> I am having issues on getting DHCP to work on the new server I just installed
> on our network.  I get:
>
> Event ID 1046:
> The DHCP/BINL service on the local machine, belonging to the Windows
> Administrative domain ilttoyotalift.local, has determined that it is not
> authorized to start.  It has stopped servicing clients.  The following are
> some possible reasons for this:
>         This machine is part of a directory service enterprise and is  not
> authorized in the same domain.  (See help on the DHCP Service  Management
> Tool for additional information).
>
>         This machine cannot reach its directory service enterprise and  it has
> encountered another DHCP service on the network belonging to  a directory
> service enterprise on which the local machine is not authorized.
>
>         Some unexpected network error occurred.
>
> Then I get:
>
> Event ID 1044:
> The DHCP/BINL service on the local machine, belonging to the Windows
> Administrative domain ilttoyotalift.local, has determined that it is
> authorized to start. It is servicing clients now.
>
> However, DHCP does not service any clients.  Here is the background as to
> how this environment was configured...
>
> It was a Windows server 2003 SBS server running everything - DHCP, DNS, AD,
> DC, GC, all 5 FSMO, Exchange, etc.  We hit the 50-user limit and have
> multiple sites, so I decided to buy what we should have bought before my time
> here - Standard Server, etc...
>
> I installed a new Standard Server into AD, added as DC, GC, DNS, DHCP, added
> Exchange 2003 Standard.  I seized all 5 FSMO roles, then demoted the original
> SBS Server, removed DNS, DHCP.  It still runs Exchange, but there are no
> active users on it and our firewall is forwarding SMTP to the new server just
> fine.
>
> It still appears as if somewhere in AD, it has records of the original SBS
> server being registered as a DNS server.  The only live DNS server is the new
> server and it has itself listed as its DNS server in its IP settings.
>
> Also, something else weird about this server is that when I look at the IP
> settings in the network connection, I set the static IPs, but when I save
> them it always shows that it will use DHCP, but even after I reboot the
> server it does keep its static settings.  I have also tried to reset the
> static settings a few times and rebooted, but it always shows it will use
> DHCP, but keeps the static settings from an ipconfig.
>
> Any ideas from anyone?  It has been a while since I have gotten this far
> into networking, as I used to be a MCSE+I, MCDBA and all that good stuff
> until I moved into finance.
>
> FYI - I also ran through Microsoft's ntdsutil steps to make sure that the
> demotion of the SBS server was graceful, and I have checked the record for
> the new server using ADSI Edit under Configuration, Services, Net Services -
> it shows up fine.  And, yes, I have authorized, unauthorized, restarted and
> removed/reinstalled the DHCP service on this machine as well, but the actions
> are still the same.
>
> It feels to me that it is trying to authorize itself with the old server,
> but can't see it and won't work.  However, before I made any changes to the
> old SBS server, I had installed DHCP on the new server and it acted the same
> way as well, so maybe I'm crazy.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan Hegler

"DHegler" wrote:

