- Activate DHCP failover on Windows Server
- Configure DHCP failover on Windows Server
- Use DHCP failover to balance traffic
Steps to set up DHCP failover on Windows Server
Configure DHCP failover on your primary server by right-clicking on the scope that you want to configure and then clicking Configure Failover
Configure DHCP Failover for the network interface that you want to use as a failover network interface.
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The DHCP Replication mode detail on the network card is used to specify how DHCP will be replicated. This setting can be used to specify whether DHCP will be replicated on the local network, or on a remote network.
The DHCP Failover process will start. After a few minutes, it will report that the DHCP server is unable to find any addresses. You can try again later by clicking the OK button.
In order to keep your network up and running, you need to set up DHCP failover. This process will ensure that your devices can connect to the network without issue.
Final Words
If you are looking to set up DHCP failover on a Windows Server, we suggest reading our article on how to do so. This article provides DHCP high availability by allowing two Microsoft DHCP servers to exchange service availability data. IP address leases and other parameters from one or more DHCP scopes are replicated from the primary DHCP server to the failover partner server during DHCP failover. ..
