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DHCP Instructions

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Setting Up your LAN for Campus DHCP

** - All pictures can be clicked on for a larger example.

Open web browser to netid.ucdavis.edu

Type in user name and password



As soon as a new client signs in for the first time, they need to change their password with this screen.

  1. Click on File
  2. Click on Change Password




Network Administrator needs to display his subnet using this screen.

  1. Click on IP Addresses
  2. Click on appropriate IP Range
  3. Click on your Subnet

Network Administrator needs to click on new dynamic range and bring up this screen.

  1. Type in Range Name.
  2. Type in First Address.
  3. Type in Last Address.
  4. Range Size will automatically compute.
  5. Type in Lease Time as 86400.

Make sure 'accept client label' is unchecked.



  1. Lease Time will automatically come up.
  2. Put in Broadcast Address through Interface IP Parameters.
  3. Put in Routers through RFC1497.
  4. Put in DNS Server through RFC1497.
    NOTE: A comma (,) followed by a space( ) needs to separate each DNS entry.
  5. Put Subnet Mask in through NetID Managed.
  6. Put DNS Domain Name in through NetID Managed.


This is an example of how to set up a private pool.

For a private pool the administrator must manually enter the Hardware Ethernet addresses of all clients that will be members of the private pool. Any client whose Hardware Ethernet address is not listed will not receive a dhcp lease.



This is an example of how to set up a public pool.

Public meaning any client that has registered their Hardware Ethernet Address with Campus

*The view tab allows the Network Administrator to add users access to their pool.

New Static Host



Static meaning the client with the specified Hardware Ethernet address will always get the specified ip address from the DHCP server.



  1. Type in Host Name (IP address).
  2. Type in Lease Time (86400).
  3. Leave Domain Name blank.
  4. Enter client's MAC Address.
  5. MAC Type is Ethernet.
*Leave Custom and Aliases Tabs blank.



Settings for DHCP Options are the same for static as they are for dynamic.



  1. Set DHCP/BootP Server to tyler.ucdavis.edu
  2. Check DHCP Client box.
  3. Leave Client ID blank.
  4. Type in Lease Time (86400).


*View tab is not used for this set-up.



Ignore Warning Box that comes up after you hit OK.

Adding to a Private Pool





Display pool that you want to add to. Right click on pool and choose new client pool entry.



  1. Enter client's MAC Address.
  2. Enter Description (Client's Name?).
  3. Click OK.


*Need to do a refresh to see the new entry.

Additional instructions can be found at: NETID Consolidated User Guide (This is in PDF format)