> I am having issues on getting DHCP to work on the new server I just installed
> on our network.  I get:
>
> Event ID 1046:
> The DHCP/BINL service on the local machine, belonging to the Windows
> Administrative domain ilttoyotalift.local, has determined that it is not
> authorized to start.  It has stopped servicing clients.  The following are
> some possible reasons for this:
>     This machine is part of a directory service enterprise and is  not
> authorized in the same domain.  (See help on the DHCP Service  Management
> Tool for additional information).
>
>     This machine cannot reach its directory service enterprise and  it has
> encountered another DHCP service on the network belonging to  a directory
> service enterprise on which the local machine is not authorized.
>
>     Some unexpected network error occurred.
>
> Then I get:
>
> Event ID 1044:
> The DHCP/BINL service on the local machine, belonging to the Windows
> Administrative domain ilttoyotalift.local, has determined that it is
> authorized to start. It is servicing clients now.
>
>
> However, DHCP does not service any clients.  Here is the background as to
> how this environment was configured...
>
> It was a Windows server 2003 SBS server running everything - DHCP, DNS, AD,
> DC, GC, all 5 FSMO, Exchange, etc.  We hit the 50-user limit and have
> multiple sites, so I decided to buy what we should have bought before my time
> here - Standard Server, etc...
>
> I installed a new Standard Server into AD, added as DC, GC, DNS, DHCP, added
> Exchange 2003 Standard.  I seized all 5 FSMO roles, then demoted the original
> SBS Server, removed DNS, DHCP.  It still runs Exchange, but there are no
> active users on it and our firewall is forwarding SMTP to the new server just
> fine.
>
> It still appears as if somewhere in AD, it has records of the original SBS
> server being registered as a DNS server.  The only live DNS server is the new
> server and it has itself listed as its DNS server in its IP settings.
>
> Also, something else weird about this server is that when I look at the IP
> settings in the network connection, I set the static IPs, but when I save
> them it always shows that it will use DHCP, but even after I reboot the
> server it does keep its static settings.  I have also tried to reset the
> static settings a few times and rebooted, but it always shows it will use
> DHCP, but keeps the static settings from an ipconfig.
>
> Any ideas from anyone?  It has been a while since I have gotten this far
> into networking, as I used to be a MCSE+I, MCDBA and all that good stuff
> until I moved into finance.
>
> FYI - I also ran through Microsoft's ntdsutil steps to make sure that the
> demotion of the SBS server was graceful, and I have checked the record for
> the new server using ADSI Edit under Configuration, Services, Net Services -
> it shows up fine.  And, yes, I have authorized, unauthorized, restarted and
> removed/reinstalled the DHCP service on this machine as well, but the actions
> are still the same.
>
> It feels to me that it is trying to authorize itself with the old server,
> but can't see it and won't work.  However, before I made any changes to the
> old SBS server, I had installed DHCP on the new server and it acted the same
> way as well, so maybe I'm crazy.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan Hegler

"DHegler" wrote:

> I am having issues on getting DHCP to work on the new server I just installed
> on our network.  I get:
>
> Event ID 1046:
> The DHCP/BINL service on the local machine, belonging to the Windows
> Administrative domain ilttoyotalift.local, has determined that it is not
> authorized to start.  It has stopped servicing clients.  The following are
> some possible reasons for this:
>     This machine is part of a directory service enterprise and is  not
> authorized in the same domain.  (See help on the DHCP Service  Management
> Tool for additional information).
>
>     This machine cannot reach its directory service enterprise and  it has
> encountered another DHCP service on the network belonging to  a directory
> service enterprise on which the local machine is not authorized.
>
>     Some unexpected network error occurred.
>
> Then I get:
>
> Event ID 1044:
> The DHCP/BINL service on the local machine, belonging to the Windows
> Administrative domain ilttoyotalift.local, has determined that it is
> authorized to start. It is servicing clients now.
>
>
> However, DHCP does not service any clients.  Here is the background as to
> how this environment was configured...
>
> It was a Windows server 2003 SBS server running everything - DHCP, DNS, AD,
> DC, GC, all 5 FSMO, Exchange, etc.  We hit the 50-user limit and have
> multiple sites, so I decided to buy what we should have bought before my time
> here - Standard Server, etc...
>
> I installed a new Standard Server into AD, added as DC, GC, DNS, DHCP, added
> Exchange 2003 Standard.  I seized all 5 FSMO roles, then demoted the original
> SBS Server, removed DNS, DHCP.  It still runs Exchange, but there are no
> active users on it and our firewall is forwarding SMTP to the new server just
> fine.
>
> It still appears as if somewhere in AD, it has records of the original SBS
> server being registered as a DNS server.  The only live DNS server is the new
> server and it has itself listed as its DNS server in its IP settings.
>
> Also, something else weird about this server is that when I look at the IP
> settings in the network connection, I set the static IPs, but when I save
> them it always shows that it will use DHCP, but even after I reboot the
> server it does keep its static settings.  I have also tried to reset the
> static settings a few times and rebooted, but it always shows it will use
> DHCP, but keeps the static settings from an ipconfig.
>
> Any ideas from anyone?  It has been a while since I have gotten this far
> into networking, as I used to be a MCSE+I, MCDBA and all that good stuff
> until I moved into finance.
>
> FYI - I also ran through Microsoft's ntdsutil steps to make sure that the
> demotion of the SBS server was graceful, and I have checked the record for
> the new server using ADSI Edit under Configuration, Services, Net Services -
> it shows up fine.  And, yes, I have authorized, unauthorized, restarted and
> removed/reinstalled the DHCP service on this machine as well, but the actions
> are still the same.
>
> It feels to me that it is trying to authorize itself with the old server,
> but can't see it and won't work.  However, before I made any changes to the
> old SBS server, I had installed DHCP on the new server and it acted the same
> way as well, so maybe I'm crazy.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan Hegler

