dns lan wan

[rammon]

Hi ,

I completed my cisco ccna course .i have a confusion how DNS, ip addresses are assigned to host in a branch office .with 150-200 hosts ..i mean is it complusory to use ms servers or configuring dhcp server ,dns server on routers.

[Deepak Kumar · Accepted solution]

Hi, 

You can configure DHCP server on your router also. 

Configuration will be like:

ip dhcp excluded-address 10.10.10.1 10.10.10.10
!
ip dhcp pool LAN
import all
network 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0
dns-server 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
default-router 10.10.10.1

Regards,

Deepak Kumar

[rammon]

Ok 

dued your saying i can configure dhcp server on router also . is it not necessary to use ms server if this configuration is used. 

Regards,

rammon

[Deepak Kumar]

Hi,

Yes,  it is not necessary to use ms server if DHCP server configured on the router. 

Regards,

Deepak Kumar

[rammon]

HI,

Is ms servers are a completely separate environment .is it not at all used in cisco R&s environment.