Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.

Hi Mr. Meinolf, Thank you once again. Actually, I want to free that ip address, so i was wondering is there any other option to free that ip address without assigning static ip-address to particular client pc Thanks & Regards, Param www.paramgupta.blogspot.com

Hello, exclude the ip address in the DHCP server and then delet the lease, now the client should be able to get a new one after running ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew.Best regards Meinolf Weber MVP, MCP, MCTS Microsoft MVP - Directory Services My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/ Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.

Hi Mr. Meinolf, Thank you so much for your valuable input. I got the solution. I have gone through the following Steps a) i enter the command ipconfig /release. as soon as the Client PC releases it's ip, than i disconnected it from the LAN b) I had configured the same ip to other Client PC ( with Static or Manual Ip address method) c) than i connected the First Client PC to network, and now it has taken different ip address Thanks & Regards, ParamThanks & Regards, Param www.paramgupta.blogspot.com

Hi Param, What you propose to do (release, disconnect, assign IP statically to another machine, reconnect and renew) will only work if "Conflict Detection" is turned on on the DHCP server. Conflict detections lets the DHCP server check to see if an IP address is already in use on the network before it offers it to a DHCP client. In your case you may very well get a "duplicate IP" conflict error, since you are assigning an IP manually that is actually in the scope (IP Pool) managed by the DHCP server.Gh0st ::.