Your company consists of one domain with two sites named Paris and Chicago. Subnet1 (10.10.0.0/16) resides in Paris; Subnet2 (192.168.2.0/24) resides in Chicago. You have installed a Windows Server 2016 DHCP server named DHCP1 in Subnet1. Clients from Subnet2 have problems getting IP addresses from DHCP1. A router between Paris and Chicago does not support the RFC 1541 standard. It is not possible to install a DHCP server in Subnet2. What is the best solution to resolve this issue?

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Jamir Bradshaw

Computers & Technology

21 January, 13:33

Your company consists of one domain with two sites named Paris and Chicago. Subnet1 (10.10.0.0/16) resides in Paris; Subnet2 (192.168.2.0/24) resides in Chicago. You have installed a Windows Server 2016 DHCP server named DHCP1 in Subnet1. Clients from Subnet2 have problems getting IP addresses from DHCP1. A router between Paris and Chicago does not support the RFC 1541 standard. It is not possible to install a DHCP server in Subnet2. What is the best solution to resolve this issue?

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Kailey Gould · Answer 1

The best solution to resolve this issue is to install and configure a DHCP relay agent in Chicago.

Explanation:

When the DHCP relay agent function is enabled in the router, this allows exchange of DHCP messages between a DHCP client and DHCP server residing on different subnets.