"DHegler" wrote:

> I am having issues on getting DHCP to work on the new server I just installed
> on our network.  I get:
>
> Event ID 1046:
> The DHCP/BINL service on the local machine, belonging to the Windows
> Administrative domain ilttoyotalift.local, has determined that it is not
> authorized to start.  It has stopped servicing clients.  The following are
> some possible reasons for this:
>     This machine is part of a directory service enterprise and is  not
> authorized in the same domain.  (See help on the DHCP Service  Management
> Tool for additional information).
>
>     This machine cannot reach its directory service enterprise and  it has
> encountered another DHCP service on the network belonging to  a directory
> service enterprise on which the local machine is not authorized.
>
>     Some unexpected network error occurred.
>
> Then I get:
>
> Event ID 1044:
> The DHCP/BINL service on the local machine, belonging to the Windows
> Administrative domain ilttoyotalift.local, has determined that it is
> authorized to start. It is servicing clients now.
>
>
> However, DHCP does not service any clients.  Here is the background as to
> how this environment was configured...
>
> It was a Windows server 2003 SBS server running everything - DHCP, DNS, AD,
> DC, GC, all 5 FSMO, Exchange, etc.  We hit the 50-user limit and have
> multiple sites, so I decided to buy what we should have bought before my time
> here - Standard Server, etc...
>
> I installed a new Standard Server into AD, added as DC, GC, DNS, DHCP, added
> Exchange 2003 Standard.  I seized all 5 FSMO roles, then demoted the original
> SBS Server, removed DNS, DHCP.  It still runs Exchange, but there are no
> active users on it and our firewall is forwarding SMTP to the new server just
> fine.
>
> It still appears as if somewhere in AD, it has records of the original SBS
> server being registered as a DNS server.  The only live DNS server is the new
> server and it has itself listed as its DNS server in its IP settings.
>
> Also, something else weird about this server is that when I look at the IP
> settings in the network connection, I set the static IPs, but when I save
> them it always shows that it will use DHCP, but even after I reboot the
> server it does keep its static settings.  I have also tried to reset the
> static settings a few times and rebooted, but it always shows it will use
> DHCP, but keeps the static settings from an ipconfig.
>
> Any ideas from anyone?  It has been a while since I have gotten this far
> into networking, as I used to be a MCSE+I, MCDBA and all that good stuff
> until I moved into finance.
>
> FYI - I also ran through Microsoft's ntdsutil steps to make sure that the
> demotion of the SBS server was graceful, and I have checked the record for
> the new server using ADSI Edit under Configuration, Services, Net Services -
> it shows up fine.  And, yes, I have authorized, unauthorized, restarted and
> removed/reinstalled the DHCP service on this machine as well, but the actions
> are still the same.
>
> It feels to me that it is trying to authorize itself with the old server,
> but can't see it and won't work.  However, before I made any changes to the
> old SBS server, I had installed DHCP on the new server and it acted the same
> way as well, so maybe I'm crazy.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan Hegler