Is there a utility that will check the DHCP status of a remote pc by entering, say, their IP address?
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Is there a utility that will check the DHCP status of a remote pc by entering, say, their IP address?
What do you mean by checking? What info do you want? Lease time? What?
I would like to know if a pc is DHCP enabled or not.
Thoroughly confus-ed by that answer ! ... a pc would generally use dhcp to get an ip from some server somehere's ... :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by PJK
Sorry for the short and confusing answer.
I am working in a windows 2000 environment, with about 500 pc's. Some of our pc's are using static IP's, the rest are using DHCP. I am looking an easy way of pinging, or something, and the result telling me if that remote pc is using a static ip or DHCP ip.
I know I can use the DHCP admin utility to tell me what users have a DHCP issued ip, but I am looking to know what pc's aren't. I am looking for an easy way rather than going through it by hand.
Does this make sense?
Ah ... I see said the blind man :D ...
What else is 'floating about' in this network ? DNS of course should know what is currently connected ... so once you know that, take away your dynamically connected range & hopefully what you have left is just your static ips ...
Do you know/have unique names for every system? If so why not just scan the range and combine that with confused's method above? A little proccess of elemination and you should have a list of systems with only static. As for knowing where the system is.... that's the fun part ;)
Ok, ok. I'm just a lazy sod.
I will take your advice and do it the long way.
Thanks confus-ed and Gollo for your replies.